{"id":30,"date":"2025-09-19T14:37:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T13:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp4c202526\/?p=30"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:37:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T13:37:44","slug":"19-09-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/ewhcfp4c202526\/2025\/09\/19\/19-09-25\/","title":{"rendered":"19.09.25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Whitelee Wind Farm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We had great fun in the wind and rain at Whitelee Wind Farm.\u00a0 We learnt about sustainable energy from the sun, wind and water.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Wind Energy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124858\/IMG_3448-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124858\/IMG_3448-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124858\/IMG_3448-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124858\/IMG_3448-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124858\/IMG_3448-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124858\/IMG_3448-rotated.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Solar Energy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124903\/IMG_3447-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124903\/IMG_3447-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124903\/IMG_3447-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124903\/IMG_3447-rotated.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Hydro Energy<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124910\/IMG_3444-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124910\/IMG_3444-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124910\/IMG_3444-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124910\/IMG_3444-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124910\/IMG_3444.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The water, the light and the wind energy made the buzzers buzz, the lights, light up and the cogs turn in our experiments.&#8221; Jacob<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Bus Tour<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-35\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124914\/IMG_3449-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124914\/IMG_3449-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124914\/IMG_3449-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124914\/IMG_3449-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124914\/IMG_3449.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stewart the driver told us lots of facts about the wind turbines.\u00a0 The blades on the turbine are made of wood.\u00a0 The nose cone rotates to face the wind. If you put your ear to the turbine, you can hear the energy being produced&#8221;\u00a0 Minna<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the bus tour was the most fun part of the trip because we had a really nice driver who was also really funny.&#8221;\u00a0 Hamza<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-36\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124918\/IMG_3453-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124918\/IMG_3453-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124918\/IMG_3453-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124918\/IMG_3453-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124918\/IMG_3453.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Wind Turbine Hugging!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124923\/IMG_3452-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124923\/IMG_3452-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124923\/IMG_3452-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124923\/IMG_3452-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124923\/IMG_3452.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124933\/IMG_3454-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124933\/IMG_3454-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124933\/IMG_3454-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124933\/IMG_3454-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124933\/IMG_3454.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Peat Bog Fun<\/p>\n<p>The stick went 3m down into the peat bog because it was so wet. The peat at the bottom was 3,000 years old.\u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124940\/IMG_3455-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124940\/IMG_3455-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124940\/IMG_3455-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124940\/IMG_3455-rotated.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124945\/IMG_3456-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124945\/IMG_3456-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124945\/IMG_3456-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124945\/IMG_3456-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/ewhcfp4c202526\/uploads\/sites\/18745\/2025\/09\/19124945\/IMG_3456.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The peat bog was fun!It was like bouncing on a trampoline!&#8221; Flora<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The ranger squeezed a handful of moss and it was like it was raining.\u00a0 It had so much water in it!&#8221;\u00a0 Emily<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whitelee Wind Farm We had great fun in the wind and rain at Whitelee Wind Farm.\u00a0 We learnt about sustainable energy from the sun, wind and water. 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