Denmark - Learn about Wind Energy

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We really enjoyed learning about Denmark. We focused mostly on Windmills and Wind Turbines. We learned about wind energy and did some STEM activities to explore it. We learned some phrases in Danish and we read the book The Ugly Duckling. The author, Hans Christian Anderson is from Denmark and there are statues and a museum of him in Denmark. We also learned the queen of Denmark is Margrethe II. The popular mode of transportation is cycling. There are many bicycles in Denmark.

FOOD:

I made Frikadeller (Danish meatballs) following this recipe. I used ground beef instead of pork. It was really good, and my family loved it.

PLACES:

Faroe Islands - A beautiful island with gorgeous views. There are lots of sheep and houses with grass roofs. I linked a travel vlog video below.
Lego House - Check out the videos linked below to see a tour.
Frederiksborg Castle

ART:

We built a windmill using a paper cup, foam sheets and a paper fastener.

Here's a tutorial on how to draw a windmill

We built windmills and wind turbines out of Lego and Bristle blocks (there is also a swan for the Ugly Duckling story)

My child drew her own version of the Faroe Islands with the sheep, cliffs and water.
There are lots of Puffins on the Faroe Islands

Our own depiction of the Ugly Duckling

SCIENCE:

Build a wind farm science activity

We followed this link to make pinwheels "wind turbines". We used a blow dryer to simulate wind and graphed how many moved each time. We had a lot of fun with this activity.

Build a wind car

We built a wind car and brought it outside and watched it drive with the wind. We loved this and it was fun to figure out which way to turn it to get the wind to move it.