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Summary:

1: [Sun Jul 1 - 1:00 pm] Model Wind Power Generator where: Maison (David Fleurimond, Dale Joachim)	2: [Mon Jul 2 - 10:00 am] Wind @ Museum of Science where: Museum of Science, Boston (Marian Tomusiak, Dale Joachim)	3: [Mon Jul 2 - 3:00 pm] Tall Ships where: Boston Harbor (Dale Joachim)	4: [Tue Jul 3 - 10:00 am] Toy Design/MIT where: MIT - Room 3-452 (Jeff Mekler)
5: [Tue Jul 3 - 1:00 pm] Hull Wind Expedition where: Hull (Malcom Brown)	6: [Wed Jul 4 - 10:00 am] Kites where: Maison (David Fleurimond)	7: [Wed Jul 4 - 10:00 am] Wind Instruments where: Maison (Dale Joachim)	8: [Thu Jul 5 - 11:00 am] Weather Station where: National Weather Service (Joseph W. DelliCarpini, Matt Doody)
9: [Fri Jul 6 - 10:00 am] Wind Tunnel where: MIT Wind Tunnel (Richard Perdichizzi, David Fleurimond, Dale Joachim)	10: [Fri Jul 6 - 12:00 pm] Edgerton Center where: MIT Edgerton Center (Jim Bales)

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when	what	description	material
Sun Jul 1 1:00 PM [David Fleurimond, Dale Joachim] @ Maison	Model Wind Power Generator	Team work! Build a model windmill with water blades.	Wood, cardboard, plastic, mud, water, imagination.
Mon Jul 2 10:00 AM [Marian Tomusiak, Dale Joachim] @ Museum of Science, Boston	Wind @ Museum of Science	Thanks Marian Tomusiak!! 10am : Everyone meets at Info Desk in main lobby to check in (hello Marian) 10:05 go up to garage roof for observation and to play Wind Energy Game - go over the quiz cards - discuss wind turbine spinner, pinwheel "rewards", and a big info chart 10:30 or when you're done on the roof; enter Museum to explore Catching the Wind exhibit - discussion of 'Catching the Wind exhibit' - there may be a wind-based engineering activity to try - I'll check that day 11- 11:45 (flexible) lunch break; cafe or picnic on rocks out front, maybe grass out back 11:45 - Move into Hornblower meeting room - discuss turbine blades, upwind/downwind pinwheels - planned activities 1pm or so - return to review Catching the Wind 1:45 or so - depart	Cardboard Paper Paperclips Insulated wires
Mon Jul 2 3:00 PM [Dale Joachim] @ Boston Harbor	Tall Ships	Tall ship are in town. Visit and discussion. Sails, sails, sails. (See http://www.bostoncentral.com/events/special/p12167.php)	Eyes wide open.
Tue Jul 3 10:00 AM [Jeff Mekler] @ MIT - Room 3-452	Toy Design/MIT	MIT offers a Toy Product Design class (http://web.mit.edu/2.00b/www/), an introductory product design class for freshman and sophomore mechanical engineers. The head instructor (Geoff Tsai) and two of the 2.00b students will be around on Tuesday to talk about their experiences, share some tips on prototyping and the creative design process, and hopefully demo of some of their prototypes. [Thanks Jeff Melker for coordinating] The Toy Design Lab: MIT Room 3-452 Phone: 617.258.8186	None
Tue Jul 3 1:00 PM [Malcom Brown] @ Hull	Hull Wind Expedition	Exciting visit to Hull Wind generator #1 (http://www.hullwind.org/, http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1QXW_Hull_Wind_1_at_Windmill_Point_...). We will need to take a ferry boat!	Open minds.
Wed Jul 4 10:00 AM [David Fleurimond] @ Maison	Kites	Kite building. What makes a kite fly? How high can a kite fly? How much weight can it hold? How does the structure, skin and tail of a kite influence its flight? We'll start with the "Papi" design, using crossed-shaped backbone with a ciment paper overlay and long tail. From there we will creatively improvise. Style, size, shape, design, how high? The kites will be tested in Woburn park.	Wood, paper, plastic, ropes, crayons, some electronic?
Wed Jul 4 10:00 AM [Dale Joachim] @ Maison	Wind Instruments	Music wind instruments How do they work? How to create notes? tune them?	Tubes, cardboard, paper, ..
Thu Jul 5 11:00 AM [Joseph W. DelliCarpini, Matt Doody] @ National Weather Service	Weather Station	Weather station visit. How is the weather predicted? how is wind measured?	Open minds.
Fri Jul 6 10:00 AM [Richard Perdichizzi, David Fleurimond, Dale Joachim] @ MIT Wind Tunnel	Wind Tunnel	Visit to the MIT wind tunnel. Models and sometimes full scale models of aircrafts, cars, wind generator blades are tested here. See the site (http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/labs/wbwt/). Larger scale models are prefered 1-3ft to measure lift. Balsa wood and plastic.	Models built a home, ready for testing.
Fri Jul 6 12:00 PM [Jim Bales] @ MIT Edgerton Center	Edgerton Center	The magic of the Edgerton Center and Jim Bales. We will explore what strobe lights might reveal about movement and wind. Follow this link for additional information on the Edgerton center. We meet Jim at MIT in room 4-231 (see MIT map at http://whereis.mit.edu/) at noon,	Paper crafts.

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