The Primary 6 children from our class went to visit Whitelee windfarm today. It was a brilliant trip!

We did three activities:

1. We had a workshop in which we experimented with different blades for a wind turbine. We found that larger blades were more effective and that the more blades we added, the more electricity was produced. Our guide, Aurora, explained that the real turbines have only 3 narrow blades so that they are not too expensive, not too heavy and also so that they look nicer!
2. We were driven around the huge site (the size of Aberdeen) in the visitor minibus by Andy. He was very knowledgeable but so were we – he was impressed by how much we knew about alternative energy sources. We got out right next to a turbine – it was so enormous!
3. We went on a walk with Ryan, the Ranger at Whitelee. He told us all about the wildlife that lives on the site: falcons,  deer, adders, hen harriers, short-eared owls, merlin, grouse, shrews, voles, weasels and stoats to name just some of them! He also taught us about sphagnum moss and peat bogs. We played a game to imagine running an energy company and Mimi was an excellent CEO!