This is part of my 8th grade year-long project. I did my project on Solar and Wind energy. For the project we were required to have a visual on our presentation table. So i built a solar circuit with a 150 watt light bulb powering a small LED light, and a small computer fan.
I also built A Savonius wind turbine that generated about 1.5 volts. I plan on taking a video of my turbine in action, but i need to purchase a voltmeter first so i can prove that it actually makes electricity.
I had both my wind turbine and my solar setup on a table in my schools cafeteria. I used a small house fan to turn my turbine and a lab light to power my solar part. The solar part was different then it was in this video because i had it all mounted on a piece of plywood.
Gathering my supplies for my visuals and building them probably took only 1 month out of the 5 months i spent on the whole project. The other 4 months i spent gathering over 150 facts on the topic, vocab words, writing a journal on my progress, making a scrapbook of articles and pictures, and making a TriFold to put on my table.
The presentation was open to the public for 2 hours, and in that two hours i was swamped with people, asking questions, sharing stories, looking at my turbine and solar stuff…it was great. we were supposed to be able to leave our table and look around at my classmates projects, but i never got a chance to like everyone else.
But i had so much fun doing it and i learned ALOT! plus, i got an A!
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Thanks! I have …
Thanks! I have been meaning to make a video of my wind turbine but ive been to busy.
WOW. You did this …
WOW. You did this in eighth grade? Keep it up, that’s awesome and so important for the environment!
Thank you!
The …
Thank you!
The reason i am using a LED light and a fan is to demonstrate light and motion in my project.
very good from …
very good from light to wind ……!!!