Energy > Test a Turbine

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Have you found a site for your turbine? Are you ready to switch on to wind power?

This activity is designed to follow on from Will Wind Work?

In this activity students plan the purchase and installation of a wind turbine at your school. They raise money for the project and look into gaining planning permission from the local council.

Your step-by-step guide to getting started and all the resources you need are below.

Good luck!

Info

There are opportunities to use this activity when teaching these subjects:

England: Geography, Citizenship & PSHE, English, Art & Design

Scotland: Social Studies, Literacy & English, Expressive Arts, Technologies, Health & Wellbeing

Wales: Geography, English, Art & Design, ICT, PSE

Northern Ireland: The World Around Us, Language & Literacy, The Arts, PD&MU

For more information, see the curriculum guide.

Get Started

  1. Prepare by reading the resource pack
  2. Run your 'start audit'. This will start your blog.
  3. Run the activity - remember to update your blog with information and pictures
  4. Run your 'end audit'
  5. Submit your blog for a medal
  6. If you win a medal, download a free certificate for your class!
  7. Check the savings you've made on your podometer

Run start audit

Resources

Use these resources to help plan and complete the activity:

How other schools did it:

How you can win a medal

Podometers

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When you finish an activity we use your start and end audits to count your activities and measure any savings you make. You can track your savings using your school's pod-o-meters.

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Eco-schools England

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This 'long' activity contributes significantly towards an Eco-Schools Green Flag application.

Remember you will need to complete a formal environmental review, a detailed action plan and a follow-up review first.

You should also have begun work on a least two other projects.

For more information go to www.eco-schools.org.uk/apply.