Ready to engage your students in real-world engineering challenges?

Join Vernier physics and engineering expert Tom Smith for an engaging webinar on teaching the engineering design process with hands-on KidWind tools. We’ll explore how to effectively guide your students through developing prototypes, testing designs, and optimizing them using wind turbine blades as a real-world example. Gain strategies to engage your students with project-based learning that fosters creativity, problem-solving, and interest in STEM careers.

What you'll learn

✔ How to introduce the engineering design process to students using the KidWind Advanced Wind Kit, focusing on key steps such as planning investigations and designing solutions

✔ Strategies for investigating real-world blade design examples, guiding students in evaluating variables, and refining solutions to optimize wind turbine power generation

✔ Ways to expand the lesson beyond blade design, exploring concepts like solidity, load effect on design, and wind speed impact on power output