Activity Guides
Create Innovative, High-Performance
Wind Turbines
The TeacherGeek Wind Turbine is comprised of three main
components: the alternator, hub and blades.
The alternator, consisting of the stator and rotor, develops
electricity. It can be configured to create multiple phase outputs.
The stator is the part of the alternator that does not
rotate. The stator has twelve "teeth" which wire can be wrapped around to create
endless coil configurations. An electrical current (electricity) induced in the
coils as they pass through the magnetic fields of the rotor. The back of the
stator has screw post terminals for connecting stator coils to test
leads.
The rotor is the part of the alternator that spins an array
of permanent magnets. The rotor has twelve positions magnets can be snap-locked
into. Magnets are securely held, yet easily removed and reconfigured.
The hub securely clamps blade shafts while allows quick and
easy adjustment.
Blade shafts are included with our wind turbine kits. To
make blade surfaces, just add corrugated cardboard, plastic packaging or other
material you have on hand!
How Much Power Can I
Create?
The TeacherGeek 12 magnet alternator can easily develop
2-5 volts with enough current to power multiple LEDs. Add our gear box to more
than double the output. ( See Below)
As always, this activity includes free downloadable
instructions. Patent Pending.
Can we customize our blade design?
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Customize? Yes you can!
With Teacher Geek the sky is the limit. We encourage
the use of found materials and the creative deigns of the students. Build
your blades out of anything from cardboard to plastic and see how the
size, configuration and shape will effect power output. From
experimentation and trial and error students learn how to build better
innovative designs.
*Found Materials: Students
bring in materials from home; they raid the recycle bin, wood pile or use
parts from broken toys and items found around the
house.
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Do you want more power?
Try a Teacher Geek Geared Turbine
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Step up the output with a Teacher Geek Gear
Box.
Lean how gearing can produce so much more power!
Students use the same stator as found in our direct drive
program but now you add the advantage of a gear box. Students build their
gear box and are allowed to customize the gears the size, position and
order too. Students learn what happens as you change gears, but best of
all they can see the results for themselves. Click here to learn more
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The Teacher Geek wind Stand -
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Step up the output with a Teacher Geek Gear
Box.
The TeacherGeek Wind Stand allows you to quickly
mount direct drive, gear box and other unique wind turbines made from
TeacherGeek components. It can be tilted or reconfigured for vertical
and horizontal turbine orientation. Click here to learn more.
Rugged steel frame and hardware
Powder coated finish
Reinforced Polycarbonate brackets
Quickly folds down for storage
A handy way to hold a turbine or many other
projects
Designed to be a fast way to switch experiments
A great way to test multiple projects
efficiently .
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Do you have the Easy Engineering tools
needed to complete this activity?
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