Kid Wind Design Challenge

Team Name: The Pizza Girls

Designed By: Camryn Cwiklinski and Megan Beers

5-8Coaches Name: Pamela Urbanek Childs

Email Address: PUrbanekChilds@clarenceschools.orgClarence Middle School

http://challenge.kidwind.org/online

Our Team Tell us about your team: We are the Pizza Girls and are names are Camryn and Megan. We are in 6th grade and are in the Clarence middle school. We think this project is going to be really fun. We are trying to make the best project we can for the environment.

Design Brief Problem Statement:

We need to make the world a better place. We need to try to save more energy.

Design Statement: We are trying to make a better world with more wind turnbinds. To save more energy.

Design Brief Constraints:Can use Cannot use

o Cloroplast ~not any flexible material like paper

o Cereal box ~less weight the better

o Hot guleo A little tape if neededo

Deliverables:o glueoCoroplastoTapeoHuboDowels

Blade Testing Round 1

Trial Number of Blades Tilt Degree Volts Produced Gears Wind Speed

1 3 20⁰ 2.25 yes 2.5

2 3 70 ⁰ 2.17 yes 4

3 3 30⁰ 1.91 yes 4

Blade Description: pizza blade

Blade Material:coroplast

Blade Length (cm): 17.5cm

Blade Testing Round 2

Blade Description:pizza blade

Blade Material:coroplast

Trial Number of Blades Tilt Degree Volts Produced Gears Wind Speed

1 3 30 ⁰ 3.12 yes 3

2 3 50⁰ 3.51 yes 4

3 3 50⁰ 3.05 yes 2.5

Blade Length (cm):17.5cm

Our Best Test Number of Blades:3

Geared or Direct Drive: Geared

Generator Used : KidWind Wind Turbine Generator

Our Best Test Wind Speed:4

Blade Length:17.5cm

Resistor Value: 54 ohms

Turbine Rotor Swept Area:962.11

Turbine Voltage:3.51