STEAM Fair

Grade 4

This Year's Projects

(the experiments are underway)

Jacob, Ruby, and Sara focused on redesigning the shape of wind turbine blades. Drawing on natural examples, they asked does the shape of the trailing edge blade of a wind turbine, humpback whale flipper, owl wing flipper, and no bumps, affect the amount of energy it produces?

Boden, Maddy, and Theo focused on the size of the blades on traditional wind turbines. They asked does the width of the blades on a wind turbine affect the amount of energy it produces?

Bradley, Mary, and Micah wondered if bats and pterosaurs can help improve wind turbine blades. They asked does the material of the membrane used on a wind turbine blade affect the amount of energy it produces?

Eleanor, Jordan, and Max focused on Sustainable Sunrise Farm's need to transport produce by trucks to vendors. They want to power the truck's refridgeration by solar panels on the truck. They asked does the location of a solar panel on a truck affect the amount of energy produced?

Johnny, Seth, and Tami focused on using the farm's roads as a possible spot for solar panels so that the energy from the panels can be stored and used at night to light the farmhouse. They asked does dust impact the amount of energy produced by a solar panel as indicated by the length of time the battery charged by the panel can light an LED?

Jilli, Michael, and Nathaniel saw that Sustainable Sunrise Farm is great for solar energy, but also has wind on some of the days. They wanted to combine two energy sourses and use solar panels as the blades of a wind turbine, and asked does movement of a solar panel affect the amount of energy it produces?

Eve, Sophie, and Willa hope to install solar panels on the roofs of the barns at Sustainable Sunrise Farms. To make the panels as effective as possible, they asked does the angle at which the solar panel is placed affect how much energy is measured on the multimeter?

Bryce, Oscar, and Sivan P wondered if bifacial panels with mirrors could be a good option for Sustainable Sunrise Farm. They asked do mirrors increase the energy produced from bifacial solar panels?

Ilan, Jake, and Scarlett knew that solar panels facing the sun produced more energy. They asked if there was a way to program the structure holding the panels so that it turned with the sun.

Brynn, Sam, and Sivan L focused on the effectiveness of solar panels given the heat in southern California. They asked does the temperature of a solar panel affect the amount of energy it produces?

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