While many rural schools in some parts of the country have contact to wind turbines, they are all too large for any urban setting. As a result, children in larger cities are not able to see firsthand what a wind turbine is or how it works, making the overall concept very hard to understand, which is the key to higher level understanding of any topic.
We have a long history of advancing ‘green’ education and wanted to take the next step in teaching our kids about the importance of clean energy, said project coordinator and Rhodes School Director of Technology John Mertes. This turbine allows children to learn about sustainable energy first hand while never posing a financial burden to the school or its students.
The United States census lists that 80 percent of the population is centered in urban environments, said Mertes. Therefore, 80 percent of children in this county are not able to see and learn about wind turbines first hand. Our turbine starts changing this inequity.
