Can you design a better windmill?
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Our Design
First design with 3 red paper blades and sticks

Our Experiment
REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT

Results
EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES
Reading 1 Current [18.5 ] mA
Reading 2 Current [ 19.5] mA
Reading 3 Current [ 17.3] mA
Reading 4 Current [ 18 ] mA
Average Current = [ 18.3] mA
Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1
Resistance = [100 ] Ohms
Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A) = 0.03358 W

So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [18.3 ] mA delivering [33.5 ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [33.5 * 600 ] 20148.3 mW.

If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 20148.3 / 77 = 261.7] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.5 ] 3 minute songs.

Thoughts
REPLACE THIS WITH YOUR THOUGHTS: HOW COULD YOUR WINDMILL BE IMPROVED, HOW COULD THE EXPERIMENT BE IMPROVED, IS 100% EFFICIENCY ENERGY TRANSFER REALISTIC, WHAT WOULD YOU ASK AN EXPERT, HOW CAN TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SCIENCE TEACHING AND LEARNING, ETC...

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