KID WIND

Thousands Of Kids Flock To Wind Energy Challenge; Washington Metro K-12 Students Learn About Wind Energy at USA Science & Engineering Festival

May 2, 2012 (Wind Energy Foundation via PRNewswire-USNewswire)

”The Wind Energy Foundation and the KidWind Project today announced the winners of the KidWind Challenge, a student-oriented wind turbine design contest. In advance of the challenge, KidWind trained 30 teachers and 12 teams in the Washington Metropolitan Area...

“…Over a period of several months, students designed and constructed their own wind turbines with the goal of creating an efficient, elegant and highly functional device…”

”Participating teams convened at the second annual USA Science & Engineering Festival held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, April 27 – 29, 2012. Entries were judged on April 28 according to three main criteria: turbine power performance, turbine construction, and knowledge of wind energy topics…

“In addition to the KidWind Challenge, tens of thousands of K-12 students ascended on the Washington Convention Center, overwhelming the KidWind booth. Thousands of students assembled their own miniature turbine blades and tested them in a wind tunnel...While turbines are judged and prizes are awarded at the KidWind Challenge, the event, at its core, is about learning…[M]ore information…[at] KidWind Project [www.kidwind.org]…”