Pinwheel Windmills!

This month the 6th grade DATA students are participating in a Renewable EnergyPBL in all their classes.
We read this article as a class and then we decided to try some hands on wind projects for the next few weeks.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/11/science/earth/denmark-aims-for-100-percent-renewable-energy.html?_r=0

Today students made their own pinwheel and then tested it against different wind factors to see how fast they could make it spin. First we had a VTS discussion based on the following image:

Next, students made their own "high grade" pinwheel following on-line directions from:
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Pinwheel

After the class created their pinwheels, we walked around campus in different directions trying to find the spot that created the most wind speed for their pinwheel. Once back in class students reflected on what they learned. Well done Champions! One student noted that the pinwheel was really a "wind detector"!

Well done Champions!