Join STEMCX and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum as we invite Kelly Wyche, CEO and founder of Collective Power (https://www.ourcollectivepower.org/) to discuss the need for sustainable ways to power our planet. Then join Kelly as she leads us through the construction of our own DIY windmill using materials in your own home. This STEM activity is inspired by William Kamkwamba, the environmentalist who famously built a wind turbine to save his village in Africa. A video reading of The Boy who Harnessed the Wind by illustrator Elizabeth Zunon will be included.

For Grades K-12

Material Supply List:

Please have the following materials ready to create your own turbine during the session.

• Cardboard panel to create three wind mills (About 11×14 dimensions)

• 1 – Paper towel tube

• 2 – Plastic straws

• Scissors

• Roll of masking tape

• 1 – Wooden/bamboo skewer stick (10 inch)

• String (About 2 feet – 24 inches)

• 1 – Dixie Paper Cup

• 1 – Jumbo paper clip

• 4 – Small stones or glass pebbles (to fit in Dixie cup as weights)