Winners
Congratulations to our winners! Winners are chosen once a month, and all winners receive cash prizes and t-shirts!
Kansas
Grade level: 9-12
My team built a new stand out of PVC with multiple gears to increase the gear ratio to 20 to 1. The stand was engineered for stability to withstand the vibration of the blades as they are spinning...
KidWind Wind Turbine Generator (H0002): Geared
10.00
12660.00
2.75
3.50
New York
Grade level: 9-12
Our teams turbine is made of thin balsa wood panels. We also decided to use a gearbox, consisting of a simple straw containing a wooden dowel connected to a large gear which spun a much smaller gear...
KidWind Wind Turbine Generator (H0002): Geared
50.00
2642.00
1.81
2.00
Maine
Grade level: 5-8
Living on the coast of Maine, we have a mutual relationship with the wind. Since Maine is one of the most oil-dependent states in the country it would only make sense that we begin to investigate the...
KidWind Wind Turbine Generator (H0002): Direct drive
10.00
3845.00
3.33
6.00
Texas
Grade level: 5-8
Our group is made up of 2 girls and 1 boy. We worked very hard for this project! We tried to make it as colorful and creative as we could!
SO VOTE FOR US!!! :)
KidWind Wind Turbine Generator (H0002): Geared
30.00
2826.00
3.44
3.00
Kansas
Grade level: 9-12
We worked very hard on our turbine. We had an orginal design, that didn't work out that good so we kept making improvments till we got something that worked really good. Vote for us!
KidWind Wind Turbine Generator (H0002): Geared
10.00
7539.00
2.20
5.40