Physics of the Universe · Week 14 · Energy Conversion and Renewable Energy
Wind in the Pass
Teams design paper turbine blades, compare test data against criteria, and share roles to turn ideas into a stronger design.
- Students will
- Students design a paper turbine blade, use test data to compare designs, and explain how team roles improved the final design.
- SEL skill
- Choose team roles and communicate clearly so the design improves
- What it looks like
- Students practice teamwork by choosing roles and communicating clearly to improve a shared design.
- Content focus
- Wind in the Pass
- Format
- Group roles share
Relationship skills
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What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-ETS1-3: High School Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP6 Constructing explanations and designing solutions
- Crosscutting concept: CCC5 Energy and matter
- CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle I: People depend on natural systems
- Literacy in science: WHST.11-12.7 Conduct short and sustained research projects to answer a question or solve a problem.
- Traditional course: Physics
Fits these textbook chapters
- Physics Techbook, Concept 3.1: Types of Energy
- Physics Techbook, Concept 3.2: Conservation of Energy
- Inspire Physics, Unit 3: Energy and its Conservation
- California HMH Science Dimensions: Physics in the Universe, Unit 4: Energy Conversion
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More relationship skills activities for Physics of the Universe
- Designing for Safety Relationship skillsTeams design a device that reduces collision force on an egg and share ideas so every voice shapes the design.
- Generating Electricity Relationship skillsExplaining how generators induce current and how communities negotiate where new power lines should go.
- Earthquake Ready Relationship skillsExplaining how earthquake risk shapes where and how we live and building a family and class communication plan.
- Signals from Deep Inside Relationship skillsModeling energy flow in Earth's interior from seismic wave evidence and reading the hidden signals in classmates' moods.
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