List of Materials
Activity 1: Clear plastic tubs, 3 fl. ounce paper cups, push pins, food coloring (red and blue), cold water, hot water, time-elapsed video of cold front
Activity 2: Plastic foam core board cut into 5” x 2 ½” pieces, X-Acto knife or utility blade, plastic straws, round wooden beads, wooden skewers, button (to attach mast to), ¼ inch diameter dowels for masts, hot glue gun(s), glue sticks, acetate sheets (5” x 6”), foam sheets (cut into 5” x 6” pieces), card stock (cut into 5” x 6” pieces), scissors, rulers, and box fan (if sailed inside).
Activity 3: KidWind Firefly kits; pinwheel activity supplies: scissors, pencils or dowels, ruler, Scotch® tape, glue stick, construction paper (8½” x 11”), and thumb tacks.
Activity 4: Copies of Figure 2 (in this curriculum unit) for each group, image of “Duck Curve” to display.
Activity 5: Possible list of materials to construct wind turbine with ecosystem below: cardboard, shoeboxes, plastic foam core board, hot glue gun, glue sticks, egg cartons, cardboard circles or other round material for a hub, dowels or wooden skewers, straws, popsicle sticks, construction paper, 1.5v motors (optional), AA or C batteries (optional), electrical wires (optional), and electrical tape(optional)
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