In this package you will provided with the following:
1 Single user Software
1 Horizontal Wind Lab Junior with music module
1 USB cord
1 Horizontal Wind Turbine Interface
Your classroom demonstration will show all the data populated on the computer screen for your students. The results will be shown in bar graph form using colors.
Suggestions on how to utilize this package in your classroom
Quick demonstration for your students during a class outside
Use a fan on low, medium, & high speed. Compare the results.
Use it outside for about 15 minutes each time for a week and compare the results of 5 different days.
Use it for a few normal days during each season outside. (be careful during the winter) Compare the results.
All the data can be stored on your computer for easy access
Product Description
The WindLab Jr bundles the WindLab Basic and the Light and music module so that you can demonstrate how electrical energy converts from the wind and powers LED and make music!
The WindLab is a mini wind-turbine (wind power generator), designed so students can learn about wind power technology. The free light and music modual gives you the opportunity to experiment with sound and light that is generated by a wind turbine.
A wind turbine converts kinetic energy from wind to electrical energy.
Kinetic energy is the energy possessed by a system or object as a result of its motion.
Electrical energy is created by the flow of electric charge through a conductor.
You can do a variety of experiments that will give you an understanding of how a wind turbine generates electricity. For exanmple, students can modify the parameters (blades and vane) of this turbine to see how the output changes at different wind speed conditions. The vane on the turbine aligns the turbine automatically to the direction of the wind.
The blades and vane are made of polypropylene. You can create different experiments by , using various materials for the blades and evaluating the effectiveness of the material used compared to what was supplied in the kit.
The special 3 Phase AC Alternator used in the turbine is similar to the one used in real commercial wind turbine.
Included is the Gold Capacitor which is inside the wind turbine. Its purpose is to store the energy made from the wind.
The LED inside the turbine lights up to indicate that electrical energy is being produced. An LED is a semiconductor diode that converts applied voltage to light.
Transform one of your already remarkable horizontal wind-based educational kits into a model 3-phase wind turbine using our WindLab 3-Phase Interface Board. The triangular circuit board fits perfectly inside the plastic housing and captures the 3-phase electrical output of the wind turbine's alternator for analysis and display on your computer. Custom USB cable, capacitor and resistor loads included. |
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The REEL Power Interface is menu driven so that you can run multiple products with just one software installation.
Rather than purchase multiple copies of the same software for each individual product(s), you can choose to purchase either a single-computer license that supports all of our products on a single computer or a multi-computer license that allows you to install the software on any number of computers at your site.
MAC users - this is strictly Windows software - you must install Parallels "Desktop 3.0 for Windows"
With the multi-computer license you can give it to your students to take home to use on their own computer. This is part of our "anytime, anywhere" learning philosophy, which continues to involve students in science and engineering studies outside of the classroom and allows their parents to see what they do in school - a win-win for everyone.
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