Fwd: Fw: First Ever Wisconsin KidWind Challenge 3/11! REGISTER NOW!! PLEASE SHARE!!
Brad Wysocki
From: LEITH NYE <leit...@wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 10:41 AM
Subject: Fw: First Ever Wisconsin KidWind Challenge 3/11! REGISTER NOW!! PLEASE SHARE!!
To: Energy Educators <energy_e...@lists.wisc.edu>, "ws...@lists.wisc.edu" <ws...@lists.wisc.edu>, "ws...@lists.wisc.edu" <ws...@lists.wisc.edu>
Please consider joining this competition event and share with your colleagues. Note there are two options for participating: event challenge (students bring a constructed turbine) or instant challenge (students participate in fun competition on site without needed to prepare). There will also be opportunities for students to tour labs, meet the UW-Madison wind competition team, and learn about careers in this field.
Thanks!
Leith
Education & Outreach Specialist
Wisconsin Energy Institute, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
UW-Madison, 1552 University Ave, 53726
608.263.0809 | glbrc.org | energy.wisc.edu
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 10:10 AM
To: Michael Arquin
Cc: LEITH NYE; Scott Williams; Barbara-Nelson Lawrence; Lawrence, Nels; Windjue, Sara; Traci Marsolek
Subject: First Ever Wisconsin KidWind Challenge 3/11! REGISTER NOW!! PLEASE SHARE!!
Hello Wisconsin Wind Energy Educators!
We are holding the first ever KidWind Challenge in WI on March 11 at the Wisconsin Energy Institute at UW-Madison
As this is our first ever KidWind Challenge in Wisconsin, and time is short, we will have two categories of participants:
Event Challenge Division - This will consist of teams that construct and bring a fully built turbine to the challenge. You will test your turbine in a wind tunnel, meet judges and also do instant challenges. Teams that participate and place in this division will be eligible to attend the National KidWind Challenge at Windpower 2017.
Instant Challenge Division - This will consist of teams that attend and participate in a variety of instant wind challenges. Still fun but maybe less stressful!
The day will also be filled with interactive lab tours and discussions about renewable energy, its impact on Wisconsin and the careers in these emerging fields.
Teams that register can also get a mentor from the Wisconsin Energy Institute to help them get ready! Interested? Contact >>
Scott Williams spwil...@wisc.edu
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DATE: Saturday, March 11, 2017
TIME: 9-3PM
LOCATION:
1552 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53726
SPECIAL INCENTIVES FOR COACHES!
First 10 coaches to register at least one team are eligible for the following:
- $75 stipend
- $75 to help with bus transportation to the Challenge
STUDENT PRIZES!
Top performers in the Event Challenge Division will win cash prizes and the pride of being the first WI champions ever!
Sponsored by:
Wisconsin Energy Institute
Alliant Energy
KidWind Project
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What is a KidWind Challenge and what happens?
The KidWind Challenge seeks to engage students in the opportunities and challenges of a wind-powered society. Student teams that participate in the Challenge construct a wind turbine that they test in a wind tunnel, document and present the process by which they researched and constructed the turbine, understand the consequences of how we generate and consume energy, and engage in a variety of instant challenges to gauge their on-the-spot engineering and problem-solving skills.
This 20 minute webinar lays out all the details!
- Visit www.kidwindchallenge.org for more information about the Challenge and its impact
- Read the Rules for a KidWind Challenge here
- This video says it all.
- Here are some curricular
tools we use to get teachers started thinking about building turbines and how to prepare
for a KidWind Challenge.
Michael Arquin
Director & Founder
2093 Sargent Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55105
http://www.kidwind.org/
http://www.kidwindchallenge.org/
Co-Director
2010 East Hennepin Avenue
Building #2 STE 101
Minneapolis, MN 55413
http://www.rechargelabs.org
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