http://www.ei.lehigh.edu/eli/energy/sequence/day10.html
Lehigh University
Activity takes about 1-2 class periods. Google Earth software (free download) is required.
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Teaching Tips
- Depending on the educator's level of comfort with integrating technology into the curriculum, this introductory level activity using Google Earth would be a good one. This lesson, combined with others, could supplement existing content or with the other lessons in this curricula for a more robust content coverage.
- Less tech-savvy students may need assistance following the steps to utilize the Google Earth files.
About the Content
- From a sample of seven large wind farms scattered over the globe, students measure the size of each farm and compile data on average wind speed, topography, and land cover for each to compare the potential wind resource capacity of each farm.
- Comments from expert scientist:
Scientific Strengths: Students get an idea of the criteria for locating wind farms and understand their distribution on Earth. They also learn how to use Google Earth's wind resource.
Suggestions: It is a bit hard for the student to find the links needed to complete the work - a fair amount of teacher guidance is needed.