Windmills

With the materials you are given design and assemble something that will rotate in the wind. You will not have enough materials for a tower. You will have to hold your windmill or attach it to a desk. Test your windmill. || Windmill pictures and discussion. Make changes to your windmill as needed to improve it. || Weight Lifting || Test variables, evaluate design, and improve windmill to lift more weight. ||  ||
 * Essential Questions Windmills || ,,,, || Windmills ||  ||
 * # What are the parts of a windmill?
 * 1) What variables can affect how well the windmill works?
 * 2) How does a windmill convert moving air into mechanical energy? ||   || [[image:http://www.hdwallpapersarena.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Windmills_Kinderdijk_Netherlands.jpg width="359" height="230"]] ||
 * Windmill Vocabulary ||  ||   ||
 * * Blade Pitch
 * Drag
 * Drive Shaft
 * Energy Transformation
 * Force
 * Friction
 * Hub
 * Plane of Rotation
 * Rotor
 * Torque ||  || [[image:http://www.learnersdictionary.com/art/ld/windmill.gif width="253" height="205"]] ||
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