VOCABULARY :

• What are the parts of a wind turbine ? (workingwind.com)
  
  

• Turbine size (johnrsweet.com)

  

• The control room of a wind farm (fotosearch.com)
  
  
  - UPDATED

FACTS :

• Wind power - energy from the air
  Introduction - How it works - More details - Advantages - Disadvantages - Is it renewable?
  (darvill.clara.net)
  
  

• Wind farm
  1 Location planning 1.1 Wind speed 1.2 Altitude 1.3 Wind park effect 1.4 Low temperature
  2 Types 2.1 Onshore 2.2 Near-Shore 2.3 Offshore 2.4 Airborne
  3 Capacity by country
  4 Wind farms by country...
  (Wikipedia)

  

• Wind Energy Technology: An Introduction - with an animation (world-wind-energy.info)

  

• WIND ENERGY - Technology and Planning - with animations (world-wind-energy.info)

  

• Energy from wind - LINKS (science.uniserve.edu.au)

• Wind Power (alliantenergy.com)
  
  

FOR and AGAINST :

• Wind - UPDATED
  Wind turbines - Advantages of using energy from the wind - Disadvantages of using energy from the wind
  (ausgrid.com.au)
  

• Why I hate Wind Farms and Think There Should be More of Them
  An article by Peter Harper - Centre for Alternative Technology (Wales)
  (wind-works.org)

  

• Wind farms: For and against (CBBC)

• Wind Power - For and Against (cus.net)

LISTENING :

• First big UK wind farm turned on (CBBC)
  "The first big wind farm in the UK has been switched on to produce power."
  + Find out about wind power

INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES :

• Energy Quiz (roaring40s.com.au)
  " How much do you know about wind energy? Take our quiz and test your knowledge! Are you a 'wind wizard', a high flier or just hot air?"

ACTIVITES TO PRINT :

• Wind Energy Activities and Worksheets (gepower.com)
  + Games
  
  (Page 9)

LESSON PLANS :

• UK plans huge wind farm programme - a lesson plan
  (Breaking News English)

  

INTERACTIVE GAMES :

• Energy in Motion wind power game (powerhousekids.com)
  "Have you ever wondered how wind becomes electricity? Play this game to find out what happens on a wind farm!"
  
  

• Wind farm game (Greenpeace UK)
  
  

GAMES TO PRINT :

• Wind farm - Word search to print (eia.doe.gov)

  

• Wind Energy Activities and Worksheets (gepower.com)
  + Games
  
  (Page 9)

CARTOONS :

• Just look at those eyesores! (chrismadden.co.uk)

  

VIDEOS :

• Renewables - Videos with comprehension questions, an interactive exercise, worksheets...
  Wind Turbines
  Solar cells
  The Energy Equation
  A greener house
  (prof.danglais.pagesperso-orange.fr)

• How Wind Turbines Work
  "Find out how wind turbines use the power of wind to generate eco-friendly energy on this clip form The Science Channel's, "Deconstructed"."
  (science.discovery.com)

• The windmill farmer
  "A nurturing farmer is in danger of losing his crop of windmills when he struggles against the cyclical forces of nature."
  (YouTube)

  

• Wind Over Water Trailer
  It "is about the debate over America's first offshore wind farm." in Massachusetts, US.
  (YouTube)

  

POEMS :

• Wind Farm - a poem (maryannemohanraj.com)