Resources for Pinwheel I:

Making Pinwheels:

Pinwheels: Here is a very basic description of how to make a simple pinwheel. How can you modify this pattern to get different pinwheels with more "blades"? What if you want to change the shape of the end of the blade?

Different Forms of Wind Generators: This YouTube (only 3 min) will give you a sense for the general forms of wind turbines. If you haven't thought about wind power much this will give you a good introduction to the vocabulary of wind turbines.

Serious DIY Wind Power

OtherPower.com: Take a look at this site if you have a serious personal interest in exploring DIY wind power. These folks (outside of Fort Collins CO somewhere) generously share all of their experiments and solutions with the world and are a really fascinating bunch.