Wind turbines are often seen in wind farms, but there are some that are designed for houses as well. Use the buttons below to change the wind speed.

Like all wind turbines, your turbine will stop if there is too much wind and resume power generation when the wind speed is just right. In what wind speeds will your home-mounted wind turbine run?

Find the maximum wind speed, then stop the turbine to continue.

The graph below shows how much power was generated as part of your last experiment. You can continue to increase/decrease wind speed if you want to see how the graph changes.

Below the graph you can see how much power was generated overall and how that power could be used in your home. Are you surprised by how the same amount of energy translates into power for the different devices?

Once you have examined the information below, stop the wind and calculate answers to the questions at the bottom of the screen. (If you do not stop the wind, the correct answers will keep changing!)