{"id":16194,"date":"2014-02-04T10:02:27","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T16:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=16194"},"modified":"2014-02-04T10:02:27","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T16:02:27","slug":"how-does-wind-power-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/how-does-wind-power-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does Wind Power Work? Hands-On KidWind Challenge Trains Students in Renewable Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been passionate about educational programs for sustainability from sustainablog’s earliest days, so I wasn’t surprised at all to discover that I’d written about Minneapolis-based educational company KidWind<\/a> way back in 2006. Founded by\u00a0former science teacher Michael Arquin, KidWind<\/a> has developed an impressive array of educational programming both for science educators wanting to introduce their students to renewable energy, and for students themselves. The KidWind Challenge<\/a>, the organization’s signature program, gives students a chance to compete in building small, working wind turbines<\/a>. \u00a0KidWind plans to host 35 of these programs across the United States in 2014, as well as two international events. Take a look at this report from last year’s event in Alberta, Canada, to get a sense of how competition works:<\/p>\n