Funding for our Windygen kits to schools in Norfolk!

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The Dudgeon Community Fund STEM Programme aims to increase motivation and competence within Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects for pupils aged 12-16 years so that those pupils are more likely to enter post 16 education or employment within the STEM areas.

We have been awarded some funding as part of this scheme for us to manufacture and supply two Windygen kits to the Teacher Scientist Network (TSN) who will in turn lend the kits to schools in the area.

The project aims to

  1. Work with ten schools to provide them with the kit to run workshops to build a functioning model wind turbine

  2. Train teachers to be able to use the kit to deliver the workshops

  3. Enhance problem-solving and creative thinking skills through exploring and experimenting with different ideas and materials.

  4. Encourage making links between design principles and technological knowledge.

  5. Teach the electromotive principles of how a basic electrical generator works and the ways in which generators can be put to effective use.

  6. Give the opportunity to use a range of tools to learn or improve practical skills and techniques while reinforcing the need for consistency and precision.

  7. Provoke discussion of various ethical and environmental impacts in the design and making of products and the need for genuine green solutions to our energy requirements

We’re working on manufacturing the Windygen kits now. Exciting!