Katie from science Buddies visited our school today and we took part in a workshop that linked mainly to our Geography topic – Energy but also to science. She explained how some energy e.g. wind power is renewable. Then she explained how wind turbines work and showed us some pictures of a wind farm that is local to us called Dogger Bank. Our Challenge was to design and create the blades for a model wind turbine that spun the best. After experimenting with various shapes and sizes (using paper, scissors masking tape and straws) we found out that the angle the blade was positioned at was very important. Most of us managed to create blades that turned, some of the faster than others.
