The Wind Business

“I am writing this letter to basically say thank you. Thank you for a wonderful tool for teachers to use in the classroom. The Futures Channel is one place to go when a subject needs to be explained in a clear and concise manner. The catchy, entertaining way that The Futures Channel draws students into learning hard facts of science, math, and technology are phenomenal. One of the most prominent examples of this is a segment on wind energy where Emily, a wind analyst, gives us a run down on what a wind analyst does. The intelligent yet simple explanation that Emily gives of the power in the wind formula along with the scene of Emily sitting in front of four computer screens give students the impression that here is a very intelligent, yet regular down to earth person who can speak the language of math science, and technology. This gives great encouragement to all of my students.

“We at Milford High School have been working with the wind since 2001 when we set up our first anemometer on loan from the State energy program. We have used the Pythagorean Theorem to square our anchor points and to measure the lengths of our guy wires. With the installation of this first meteorological tower we established a relationship with a commercial developer who has enlisted our help in installing other met towers and for some time had us gather all the data and send it to their meteorologist.

“I must say that even though we have been in on the ground floor of this project, we did not have the in-depth full picture of what our data was being used for until we saw Emily Hardy on The Futures Channel explaining and showing us what she does. To see the environment where an analyst works and to hear the description of work brings our education full circle."

Sincerely,
Andrew G. Swapp
Milford High School
Milford, UT

The Wind Business Now Playing

It can take years to plan and engineer these state-of-the-art wind farms. It’s a problem-solving process that draws on an understanding of algebra, geometry, kinetic energy, electronics and just about everything in between in order to turn one of our most abundant natural resources into a viable business.
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