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href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2009/07/mimascolin.html' title='Mimas_colin'/><author><name>Kevin Walker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07733136436899871126</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qBpkyJ_4Zsc/SMZ1kTmpVcI/AAAAAAAAAAo/zNq3zEBIQKc/s1600-R/70_4592adabdad8a.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-8035993496916231142</id><published>2009-07-09T12:34:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-12T23:40:32.106+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mimas-hendrhk'/><title type='text'>Mimas-Hendrik</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - Here is our windmill&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - It made a lot of noise but not too much electricity!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-8035993496916231142?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/8035993496916231142/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=8035993496916231142' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/8035993496916231142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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/&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - I think it is going to do great&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - It fell off in a strong wind&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - I need some stronger glue!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment? Yep, how many blades should I use?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-649949231918203099?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/649949231918203099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=649949231918203099' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/649949231918203099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/649949231918203099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2009/07/kevin063.html' title='Kevin063'/><author><name>josh_u</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5AUBk2OrXRQ/StWC-jG22OI/AAAAAAAAAW0/QVW-R6VYfeo/s1600-R/s701901889_1839573_9356.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-9073403371208826085</id><published>2008-10-01T14:48:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-01T14:49:57.989+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='13VCT'/><title type='text'>13VCT</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - what were you investigating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - will your design produce enough energy to charge an iPod for an hour in the 10 minutes you have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - What did you discover?&lt;br /&gt;green and purple windmill&lt;br /&gt;14.3   15.9     17.9mA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - How would you improve your windmill design if you were doing this experiment again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-9073403371208826085?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/9073403371208826085/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=9073403371208826085' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/9073403371208826085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/9073403371208826085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/10/13vct.html' title='13VCT'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-2985692124443262120</id><published>2008-10-01T14:40:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-01T14:42:58.546+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='12EAJ'/><title type='text'>12EAJ</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - what were you investigating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - will your design produce enough energy to charge an iPod for an hour in the 10 minutes you have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - What did you discover?&lt;br /&gt;design is paper plates with red cones attached to end fins&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;average current reading is:  4.4 mA,     then on highest fan   9 mA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - How would you improve your windmill design if you were doing this experiment again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-2985692124443262120?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/2985692124443262120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=2985692124443262120' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2985692124443262120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2985692124443262120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/10/12eaj.html' title='12EAJ'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-3303713382394032102</id><published>2008-10-01T14:39:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-01T14:45:08.107+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='10CAD'/><title type='text'>10CAD</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - what were you investigating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - will your design produce enough energy to charge an iPod for an hour in the 10 minutes you have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - What did you discover?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;red and white design didn't move,&lt;br /&gt;red and yellow design:  8.4 mA         10mA        11.1 mA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - How would you improve your windmill design if you were doing this experiment again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-3303713382394032102?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/3303713382394032102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=3303713382394032102' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/3303713382394032102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/3303713382394032102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/10/10cad.html' title='10CAD'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-5389927270820868280</id><published>2008-10-01T14:39:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-01T14:40:28.607+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='11LRS'/><title type='text'>11LRS</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - what were you investigating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - will your design produce enough energy to charge an iPod for an hour in the 10 minutes you have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - What did you discover?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - How would you improve your windmill design if you were doing this experiment again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-5389927270820868280?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/5389927270820868280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=5389927270820868280' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5389927270820868280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5389927270820868280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/10/11lrs.html' title='11LRS'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-7411235471155127706</id><published>2008-10-01T14:38:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-01T14:48:33.586+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9GOS'/><title type='text'>9GOS</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - what were you investigating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - will your design produce enough energy to charge an iPod for an hour in the 10 minutes you have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - What did you discover?&lt;br /&gt;paper plate design with coloured lining&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4.7   6.6  9.9 mA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - How would you improve your windmill design if you were doing this experiment again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-7411235471155127706?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/7411235471155127706/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=7411235471155127706' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7411235471155127706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7411235471155127706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/10/9gos.html' title='9GOS'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-618996287437026250</id><published>2008-10-01T14:38:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-01T14:47:20.148+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='8SA'/><title type='text'>8SA</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - what were you investigating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - will your design produce enough energy to charge an iPod for an hour in the 10 minutes you have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - What did you discover?&lt;br /&gt;Orange windmill&lt;br /&gt;maximum current value is 0&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - How would you improve your windmill design if you were doing this experiment again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-618996287437026250?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/618996287437026250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=618996287437026250' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/618996287437026250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/618996287437026250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/10/8sa.html' title='8SA'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-5553081997891482356</id><published>2008-09-26T19:23:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2008-09-29T12:06:10.357+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='5FLL'/><title type='text'>5FLL</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - what were you investigating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - will your design produce enough energy to charge an iPod for an hour in the 10 minutes you have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - What did you discover?&lt;br /&gt;With our pink redesign of turbine,   current is 2.6,  then 6.6 mA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - How would you improve your windmill design if you were doing this experiment again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-5553081997891482356?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/5553081997891482356/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=5553081997891482356' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5553081997891482356'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5553081997891482356'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/09/5fll.html' title='5FLL'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-6632646272507984605</id><published>2008-09-26T19:23:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2008-09-29T12:02:02.039+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='7JAG'/><title type='text'>7JAG</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - what were you investigating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - will your design produce enough energy to charge an iPod for an hour in the 10 minutes you have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - What did you discover?&lt;br /&gt;we changed our design...  0.2 mA highest current&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - How would you improve your windmill design if you were doing this experiment again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-6632646272507984605?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/6632646272507984605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=6632646272507984605' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/6632646272507984605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/6632646272507984605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/09/7jag.html' title='7JAG'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-6610020838678216703</id><published>2008-09-26T19:23:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2008-09-29T11:55:00.890+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='6CFC'/><title type='text'>6CFC</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - what were you investigating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - will your design produce enough energy to charge an iPod for an hour in the 10 minutes you have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - What did you discover?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;maximum current readings on each fan setting:    0 mA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - How would you improve your windmill design if you were doing this experiment again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-6610020838678216703?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/6610020838678216703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=6610020838678216703' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/6610020838678216703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/6610020838678216703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/09/6cfc.html' title='6CFC'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-5446164584990235845</id><published>2008-09-26T19:22:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2008-09-29T14:00:09.279+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='3RJN'/><title type='text'>3RJN</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - what were you investigating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - will your design produce enough energy to charge an iPod for an hour in the 10 minutes you have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - What did you discover?&lt;br /&gt;yellow and orange paper design,  highest current reading is  3.7 mA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - How would you improve your windmill design if you were doing this experiment again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-5446164584990235845?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/5446164584990235845/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=5446164584990235845' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5446164584990235845'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5446164584990235845'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/09/3rjn.html' title='3RJN'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-6315102522582146655</id><published>2008-09-26T19:22:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2008-09-29T11:56:36.878+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='4JTL'/><title type='text'>4JTL</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - what were you investigating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - will your design produce enough energy to charge an iPod for an hour in the 10 minutes you have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - What did you discover?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yellow one made in second lesson, max current is 0 mA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - How would you improve your windmill design if you were doing this experiment again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-6315102522582146655?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/6315102522582146655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=6315102522582146655' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/6315102522582146655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/6315102522582146655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/09/4jtl.html' title='4JTL'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-5657005582726536573</id><published>2008-09-26T19:21:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2008-09-29T14:02:03.348+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2GCA'/><title type='text'>2GCA</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - what were you investigating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - will your design produce enough energy to charge an iPod for an hour in the 10 minutes you have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - What did you discover?&lt;br /&gt;the two tone red and blue windmill we made in second lesson:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;maximum current value:  4.2,  7.5,  8.6    then  9 mA  on highest wind setting&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - How would you improve your windmill design if you were doing this experiment again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-5657005582726536573?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/5657005582726536573/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=5657005582726536573' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5657005582726536573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5657005582726536573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/09/2gca.html' title='2GCA'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-3567276266961152226</id><published>2008-09-26T19:20:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-09-29T11:58:49.470+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='1MIE'/><title type='text'>1MIE</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - what were you investigating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - will your design produce enough energy to charge an iPod for an hour in the 10 minutes you have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - What did you discover?&lt;br /&gt;Long arms make it heavy,  max current reading is 0 mA&lt;br /&gt;this is why scientists test their work&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - How would you improve your windmill design if you were doing this experiment again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-3567276266961152226?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/3567276266961152226/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=3567276266961152226' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/3567276266961152226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/3567276266961152226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/09/1mie.html' title='1MIE'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-783861424436237003</id><published>2008-06-12T14:52:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-13T15:32:00.892+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='7rcs'/><title type='text'>7rcs</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - what were you investigating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) windmills&lt;br /&gt;b) wind mills&lt;br /&gt;c) We were investigating how we can power an ipod with mini windmills&lt;br /&gt;d) How we could power an iPod&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - will your design produce enough energy to charge an iPod for an hour in the 10 minutes you have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) No&lt;br /&gt;b) probably not!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - What did you discover?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) That can work&lt;br /&gt;b) We can't power a ipod for an hour&lt;br /&gt;c) We discovered that the smaller and less heavy spin the most&lt;br /&gt;d) That our windmill was the best design&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - How would you improve your windmill design if you were doing this experiment again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) Make it lighter&lt;br /&gt;b) make it a bit lighter!&lt;br /&gt;c) We don't need too we won anyway&lt;br /&gt;d) We would make it smaller&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) Does it really work?&lt;br /&gt;b) Nothing&lt;br /&gt;c) What made our design the best?&lt;br /&gt;d) What made our design win?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;Click &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;amp;postID=783861424436237003"&gt;comments&lt;/a&gt; below for answers&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-783861424436237003?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/783861424436237003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=783861424436237003' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/783861424436237003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/783861424436237003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/06/7rcs.html' title='7rcs'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-4616534413002791839</id><published>2008-06-12T14:51:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-13T17:00:57.493+01:00</updated><title type='text'>6ckr</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;From group's reports:&lt;br /&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - what were you investigating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;a)&lt;br /&gt;b) How much energy you can make using a miniature windmill model&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - will your design produce enough energy to charge an iPod for an hour in the 10 minutes you have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a)&lt;br /&gt;b)  No because we didn't get to finish and it was weak&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - What did you discover?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a)&lt;br /&gt;b) That you have to work hard to get a good result&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - How would you improve your windmill design if you were doing this experiment again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a)&lt;br /&gt;b) Don't work your friends and you will inprove&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment&lt;/span&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;a)&lt;br /&gt;b) That they did a good job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-4616534413002791839?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/4616534413002791839/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=4616534413002791839' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4616534413002791839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4616534413002791839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/06/6ckr.html' title='6ckr'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-4464915015960665960</id><published>2008-06-12T14:50:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-13T15:33:57.141+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='5rjg'/><title type='text'>5rjg</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - what were you investigating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) How to make a wind powered generator&lt;br /&gt;b) How much power we could make using a windmill we made&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - will your design produce enough energy to charge an iPod for an hour in the 10 minutes you have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) Yes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - What did you discover?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) That the smaller the turbine the more energy&lt;br /&gt;b) Our fan made 0.88 volts and 8.4 mA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - How would you improve your windmill design if you were doing this experiment again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) To make it smaller&lt;br /&gt;b) Made it smaller&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) What other things can be charged by wind?&lt;br /&gt;b) What shape would the perfect windmill be?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Click comments below for answers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-4464915015960665960?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/4464915015960665960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=4464915015960665960' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4464915015960665960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4464915015960665960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/06/5rjg.html' title='5rjg'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-5326310837807641682</id><published>2008-06-12T14:50:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-13T15:33:11.994+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='4gem'/><title type='text'>4gem</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - what were you investigating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) How to make a fan that produces enough energy to charge a ipod&lt;br /&gt;b) Which make fan makes the highest volts and milliamp&lt;br /&gt;c) Which home made fan can produce the most energy&lt;br /&gt;d) Which designs materials etc. could produce a wind turbine that produces the highest wattage&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - will your design produce enough energy to charge an iPod for an hour in the 10 minutes you have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) No because the shape was bad&lt;br /&gt;b) no&lt;br /&gt;c) No&lt;br /&gt;d) Probably not - our fan produced very little miliampsand voltage as a result this produced very little wattage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - What did you discover?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) Paper plate work well : )&lt;br /&gt;b) Make the fan simple and easy&lt;br /&gt;c) That you need a small fan for the most power&lt;br /&gt;d) It is very difficult to make a wind turbine capable of producing enough energy out of paper. Industrial wind turbines are much more capable&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - How would you improve your windmill design if you were doing this experiment again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) Use a paper plate&lt;br /&gt;b) Make it more simple&lt;br /&gt;c) make it smaller&lt;br /&gt;d) Probably support the fan more and give it a larger surface area&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) nothing&lt;br /&gt;b) an easer whay to do it&lt;br /&gt;c) how to make ours the best&lt;br /&gt;d) No- I'm not amazingly interested in this field and I really wouldn't want to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Click comments below for answers&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-5326310837807641682?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/5326310837807641682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=5326310837807641682' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5326310837807641682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5326310837807641682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/06/4gem.html' title='4gem'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-3385354489987727775</id><published>2008-06-12T14:49:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-13T15:35:20.537+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='3cbl'/><title type='text'>3cbl</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Taken from group's reports:&lt;br /&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - what were you investigating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) How wind be turned into power&lt;br /&gt;b) can our wind terbines can provide enough to power a ipod&lt;br /&gt;c) Can our wind terbines can produce enough energy to charge an ipod for an hou&lt;/span&gt;r&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - will your design produce enough energy to charge an iPod for an hour in the 10 minutes you have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) Yes&lt;br /&gt;b) No because our V was 0.0 and our mA was 0.0 because it didn't move&lt;br /&gt;c) No because our V was 0.0 and our mA was 0.0 because it didn't move&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - What did you discover?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) We couldn't couldn't create enough energy to power anything&lt;br /&gt;b) The closer the fan the faster it is&lt;br /&gt;c) The closer the fan the faster it is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - How would you improve your windmill design if you were doing this experiment again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) We would add more objects for more wind resistance&lt;br /&gt;b) More blades to make more our resistance&lt;br /&gt;c) More blades on it to make more our resistance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) why ours wouldn't move?!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click comments below for answers&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-3385354489987727775?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/3385354489987727775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=3385354489987727775' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/3385354489987727775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/3385354489987727775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/06/3cbl.html' title='3cbl'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-5591117449897214879</id><published>2008-06-12T14:49:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-13T15:34:31.696+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2kdj'/><title type='text'>2kdj</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - what were you investigating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) We were investigating how to conduct electrisity from wind turbines, and which one could produce the most&lt;br /&gt;b) we were investigating how to make electricity from wind turbine that we made from paper, sticks and cardboard to see which windmills made the most volts or milliampas&lt;br /&gt;c) we were investigating to see how much electricity our windmill can use&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - will your design produce enough energy to charge an iPod for an hour in the 10 minutes you have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) No I don't think it will be fully charged within 10 minutes.  I think if we had a little longer then it possibly would be charged.&lt;br /&gt;b) No. I don't think that it will power it for a hour in ten minutes it would need more time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - What did you discover?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) That wind turbines produce a lot more energy than I thorght&lt;br /&gt;b) Wind turbines makes lots of energy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - How would you improve your windmill design if you were doing this experiment again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;a) I would make it a bit bigger&lt;br /&gt;b) I would make it smaller&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-5591117449897214879?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/5591117449897214879/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=5591117449897214879' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5591117449897214879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5591117449897214879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/06/2kdj.html' title='2kdj'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-8784816794316730106</id><published>2008-06-12T14:48:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2008-06-13T15:36:11.678+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='1hss'/><title type='text'>1hss</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt; - what were you investigating?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Windmills&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prediction&lt;/span&gt; - will your design produce enough energy to charge an iPod for an hour in the 10 minutes you have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;No I dont think it will because we diddont have time to finish it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt; - What did you discover?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Our windmill diddont work&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Evaluation&lt;/span&gt; - How would you improve your windmill design if you were doing this experiment again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Maybe just focus on the whole thing not just little details&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;What would you like to ask a power expert about this experiment?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;How do you make a wind meal that looks nice and works in the time you are given?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click comments below for answers&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-8784816794316730106?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/8784816794316730106/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=8784816794316730106' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/8784816794316730106'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/8784816794316730106'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/06/1hss.html' title='1hss'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-463670612088409607</id><published>2008-03-15T16:30:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-03-17T15:14:57.839Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='windfarm'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MC1503'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HSb1503'/><title type='text'>MC1503, HSb1503</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A combination of two windmills, one from paper plates and one from orange card in classic beach windmill design&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We tried these two connected in series and parallel.  We got enough power to run the radio, even with just the small fan blowing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [  15] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [  14.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [14.75 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan  = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance  = [100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R    (remember to convert mA to A)  0.02176&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [14.75 ] mA delivering [21.76 ] mW so in 10 minutes it could generate [21.76 * 600 = 13053 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW  per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 169.5  ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.9 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Want to add in more turbines to make a bigger wind farm.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-463670612088409607?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/463670612088409607/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=463670612088409607' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/463670612088409607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/463670612088409607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/03/mc1503-hsb1503.html' title='MC1503, HSb1503'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-4711666758291778422</id><published>2008-03-15T16:08:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-03-17T14:40:36.252Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AC1503'/><title type='text'>AC1503</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paper plate and coctail sticks. Flower shape.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tried it with lots of different speeds, and fans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [10.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [11.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [11.7] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [11.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [11.35] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [1.7] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [100] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = 0.01288w&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [1.7] our turbine generates an average current of [11.35] mA delivering [12.88]mw so in 10 minutes it could generate [12.88*600] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [100] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [0.6] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With more power, you should have less blades and more surface area. With less wind speed you might get more power than otherwise with more blades.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-4711666758291778422?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/4711666758291778422/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=4711666758291778422' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4711666758291778422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4711666758291778422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/03/ac1503.html' title='AC1503'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-9012463827557766835</id><published>2008-03-15T16:03:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-03-17T15:08:33.539Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HS1503'/><title type='text'>HS1503</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 green card blades supported by sticks, but not very evenly spaced around the cork&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Collected some current readings and this one wasn't a great performer, but my second one was.  It's the orange one in the wind farm trial.  This green one wasn't well balanced.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [  3.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [  6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [  3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [  4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [4.05 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan  = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance  = [100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R    (remember to convert mA to A)  0.00164&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [4.05 ] mA delivering [1.64 ] mW so in 10 minutes it could generate [1.64 * 600 = 984.2 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW  per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 12.8  ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.1 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this one was too heavy with the card, try with paper next&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-9012463827557766835?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/9012463827557766835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=9012463827557766835' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/9012463827557766835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/9012463827557766835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/03/hs1503.html' title='HS1503'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-4811499089272403680</id><published>2008-03-11T18:21:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-03-11T18:23:21.413Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kh11010703'/><title type='text'>kh11010703</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;s shaped yellow one&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we tried moving the generator to allow this one to rotate around a vertical (and horizontal) axis but it didn't want to turn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; we sadly didn't get any energy out of this one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [  ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [  ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [  ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [  ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [I ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan  = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance  = [R ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R    (remember to convert mA to A)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW  per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [  ?  ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ ? ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-4811499089272403680?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/4811499089272403680/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=4811499089272403680' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4811499089272403680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4811499089272403680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/03/kh11010703.html' title='kh11010703'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-3920377566948428952</id><published>2008-03-11T18:09:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-03-11T18:20:35.700Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ka11010703'/><title type='text'>ka11010703</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;paper plate design&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This one didn't spin very fast but looked very efficient&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [  7.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [  6.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [  7.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [  7.7] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 7.275] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan  = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance  = [100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R    (remember to convert mA to A) = 0.00529&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [7.275 ] mA delivering [5.29 ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [5.29 * 600 = 3175] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW  per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 3175 / 77 =   41.2] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.2 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-3920377566948428952?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/3920377566948428952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=3920377566948428952' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/3920377566948428952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/3920377566948428952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/03/ka11010703.html' title='ka11010703'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-7557841612230635095</id><published>2008-03-11T16:36:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-03-11T16:44:46.207Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kh11000703'/><title type='text'>kh11000703</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Green paper beach style windmill&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The wind did turn it very well initially, but then made it fall apart as the wind was too strong for the design.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [19.2  ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [19.2 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan  = [5.9 ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance  = [100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R    (remember to convert mA to A)  0.036864 W&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [5.9 m/sec ] our turbine generates an average current of [19.2 ] mA delivering [ 36.864] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [36.864 * 600 = 22118.4 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW  per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [  22118.4 / 77 = 287  ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.6 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-7557841612230635095?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/7557841612230635095/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=7557841612230635095' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7557841612230635095'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7557841612230635095'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/03/kh11000703.html' title='kh11000703'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-6951606114901916148</id><published>2008-03-11T16:28:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-03-11T16:36:31.535Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ka11000703'/><title type='text'>ka11000703</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First design with 3 red paper blades and sticks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [18.5  ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [  19.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [  17.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 18  ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 18.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan  = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance  = [100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R    (remember to convert mA to A) = 0.03358 W&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-6951606114901916148?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/6951606114901916148/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=6951606114901916148' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/6951606114901916148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/6951606114901916148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/03/ka11000703.html' title='ka11000703'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-8516593247929219597</id><published>2008-03-10T17:30:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-03-11T18:25:01.852Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PCC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='team 1'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MAD16001003'/><title type='text'>MAD16001003</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Madonna design, Made of paper plates, it evolved into a multi-cup design with 4 cups in the end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;initial mA readings were 0.37, 0.45, 0.2, 0.4  but later we got the following&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 5.6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [  5.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [  5.8] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [  5.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [  5.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan  = [ 4.7 ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance  = [100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R    (remember to convert mA to A)  = 0.00291 Watts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [4.7 ] our turbine generates an average current of [5.4 ] mA delivering [2.91] mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [2.91  * 600 ] mW.  = 1746 mW&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW  per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 1746/77 = 22.67  ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.126 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why do wind turbines need to be so big to generate decent amounts of energy?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-8516593247929219597?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/8516593247929219597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=8516593247929219597' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/8516593247929219597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/8516593247929219597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/03/madonna-design-mad16001103.html' title='MAD16001003'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-2420265686031713504</id><published>2008-02-26T10:13:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-03-04T09:48:25.166Z</updated><title type='text'>Thanks</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Many thanks to all of you who participated  in our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brightonscience.com/08whiteheat.php"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Brighton Science Festival&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt; - DIY Energy experiment held as part of the &lt;a href="http://www.brightonscience.com/08whiteheat.php"&gt;Family Day&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.hovepark.org.uk/school/index.asp"&gt;Hove Park School&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;You should now be able to find your experiment id scrolling down the righthand column of this page.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can see &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23945225@N06/sets/72157603941615663/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;photos of the windmills on flickr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;  and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pFv2v4eyVpyg2uCMWoZfibg"&gt;study a table of results here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;. (If you find a photo of your windmill badly labelled please add a comment in flickr)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Remember we have more &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/events/scienceweek08/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;DIY Energy events in March&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-2420265686031713504?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/2420265686031713504/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=2420265686031713504' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2420265686031713504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2420265686031713504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/thanks_26.html' title='Thanks'/><author><name>josh_u</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5AUBk2OrXRQ/StWC-jG22OI/AAAAAAAAAW0/QVW-R6VYfeo/s1600-R/s701901889_1839573_9356.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-1464422991707751868</id><published>2008-02-24T17:20:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T15:28:28.140Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LG17202402'/><title type='text'>LG17202402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [17.2 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 17.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 16.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 17.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [17.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [6 ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [100] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A) 29.58&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 230.5] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.3 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-1464422991707751868?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/1464422991707751868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=1464422991707751868' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/1464422991707751868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/1464422991707751868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/lg17202402.html' title='LG17202402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-5876355164977903879</id><published>2008-02-24T17:15:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T15:35:35.003Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MD17152402'/><title type='text'>MD17152402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 17.8] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 18.1] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 17.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 18] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 17.85] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [ 6.4] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  31.86&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 248.3 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.4 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-5876355164977903879?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/5876355164977903879/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=5876355164977903879' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5876355164977903879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5876355164977903879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/md17152402.html' title='MD17152402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-3222842752154627453</id><published>2008-02-24T17:11:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T15:44:55.812Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ZG17112402'/><title type='text'>ZG17112402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 15.8] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 16] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 14.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 15.7] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 15.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A) 24.03&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 187.2 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.0 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-3222842752154627453?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/3222842752154627453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=3222842752154627453' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/3222842752154627453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/3222842752154627453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/zg17112402.html' title='ZG17112402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-3283965097027854367</id><published>2008-02-24T16:40:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T15:48:08.853Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EE16402402'/><title type='text'>EE16402402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 17.03] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 17.05] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 16.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 17.51] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 17.123 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [ 5.6 ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  29.32&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 228.5 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.3 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-3283965097027854367?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/3283965097027854367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=3283965097027854367' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/3283965097027854367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/3283965097027854367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/ee16402402.html' title='EE16402402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-7253468817091786149</id><published>2008-02-24T16:30:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T15:50:07.469Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JF16302402'/><title type='text'>JF16302402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 14.7] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 15.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 15.8] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 15.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 15.475 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  23.95&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 186.6 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.0 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-7253468817091786149?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/7253468817091786149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=7253468817091786149' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7253468817091786149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7253468817091786149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/jf16302402.html' title='JF16302402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-7417897356761059647</id><published>2008-02-24T16:30:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T15:46:01.050Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MF16302402'/><title type='text'>MF16302402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 17.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 16.8] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 26] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 17.3 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A) 29.93&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 233.2 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.3 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-7417897356761059647?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/7417897356761059647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=7417897356761059647' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7417897356761059647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7417897356761059647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/mf16302402.html' title='MF16302402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-8494636601053161635</id><published>2008-02-24T16:05:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T15:57:23.782Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NS16052402'/><title type='text'>NS16052402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 19.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 18.6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 18.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 19] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 19.1 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  36.48&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 284.3 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.6 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-8494636601053161635?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/8494636601053161635/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=8494636601053161635' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/8494636601053161635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/8494636601053161635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/ns16052402.html' title='NS16052402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-6088097380846406870</id><published>2008-02-24T16:00:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T15:55:33.775Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ES16002402'/><title type='text'>ES16002402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 17.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 16.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 16.8] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 17] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 16.875 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  28.48&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 221.9 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.2 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-6088097380846406870?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/6088097380846406870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=6088097380846406870' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/6088097380846406870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/6088097380846406870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/es16002402.html' title='ES16002402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-2065381076109689384</id><published>2008-02-24T15:48:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T16:08:44.254Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='KO15482402'/><title type='text'>KO15482402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 18.8] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 19] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 19.1] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 18.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 18.95 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  35.91&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 279.8 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.6 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-2065381076109689384?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/2065381076109689384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=2065381076109689384' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2065381076109689384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2065381076109689384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/ko15482402.html' title='KO15482402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-8674421805632812168</id><published>2008-02-24T15:45:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T16:05:03.643Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CS15452402'/><title type='text'>CS15452402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 15.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 14.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 13.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 14.7] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 14.6 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  21.32&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 166.1 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.9 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-8674421805632812168?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/8674421805632812168/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=8674421805632812168' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/8674421805632812168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/8674421805632812168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/cs15452402.html' title='CS15452402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-5990034608203504031</id><published>2008-02-24T15:45:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T16:00:57.014Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AJK15452402'/><title type='text'>AJK15452402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 14.7] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 15.8] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 13.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 14.7] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 14.65 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  21.46&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 167.2 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.9 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-5990034608203504031?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/5990034608203504031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=5990034608203504031' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5990034608203504031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5990034608203504031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/ajk15452402.html' title='AJK15452402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-2470746764879311207</id><published>2008-02-24T15:44:00.004Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T16:12:52.956Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JCS15442402'/><title type='text'>JCS15442402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 18.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 18.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 17.8] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 17.6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 18 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A) 32.40&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 252.5 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.4 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-2470746764879311207?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/2470746764879311207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=2470746764879311207' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2470746764879311207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2470746764879311207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/jcs15442402.html' title='JCS15442402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-4580368135184698237</id><published>2008-02-24T15:44:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T16:06:44.376Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ACK15442402'/><title type='text'>ACK15442402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 12.6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 18.8] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 18.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 18.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 17.3 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  29.93&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 233.2 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.3 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-4580368135184698237?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/4580368135184698237/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=4580368135184698237' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4580368135184698237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4580368135184698237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/ack15442402.html' title='ACK15442402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-2301372351048680053</id><published>2008-02-24T15:43:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T16:02:42.693Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AGK15432402'/><title type='text'>AGK15432402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 17.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 17.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 17.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 17.533 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  30.74&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 239.5 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.3 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-2301372351048680053?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/2301372351048680053/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=2301372351048680053' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2301372351048680053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2301372351048680053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/agk15432402.html' title='AGK15432402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-7002999114073386300</id><published>2008-02-24T15:42:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T15:59:07.041Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AWK15422402'/><title type='text'>AWK15422402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 13.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 13.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 12.7] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 13.1] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 13.125 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  17.23&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 134.2 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.7 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-7002999114073386300?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/7002999114073386300/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=7002999114073386300' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7002999114073386300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7002999114073386300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/awk15422402.html' title='AWK15422402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-54092388466530316</id><published>2008-02-24T15:35:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T16:15:10.876Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JM15352402'/><title type='text'>JM15352402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 18.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 18.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 18] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 18.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 18.35 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  33.67&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 262.4 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.5 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-54092388466530316?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/54092388466530316/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=54092388466530316' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/54092388466530316'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/54092388466530316'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/jm15352402.html' title='JM15352402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-1393963382022284727</id><published>2008-02-24T15:20:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T16:16:47.710Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JT15202402'/><title type='text'>JT15202402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 11.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 10.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 10.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 11.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 10.85 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  11.77&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 91.7 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.5 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-1393963382022284727?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/1393963382022284727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=1393963382022284727' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/1393963382022284727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/1393963382022284727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/jt15202402.html' title='JT15202402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-1227591120431488964</id><published>2008-02-24T15:15:00.008Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T16:27:39.765Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LW15152402'/><title type='text'>LW15152402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 4.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 6.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 1.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 3.55 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [ 5.6 ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  1.26&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 9.8 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.1 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-1227591120431488964?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/1227591120431488964/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=1227591120431488964' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/1227591120431488964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/1227591120431488964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/lw15152402.html' title='LW15152402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-5547320685826788080</id><published>2008-02-24T15:15:00.006Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T16:24:11.386Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HD3152402'/><title type='text'>HD3152402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"This was a great design but it didn't turn in the wind. Well Done anyway!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [I ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [R ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ ? ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ ? ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-5547320685826788080?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/5547320685826788080/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=5547320685826788080' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5547320685826788080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5547320685826788080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/hd3152402.html' title='HD3152402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-2349098645710439800</id><published>2008-02-24T15:15:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T16:21:20.764Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JB15152402'/><title type='text'>JB15152402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 18.8] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 19] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 18.8] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 18.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 18.875 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  35.63&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 277.6 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.5 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-2349098645710439800?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/2349098645710439800/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=2349098645710439800' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2349098645710439800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2349098645710439800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/jb15152402.html' title='JB15152402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-3897257289506752238</id><published>2008-02-24T15:10:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T16:19:47.183Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ER15102402'/><title type='text'>ER15102402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 15.6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 14.7] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 14.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 13.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 14.675 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  21.54&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 167.8 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.9 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-3897257289506752238?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/3897257289506752238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=3897257289506752238' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/3897257289506752238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/3897257289506752238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/er15102402.html' title='ER15102402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-5397252035554783089</id><published>2008-02-24T15:08:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T16:25:40.441Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CB15082402'/><title type='text'>CB15082402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 5.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 7] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 9.8] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 11.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 8.325 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  6.93&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 54 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.3 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-5397252035554783089?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/5397252035554783089/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=5397252035554783089' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5397252035554783089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5397252035554783089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/cb15082402.html' title='CB15082402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-1063849511245919486</id><published>2008-02-24T15:07:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T16:32:13.510Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LP15072402'/><title type='text'>LP15072402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 12] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 11.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 11.8] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 11.7] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 11.675 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [ 6.1 ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  13.63&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 106.2 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.6 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-1063849511245919486?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/1063849511245919486/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=1063849511245919486' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/1063849511245919486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/1063849511245919486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/lp15072402.html' title='LP15072402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-493131964293904152</id><published>2008-02-24T15:05:00.006Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T16:30:55.154Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FW15052402'/><title type='text'>FW15052402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 3.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 1.6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 2.45 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [ 6.4 ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  0.6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 4.7 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-493131964293904152?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/493131964293904152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=493131964293904152' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/493131964293904152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/493131964293904152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/fw15052402.html' title='FW15052402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-315127526483144040</id><published>2008-02-24T15:05:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T16:29:06.085Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HW15052402'/><title type='text'>HW15052402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 18.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 18.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 18.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 18.1] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 18.3 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [ 3.7 ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  33.49&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 261 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.4 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-315127526483144040?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/315127526483144040/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=315127526483144040' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/315127526483144040'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/315127526483144040'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/hw15052402.html' title='HW15052402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-2286245170953006102</id><published>2008-02-24T15:05:00.000Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T15:51:36.519Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SB15052402'/><title type='text'>SB15052402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 12.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 12] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 12.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 12.16] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 12.215 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [ 6 ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  14.92&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 116.3 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.6 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-2286245170953006102?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/2286245170953006102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=2286245170953006102' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2286245170953006102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2286245170953006102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/sb15052402.html' title='SB15052402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-4420254384973895768</id><published>2008-02-24T15:00:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T14:46:05.999Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JG15002402'/><title type='text'>JG15002402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 9.1] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 9.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 9.2 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  8.46&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 66 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.4 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-4420254384973895768?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/4420254384973895768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=4420254384973895768' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4420254384973895768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4420254384973895768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/jg15002402.html' title='JG15002402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-2962646366041478100</id><published>2008-02-24T14:55:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T14:44:30.410Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JP14552402'/><title type='text'>JP14552402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 16.8] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 16.7] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 17.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 16.9 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [ 6.2 ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  28.56&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 222.6 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.2 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-2962646366041478100?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/2962646366041478100/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=2962646366041478100' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2962646366041478100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2962646366041478100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/jp14552402.html' title='JP14552402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-7012832926886673954</id><published>2008-02-24T14:50:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T16:36:10.161Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='KH14502402'/><title type='text'>KH14502402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 17.7] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 17.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 17.6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 17.567 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  30.86&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 240.5 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.3 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-7012832926886673954?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/7012832926886673954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=7012832926886673954' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7012832926886673954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7012832926886673954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/kh14502402.html' title='KH14502402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-4935310560835051909</id><published>2008-02-24T14:40:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T14:51:24.759Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PM14402402'/><title type='text'>PM14402402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 17] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 15.7] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 16] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 16.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 16.275 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  26.49&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 206.4 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.1 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-4935310560835051909?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/4935310560835051909/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=4935310560835051909' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4935310560835051909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4935310560835051909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/pm14402402.html' title='PM14402402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-7695274138351230938</id><published>2008-02-24T14:27:00.004Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T14:48:47.409Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ZC14272402'/><title type='text'>ZC14272402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 15.1] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 14.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 15] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 15.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 15.1 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  22.8&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 177.7 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.0 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-7695274138351230938?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/7695274138351230938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=7695274138351230938' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7695274138351230938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7695274138351230938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/zc14272402.html' title='ZC14272402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-7849768418025057742</id><published>2008-02-24T14:27:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T14:47:26.534Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MB14272402'/><title type='text'>MB14272402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 10.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 11.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 10.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 10.667 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  11.38&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 88.7 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.5 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-7849768418025057742?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/7849768418025057742/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=7849768418025057742' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7849768418025057742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7849768418025057742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/mb14272402.html' title='MB14272402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-4046600869406435435</id><published>2008-02-24T14:24:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T14:50:05.599Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CD14242402'/><title type='text'>CD14242402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 13.6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 12.7] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 13.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 13.2 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [ 6.3 ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  17.42&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 135.8 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.8 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-4046600869406435435?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/4046600869406435435/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=4046600869406435435' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4046600869406435435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4046600869406435435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/cd14242402.html' title='CD14242402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-6115971177512433366</id><published>2008-02-24T14:14:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T14:53:10.906Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ACS14142402'/><title type='text'>ACS14142402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 18.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 18.6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 18.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 18.6 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [ 6 ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  34.6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 269.6 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.5 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-6115971177512433366?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/6115971177512433366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=6115971177512433366' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/6115971177512433366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/6115971177512433366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/acs14142402.html' title='ACS14142402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-7614016064691303493</id><published>2008-02-24T14:10:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T14:56:59.615Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CM14102402'/><title type='text'>CM14102402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 15.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 14.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 15.6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 15.333 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [ 5.7 ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  23.51&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 183.2 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-7614016064691303493?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/7614016064691303493/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=7614016064691303493' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7614016064691303493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7614016064691303493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/cm14102402.html' title='CM14102402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-8119650686534002482</id><published>2008-02-24T14:00:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:00:04.142Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NC14002402'/><title type='text'>NC14002402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 19] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 18.6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 18.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 18.6 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  34.6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 269.6 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.5 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-8119650686534002482?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/8119650686534002482/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=8119650686534002482' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/8119650686534002482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/8119650686534002482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/nc14002402.html' title='NC14002402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-3925085150514277862</id><published>2008-02-24T13:57:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T16:47:24.590Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='TG13572402'/><title type='text'>TG13572402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 18.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 19.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 20] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 19.167 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  36.74&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 286.3 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.6 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-3925085150514277862?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/3925085150514277862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=3925085150514277862' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/3925085150514277862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/3925085150514277862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/tg13572402-jg13572402.html' title='TG13572402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-5866430730389216131</id><published>2008-02-24T13:54:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T14:55:42.361Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PA13542402'/><title type='text'>PA13542402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 7.6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 7.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 7.8] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 7.767 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  6.03&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [  47 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.3 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-5866430730389216131?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/5866430730389216131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=5866430730389216131' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5866430730389216131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5866430730389216131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/pa13542402.html' title='PA13542402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-6190375016560386590</id><published>2008-02-24T13:49:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T14:54:30.165Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='KS13492402'/><title type='text'>KS13492402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 5.1] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 4.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 5.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 6.1] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 5.35 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  2.86&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 22.3 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.1 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-6190375016560386590?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/6190375016560386590/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=6190375016560386590' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/6190375016560386590'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/6190375016560386590'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/ks13492402.html' title='KS13492402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-1548385489603230599</id><published>2008-02-24T13:38:00.006Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:03:32.023Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='WG13382402'/><title type='text'>WG13382402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 1.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 0.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 1.15 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [ 6.1 ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  0.13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 1.0 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.0 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-1548385489603230599?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/1548385489603230599/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=1548385489603230599' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/1548385489603230599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/1548385489603230599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/wg13382402_24.html' title='WG13382402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-407435636709931258</id><published>2008-02-24T13:38:00.004Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:02:12.599Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='WG13382402'/><title type='text'>WG13382402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 1.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 0.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 1.15 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [ 6.1 ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  0.13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 1 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-407435636709931258?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/407435636709931258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=407435636709931258' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/407435636709931258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/407435636709931258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/wg13382402.html' title='WG13382402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-941160132612595192</id><published>2008-02-24T13:38:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:01:08.152Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MG13382402'/><title type='text'>MG13382402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 1.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 1.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 1.4 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  0.2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 1.5 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-941160132612595192?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/941160132612595192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=941160132612595192' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/941160132612595192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/941160132612595192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/mg13382402.html' title='MG13382402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-8429281938835993687</id><published>2008-02-24T13:21:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:13:25.682Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MJH13212402'/><title type='text'>MJH13212402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 17.6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 18.1] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 17.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 17.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 17.575 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [ 6.3 ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  30.89&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 240.7 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.3 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-8429281938835993687?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/8429281938835993687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=8429281938835993687' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/8429281938835993687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/8429281938835993687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/mjh13212402.html' title='MJH13212402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-3729141755811360421</id><published>2008-02-24T13:20:00.006Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:12:05.102Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SB13202402'/><title type='text'>SB13202402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 16] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 15.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 15.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 16.1] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 15.65 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  24.49&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 190.8 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.1 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-3729141755811360421?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/3729141755811360421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=3729141755811360421' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/3729141755811360421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/3729141755811360421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/sb13202402.html' title='SB13202402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-3131266879532529995</id><published>2008-02-24T13:20:00.004Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:10:44.491Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='KB13202402'/><title type='text'>KB13202402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 18] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 17.1] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 17.8] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 18.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 17.775 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  31.60&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 246.2 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.4 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-3131266879532529995?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/3131266879532529995/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=3131266879532529995' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/3131266879532529995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/3131266879532529995'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/kb13202402.html' title='KB13202402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-728899449650990380</id><published>2008-02-24T13:20:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:09:24.430Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CG13202402'/><title type='text'>CG13202402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 18.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 18.6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 19.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 18.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 18.65 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [ 6.3 ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  34.78&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 271 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.5 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-728899449650990380?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/728899449650990380/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=728899449650990380' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/728899449650990380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/728899449650990380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/cg13202402.html' title='CG13202402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-2154583757687319080</id><published>2008-02-24T13:05:00.004Z</published><updated>2008-02-26T17:30:51.517Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='AL12502402'/><title type='text'>AL12502402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;YELLOW, 4 blades&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I made it go around by pitting it next a fan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [15.1 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [14.9 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [15.3 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [14.6 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [0.0599 ] mA &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;correction 14.975&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A) 35.88 &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;correction 0.0224&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;14.97&lt;/span&gt; ] mA delivering [&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;22.4&lt;/span&gt; ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;13440&lt;/span&gt;] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;174&lt;/span&gt; ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [  &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;1 &lt;/span&gt;] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make it lighter by using glue instead of metal pins.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-2154583757687319080?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/2154583757687319080/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=2154583757687319080' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2154583757687319080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2154583757687319080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/al12502402.html' title='AL12502402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-5607354888086408144</id><published>2008-02-24T12:48:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:19:42.601Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FL12482402'/><title type='text'>FL12482402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 17] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 16.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 16.6 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  27.56&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 214.7 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.2 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-5607354888086408144?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/5607354888086408144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=5607354888086408144' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5607354888086408144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/5607354888086408144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/fl12482402.html' title='FL12482402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-2724014739088981978</id><published>2008-02-24T12:47:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:14:52.246Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JA12472402'/><title type='text'>JA12472402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 19.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 18.7] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 18.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 19] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 19 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [ 6.9 ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  36.10&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 281.3 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.6 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-2724014739088981978?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/2724014739088981978/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=2724014739088981978' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2724014739088981978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2724014739088981978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/ja12472402.html' title='JA12472402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-8981437086423925895</id><published>2008-02-24T12:45:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:18:30.713Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JP12452402'/><title type='text'>JP12452402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 17.7] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 17.8] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 18] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 17.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 17.75] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  31.51&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 245.5 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.4 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-8981437086423925895?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/8981437086423925895/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=8981437086423925895' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/8981437086423925895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/8981437086423925895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/jp12452402.html' title='JP12452402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-2510360007731118057</id><published>2008-02-24T12:43:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:20:48.617Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GM12432402'/><title type='text'>GM12432402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 17.6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 18.1] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 17.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 17.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 17.75 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  31.51&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 245.5 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.4 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-2510360007731118057?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/2510360007731118057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=2510360007731118057' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2510360007731118057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2510360007731118057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/gm12432402.html' title='GM12432402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-4456623681990040581</id><published>2008-02-24T12:42:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:16:09.239Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='KJ12422402'/><title type='text'>KJ12422402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 5.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 6.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 6.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 6.2 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  3.84&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 30 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.2 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-4456623681990040581?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/4456623681990040581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=4456623681990040581' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4456623681990040581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4456623681990040581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/kj12422402.html' title='KJ12422402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-7296452965672919578</id><published>2008-02-24T12:40:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:07:46.405Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='RP12402402'/><title type='text'>RP12402402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 17.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 17.6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 17.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 17] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 17.375 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A) 30.19&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 235.2 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.3 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-7296452965672919578?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/7296452965672919578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=7296452965672919578' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7296452965672919578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7296452965672919578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/rp12402402.html' title='RP12402402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-7308494517125492081</id><published>2008-02-24T12:30:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:05:08.502Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='RP12302402'/><title type='text'>RP12302402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 9.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 8.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 9.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 8.6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 8.825 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  7.79&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 60.7 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.3 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-7308494517125492081?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/7308494517125492081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=7308494517125492081' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7308494517125492081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7308494517125492081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/rp12302402.html' title='RP12302402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-7691533404827619828</id><published>2008-02-24T12:17:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:31:47.867Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FP12172402'/><title type='text'>FP12172402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"This was a great design but it didn't turn in the wind. Well done, anyway!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [I ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [R ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ ? ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ ? ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-7691533404827619828?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/7691533404827619828/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=7691533404827619828' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7691533404827619828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7691533404827619828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/fp12172402.html' title='FP12172402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-66927059396054443</id><published>2008-02-24T12:14:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:33:09.089Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CJ1214B2402'/><title type='text'>CJ1214B2402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 15.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 16.1] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 16.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 16.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 16.125 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  26&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 202.6 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.1 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-66927059396054443?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/66927059396054443/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=66927059396054443' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/66927059396054443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/66927059396054443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/cj1214b2402.html' title='CJ1214B2402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-2560670604958212629</id><published>2008-02-24T12:14:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:22:31.018Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CJ12142402'/><title type='text'>CJ12142402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 18.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 17.7] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 18.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 18.6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 18.3 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  33.49&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 261 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.4 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-2560670604958212629?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/2560670604958212629/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=2560670604958212629' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2560670604958212629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2560670604958212629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/cj12142402.html' title='CJ12142402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-8841028010955283740</id><published>2008-02-24T11:57:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:37:20.155Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SM11572402'/><title type='text'>SM11572402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 17.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 18.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 18.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 16.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 17.575 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  30.89&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 240.7 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.3 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-8841028010955283740?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/8841028010955283740/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=8841028010955283740' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/8841028010955283740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/8841028010955283740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/sm11572402.html' title='SM11572402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-4272538066548110431</id><published>2008-02-24T11:57:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:36:09.226Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LM11572402'/><title type='text'>LM11572402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 15.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 17.6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 17.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 17.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 16.875 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  28.48&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 221.9 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.2 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-4272538066548110431?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/4272538066548110431/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=4272538066548110431' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4272538066548110431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4272538066548110431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/lm11572402.html' title='LM11572402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-6074464556095122421</id><published>2008-02-24T11:48:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:25:54.437Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ss11482402'/><title type='text'>SS11482402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;its a cream windmill&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 6.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [6.3 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A) 3.97 mW&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [6.3 ] mA delivering [3.96 ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;2376&lt;/span&gt; ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ &lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;30.9&lt;/span&gt; ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ &lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;0.2&lt;/span&gt;] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-6074464556095122421?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/6074464556095122421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=6074464556095122421' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/6074464556095122421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/6074464556095122421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/ss11482402.html' title='SS11482402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-4183605129331168175</id><published>2008-02-24T11:47:00.006Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:27:14.638Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SS11472402'/><title type='text'>SS11472402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 19.6] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 18.7] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 19.2] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 19.167 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [ 6.7 ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  36.74&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 286.3 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.6 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-4183605129331168175?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/4183605129331168175/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=4183605129331168175' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4183605129331168175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/4183605129331168175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/ss11472402.html' title='SS11472402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-2050081998049014413</id><published>2008-02-24T11:47:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-02-24T11:53:16.535Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sb11322402'/><title type='text'>sb11322402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It worked. Name:THE green one!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [I ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [6.6] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  5,73mW&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ ? ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ ? ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What kind of stuff do you make?  (to scientist)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-2050081998049014413?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/2050081998049014413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=2050081998049014413' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2050081998049014413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/2050081998049014413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/sb11322402.html' title='sb11322402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-493212696414322544</id><published>2008-02-24T11:34:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:34:20.077Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='RR11342402'/><title type='text'>RR11342402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 12.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 11.9] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 10.5] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 9.8] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 11.125 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A) 12.38&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 96.4 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.5 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-493212696414322544?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/493212696414322544/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=493212696414322544' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/493212696414322544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/493212696414322544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/rr11342402.html' title='RR11342402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-6084719734949467450</id><published>2008-02-24T11:30:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:30:11.498Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JM11302402'/><title type='text'>JM11302402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH WORDS ABOUT YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;REPLACE WITH DESCRIPTION OF YOUR EXPERIMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 19] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 14] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 13] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ 12] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [ 14.5 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [s ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [ 100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)  21.03&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [P ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [P * 600 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 163.8 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 0.9 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-6084719734949467450?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/6084719734949467450/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=6084719734949467450' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/6084719734949467450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/6084719734949467450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/jm11302402.html' title='JM11302402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-1323792531054512332</id><published>2008-02-24T11:28:00.004Z</published><updated>2008-02-27T15:38:49.998Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MM11202402'/><title type='text'>MM11202402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;cream one, four blades&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;made it go round with wind&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [17.5 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 17.3] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 17.4] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [17.4 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [5.6 ] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [100] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A) 302.76 &lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;correction 30.276&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"&gt;17.4&lt;/span&gt; ] mA delivering [&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;30.3&lt;/span&gt; ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [18166] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt; 236&lt;/span&gt; ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ &lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"&gt;1.3&lt;/span&gt; ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;add more wind to get more electricity&lt;br /&gt;add more blades&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-1323792531054512332?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/1323792531054512332/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=1323792531054512332' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/1323792531054512332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/1323792531054512332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/mm11202402.html' title='MM11202402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-6749712172984372506</id><published>2008-02-24T11:14:00.004Z</published><updated>2008-02-24T11:26:22.648Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='phsk11002402'/><title type='text'>PHSK11002402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Created an artistic windmill using green decoration and additional pieces on the sails&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First the cork did not turn even though the sails turned so we didn't generate electricity. We had to re-connect the cork and then it worked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [10.44 ] mA = 0.0104 A&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [6.8] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A) Power = 0.01081 W = 10.81 mW&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [ 6.8] our turbine generates an average current of [I10.44] mA delivering [10.81 ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [6486] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 36] seconds of playback time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;will&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-6749712172984372506?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/6749712172984372506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=6749712172984372506' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/6749712172984372506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/6749712172984372506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/phsk11002402.html' title='PHSK11002402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-971417513845807360</id><published>2008-02-24T10:49:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-02-24T10:54:28.434Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BJL10402402'/><title type='text'>bjl10402402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;kite tails&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;on my first try it didnt work but then i changed the angles and then it worked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT WITH YOUR VALUES&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [ 10.1] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [9.1 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [ ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [9.6 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [6.0] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [s ] our turbine generates an average current of [I ] mA delivering [9.2 ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [5520] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ ? ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ ? ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;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...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-971417513845807360?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/971417513845807360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=971417513845807360' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/971417513845807360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/971417513845807360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/bjl10402402.html' title='bjl10402402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6625817847440266169.post-7095110477809450864</id><published>2008-02-24T09:53:00.005Z</published><updated>2008-02-24T10:37:53.342Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HS09502402'/><title type='text'>HS09502402</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My windmill is blue today&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Our Experiment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used the fan on 3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reading 1 Current [18 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 2 Current [ 18] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 3 Current [ 18] mA&lt;br /&gt;Reading 4 Current [18 ] mA&lt;br /&gt;Average Current = [18] mA&lt;br /&gt;Windspeed at fan = [4.7] ms-1&lt;br /&gt;Resistance = [100 ] Ohms&lt;br /&gt;Power = I * I * R (remember to convert mA to A)   P=0.0324&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So with a windspeed of [4.7ms-1] our turbine generates an average current of [18 ] mA delivering [32.4 ] (convert W to mW) mW per second so in 10 minutes it could generate [ 19,440 ] mW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing music on an iPod classic consumes about 77mW per second, 10 minutes of turbine time (assuming 100% energy transfer efficiency) can power [ 252 ] seconds of playback time, enough to listen to about [ 1.4 ] 3 minute songs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thoughts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'd like to add another rotator arm&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6625817847440266169-7095110477809450864?l=windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/feeds/7095110477809450864/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6625817847440266169&amp;postID=7095110477809450864' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7095110477809450864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6625817847440266169/posts/default/7095110477809450864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://windenergyexpt1.blogspot.com/2008/02/hs09502402.html' title='HS09502402'/><author><name>Hilary S</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14308782708847085875</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
