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Lecture 5: Wind and Micro-Hydro Power; Trip Planning

Lab 5: Savonius Wind Turbine Construction and Testing

Readings

BOPrenuer. "Ending Poverty (period)." Blog posting, January 8, 2010.

Fuel from the Fields Team. "Fuel from the Fields: Charcoal from Agricultural Waste." (PDF) Technical Brief. Practical Action, 2010. (Courtesy of Practical Action. Used with permission.)

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Pre-Trip Project Work

Project work will ramp up during the next few weeks prior to the spring break trip (Week 8). Here's what's expected during Weeks 5 to 7.

Course assignments.
PROJECT ASSIGNMENTS	DETAILS	DUE
First brainstorm	Produce annotated pictures from each team member for each project	During Lab 5 class
Literature search on topics	What exists? How does it function? How is it made? Focus writing on summarize & reflect, not assess — only include sources that pass the assessment Reference: "Annotated Bibliographies," from the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL). Deliverable: ~2 page annotated bibliography per project	End of Week 5
Develop project specifications	How: 2.009 Specification lecture slides (PDF) Example: 2.009 Fruit Spec Deliverable: specs for each project using 2.009 format (attribute, metric, unit, value) It is likely you won't be able to fill in all the values until your trip.	End of Week 6, revised by end of Week 7
Second brainstorm	2 annotated pictures for each project	End of Week 6, revised by end of Week 7
Materials list for trip	Delivered to project partners	End of Week 6
Question list for trip		During Lecture 7 class
15-minute project presentation	Contents: literature search findings project specifications annotated pictures key questions key expected activities	During Lecture 7 class

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