WIND POWERBy Hannah Bluck and Victoria Courtel

CONTENTS What is wind? How do we use wind power? How can wind make energy? What can wind do? Fun facts! Quiz time!

WHAT IS WIND?Wind power is

basicallyJust normal air but itmoves around us. LikeBreezes and

windstormsAnd just normal wind.

It can control kites in

theAir around us.

HOW DO WE USE WIND POWER?

People have used energy for a very long time And we still use it today. People in the late 1800s began using the wind to generate electricity, 89 years after that there were 77 windmill

companiesIn the United states

HOW CAN WIND MAKE ENERGY? Wind makes energy by pushing a windmill

around by a huge thing called a wind turbine which will make the blades on a windmill turn which will make energy by turning around and around. The bigger the turbine is the more wind power it will make.

WHAT CAN WIND DO? Wind can blow kites around a breeze can make

leaves fall off trees A gush of wind could cause a disaster like a tornado or hurricane. Wind can make us feel cold in the winter and cool us down in the summer and wind can make power for heating and air conditioning and water bills.

FUN FACTS!• The first modern wind turbine was made by Georges

Jean Marie Darrieus in 1931• In 2006 the wind turbines in the United States made

enough energy to power up more than 2.4 million homes!!!!!

• The largest wind turbine in the world, located in Hawaii, stands 20 stories tall and has blades the length of a football field.

• Since the 1920s windmills have been a helpful source of power in America

QUIZ TIME! ANSWERS1. Name 3 things wind

can do?2. Who made the first

modern wind turbine?

3. What is wind?4. Since the 1920s

windmills have been helpful to which country?

5. If you have a bigger turbine will it make more or less energy

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BY

HANNAH BLUCK

&

VICTORIA COURTEL

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