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Your students can learn to make the most beautiful airfoil in the Wind Generator industry. The WINDGENZEN design, taught to KCK by a NASA Physicist, is considered hands down, the most beautiful and one of the most powerful airfoils sold in the small to medium sized wind generator industry. THESE ARE NOT TOY BLADES LIKE SOME CLASSES FOR KIDS. THEY ARE POWERFUL AIRFOILS THAT MAKE A LOT OF ELECTRICITY.

This class teaches your students the basic methods for carving a blade, selecting a generator (new or from scrap) and erecting a tower and circuit. If you are a teacher at a Youth Center, Jr. High or High School, eduhosting.org would like to invite you to consider offering a wind gen class to your students:

• BENEFITS:
  1. Self-esteem: children are learning to create a practical generating station, learn both hand craft woodshop skills and technical electrical theory and, depending on airfoil size, are building a powerful generator. The class is fun, practical and memorable. The 7 foot blade shown at right (advanced students) can make a full KW of power.

  2. Money: students working in alternative energy, the electrical industry, a wood shop trade or who want to start their own business installing solar and wind systems are gaining hands-on experience that can pay nice dividends down the road.

  3. Money: (?did we say that?) - some students may do such a great job, their neighbors are begging them to create wind generators for them, and PAYING for it. At KCK we know, and you know, that NOTHING keeps a child out of the drug trade quite like a nice $500.00 check for a fine product they made, using the legal skills they learned at your institution.

  4. Money: (oh boy, we said it again!) - let a child take one of these home, connect it to their parent's freezer in the garage and soon that household can enjoy large savings on their utility bill. While one small 4 foot prop and gen might not make a huge dent, it is a start and if the child and family want to expand on the system, for less than $1000.00 and a few days in the garage, they can unplug from the grid completely...and save a bundle!

  5. Practical application and integration of skillsets: it is difficult to imagine how the fine art of a woodshop class integrates with the math and theory of a physics class, until you have hand carved a prop with a variable twist (angle of attack), measured it and compared it to your fellow student's airfoil and their output. Students learn to appreciate subtle difference in airfoil shape and the math, while not difficult, does involve graphing, force and thrust equations, parabolic (vs linear) power bands and geometric functions-perfect for both Jr. High and High School students.

  6. CHEAP! schools are experiencing some pretty tight budget crunches these days. This class, which can be held as part of a full semester alternative energy program, is darn near as cheap as classes get. The materials (wood planks) are extremely inexpensive and students who wish to make gorgeous hardwood airfoils can pay for that premium wood out of pocket. For the rest of the class, about $1.00 per linear foot and a little bit of varnish, urethane or house paint covers the cost.

  7. FUN! Nothing keeps students interested like a fun project. While learning the fine art of either blade making or the technical engineering of erecting a water pipe tower (guy wires and a cement filled tire work fine), or calculating output based on wind speed and taking real-time data, the class is fun, engaging and actually quite awesome. When a student sees their prop making 500-2000 kw of power, they will have a whole new appreciation for the power their own two little ole' hands can create; positive, productive, scientific, power of the future!

  8. ARTISTIC! ... and a well finished blade is a gorgeous piece of art.

• The class was developed by NASA Jerry (40 years at NASA Ames), the folks at windgenzen.com and the programmers and editors at eduhosting.org and Kids Computer Kamp. Eduhosting.org has written educational software for over 20 years, for firms such as the University of Phoneix and classes for publishers such as Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.

• The class is ideal for both wood shop and physics curriculum. Combining the class by partnering with two teachers makes it even more interesting.

• The class involves both basic wood shop skills and airfoil theory; kids learn basic and scientific math principles, such as adjusting the angle of attack to provide more lift and how airfoil profile changes affect performance and power bands.

• Classes involving electonic theory also benefit from the sections on setting up brake and reverse switches, measuring output and creating load dump relays when batteries are fully charged.

• Safety aspects are minimal; common woodshop tools, even hand tools are fine and the airfoils are flown under supervision, far away from students. The WindGenZen airfoils were designed by a NASA Physicist and have been tested in hurricane conditions; well balanced airfoils don't fly apart and in fact, they pose a much lower risk than teens working on automotive engines in 'Autoshop' or working with table saws and other power tools in a wood shop. Teachers can easily guage the size of the airfoils their class tackles and the size of the generators and towers (simple water pipe) they erect.

• Wind Generators are fun! While students develop both the craftsmanship side and the engineering skills and associated math, they do it with a project that moves and this means they can see the results live on a common amp meter feeding a car battery.

• The projects aren't just theory; when students fly airfoils of 6 to 10 feet in diameter in winds of 15-25 knots, they are creating a real powerhouse that can easily provide a substantial amount of power to a family residence. In fact, advanced students building 10 and 12 foot airfoils can easily create systems that will replace ALL of the power consumption for a typical family of 5.

• Wind generator projects are inexpensive and this one is free (you only pay for postage).

  The class CD at our website is normally $30.00 and up, depending on if you need templates and other materials.

  At that 'retail' price we strongly encourage schools to use the CD as a 'fund raiser' by duplicating it in a 'CD production class for kids' and selling it to door to door. You keep all of the profits.

  As a certified public education institution, your price for the CD is free (just $5.00 for shipping and handling). Make as many copies as you like for your students or fund raising event.

• We only ask that you send us a CD with photos of your kids in class carving blades and/or a letter from your Principal describing how the class went.

• To order a CD, send your $5.00 check and contact/address information, along with State Documents that certifies your school and a letter from the Principle stating they are authorizing the class to:

  KCK
  Attention Terry Baxter
  P.O. Box 24177
  San Francisco, CA 94124

  

• Choice of wood depends on student or school budgets; approximately $1.00 per linear foot for vertical grain, clear, no-warp douglas fir, which is best for beginning students carving 4 foot props. Advanced students may wish to select a hard wood at up to $2.00 per linear foot of diameter, and use a clear coat marine grade urethane for maximum beauty. These beauties will make parents and students beam ear-to-ear with pride.

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