Thursday, October 6, 2011

green gets a lighting


team green lights up 3 bulbs with their windmill...

High On Wind Measurement

Team Awesome students climb to the top of the parking garage to measure wind speed.  We are comparing wind speed high up to that on the ground. SAFELY!







From high on the garage, the students can see the local wind generator from the  Holy Name High School.

Back in class we wire the circuit board and light the lights!




Friday, September 30, 2011

Wind Data beginning

We actually did get our initial wind data.  An outside day to begin as team green has the parking lot to measure.

   




Team awesome gets to climb the stairs to the top of the parking garage for measurements.
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The flag was moving so should our anemometers!

We are encouraging students to do their own blog team Green is at the beginning stages for this at http://mamsteamgreen.blogspot.com/

 We will return again next time we have a block to get more data!

Thursday, September 29, 2011

We hope to begin mapping

Today we hope to begin mapping wind speeds outside.  Obviously it depends upon the rain holding off. As we fill out the review of what we have done we notice how design has taken over our work and we hope to include other factors as well.  Although the design is obviously the student love.  They love to tinker to make it better, or even just make it work!






Awesome is coming along! Look at their design and then it is working.  Now we need data collection!




And team green has decided to make their design more rigid to be able to control angles of the blade better so they cut Balsa wood and tried again.



Off to measure Wind Speed, we hope!

Monday, September 26, 2011



awesome prepares their design for testing...


green is collecting data with the photogate, voltage and anemometer probes...

the photogate


team green is using the photogate sensor to measure
the number of revolutions...