Windpower
Flowertower Project!

Aquebogue Elementary School's 250 3rd and 4th Graders Create Huge Wind Farm Installation
with 130 Unique Handmade Turbines                                                                                           December 2008


Created in only two weeks, the turbines spin and demonstrate the availability of windpower right outside the windows at Aquebogue Elementary School.

View a timelapse movie of the turbines in motion.

View the HD version here if you have the Quicktime plug-in

Windmill Facts:
In 2006, wind machines in the United States generated a total of 26.6 billion kWh per year of electricity, enough to serve more than 2.4 million households. This is enough electricity to power a city larger than Los Angeles, but it is only a small fraction of the nation's total electricity production, about 0.4 percent. The amount of electricity generated from wind has been growing fast in recent years. In 2006, electricity generated from wind was 2 1/2 times more than wind generation in 2002.

Wind machines generate electricity in 28 different states in 2006. The states with the most wind production are Texas, California, Iowa, Minnesota, and Oklahoma.

Windmill Links:

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Windmill

http://www.longislandgenealogy.com/windmills.html

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Saving the Sea Mosaic   with Visiting Artist Julie Tesser

The Polybear Project

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