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2025 Earth Day

Earth Month 2025 has begun!

April 1-30, 2025

Week 4 – Design a Wind Turbine

2025 Activity Lesson – Elementary/Middle/High School (4-12)
DFW Connection: DFW Airport powers its terminals with 100% wind energy.

Wind power is one of the fastest-growing energy sources in the world and this project teaches engineering and modeling to demonstrate concepts such as energy transformation and blade efficiencies. Get ready to be blown away!

Learn about:
  • How wind turbines convert wind into electrical energy.
  • Measure the electrical current a miniature wind turbine produces.
Kit will include:
  • Materials to build a miniature wind turbine that can generate electricity, exploring how design and position of the turbine affects the electrical energy produced.
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Sustainability [suh-stey-nuh-bil-i-tee] (noun)

“Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

– United Nations Brundtland Commission 1987

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  • Entire Month of April

    A full month of science experiments, engineering, educational videos and Q&A sessions with DFW Airport professionals, scientists, and engineers.

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