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About us
Our company, Water Power, has devoted our research toward finding a solution to the problem of greenhouse gases by harnessing the power of water to generate energy for a better tomorrow.

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1.Fill out the wiki. 2.Create a logo 3. Invent a renewable energy source.

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//These are some questions that relate to our research & topic//
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1. Q: How do you convert the spinning of water turbines or water wheels into energy? A: When the water turbine spins, it spins a ring shaped magnet called a rotor. On the outside of the rotor it another ring shaped magnet that doesn't spin called the strator. When the rotor spins, the north pole and the south pole of the magnet keep on changing with the north and south pole of the strator, which makes an electrical interference that makes the electrons jump out into a wire. 2. Why aren’t people putting water turbines on boats? Because, like solar panels, the installation is both expensive and painstaking. 3. Why don’t they have turbines in the currents just like the turbines they put in the jet stream? Because the currents are so strong that it would be hard to install and fish might be blown into the turbines. 4. why is renewable energy renewable? Renewable energy doesn't release greenhouse gases when it is used and is disposable. 5. How can the spinning of a water wheel or turbine be used in a mechanical way? It can be used in many mechanical ways such as turning gears, crushing corn, or running conveyor belts. 6. How does water energy work? Water energy is usually used buy putting a turbine or a water wheel where water flows, such as a river, waves, or water currents. 7. Why are there water currents? Water currents from when there is one part of the ocean where water pressure is higher than normal and one place where it is normal. Then water current then flows until the PSI ( Pounds per Square inch) of both parts of the ocean are equal. 8. How are underwater turbines alike to windmills? They both use the flowing of either air or water to spin propellers that generate electricity by spinning a magnet around a magnet. 9. How come people haven't invented water wheels that are sideways? Because water will also flow into the other side of the water wheel which will result in the water wheel getting pushed instead of turned. 10. How can you protect a water wheel from falling objects without damaging nature? There isn't really much of a way except by putting it inside the waterfall, but fish still would get hit.


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11.What do you need to make a water wheel or turbine ? Why? First, you need to get two magnets, an inner magnet, called a rotor, and an outer one, called a stator. Then you make the propellers out of either metal or wood, and then put wires near the magnets to absorb the electricity. 12.How long might it take to install a water wheel under a waterfall? A long time, because it is hard to work under a waterfall. 13.If you attach turbines to a boat, will it generate enough electricity to become self-sustainable? It depends on how many turbines, because only one turbine can't power a motor boat, but about ten to twenty would be enough. 14.How much energy does the standard water wheel make? A small water wheel can generate enough electricity to power a house. 15.Can a water wheel be equipped to multiple generators to make more energy? Yes, but the flow of water has to be strong enough to push multiple generators. 16. Does making the rotor and stator longer make more electricity? Yes, but the if the water current isn't strong enough, it probably wouldn't spin. 17. Can you make a circular tank of tube and make an artificial current inside of it? You can, but the current will eventually dissipate. 18. Is there any other way except using water wheels or turbines to use water to generate electricity? Yes, but water wheels and water turbines are the best. 19. Can you make an artificial water current that never dissipates? No, because the pressure between parts of the ocean will eventually equalize. 20. How expensive is it to make a water wheel or turbine and then install it? Pretty expensive, and about as expensive as a solar panel.


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21. Can a small waterwheel generate enough energy to power a house? Yes, but the minimum amount of speed needed is a waterfall that is at least twenty centimeters. 22. How fast does water have to be flowing to make a water wheel useful? Not that fast, because water wheels generate a lot of electricity. 23. Which one generates more electricity, water wheels, or turbines? They both generate the same amount of electricity and the power generated varies depending on how fast the water is flowing. 24. Does the size of the stator and rotor affect the energy produced? Yes, because if the rotor and stator are longer, then there is more magnetic friction. 25. Does a bigger water wheel spin faster or slower than a small one? It spins slower, since the circumference is larger. 26. Does the speed of the water wheel affect efficiency? Yes, because the faster the water flow, the faster the rotor spins, so it generates more electricity. 27. Will solid objects falling downstream affect the speed of a water wheel? No, but if a falling object hits the water wheel, there will be a danger of severe damage occurring to the water wheel. 28. Will anything natural prevent a water wheel from spinning? Yes, because rocks might block the water wheel from rotating. 29. Does a water wheel create more energy than a solar panel? It all depends on whether or not it is a sunny day.

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//These are some places to find information on water wheels and turbines// Encyclopedia Library Internet Google Dictionary(To search up what the meaning of water wheel and water turbines are)

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//Here are some places on the internet to find info// Wikipedia Answers.com Water Encyclopedia Pier 55.com Teach Engineering.com Water History .Org Water Energy .com Alternative Energy .com Hydroelectric Power.com http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_hydroelectric_power_reliable http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-425665/Waterwheel-invention-promises-cheap-electricity.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_wheel

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//Here are some links to help find info for water wheel and turbines.// _ [|Ocean Currents] [|How Does Hydro Electric Energy Work][|How To Use Water Wheels in a mechanical way.][|Water Turbine Wikipedia][| Marine Current Turbines][|Wave Turbines][|The History of The Water Wheel][|About Water Turbines] [|Answers .Com How to Build a Water Wheel] [|Renewable Energy Wikipedia][|Hydro- power Wikipedia][|Alternative Energy From Water] [|Hydroelectric Power and Water] [] [] []

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//This is the information enlisted within each site.// [|Ocean Currents] This site lists information on why currents flow. It says currents flow because of pressure differences in the ocean. It also says that another theory on why there are currents is how wind effects the water's surface. It is called the Ekman theory. It also says that the gulf stream is one of the most famous of the current, [|How Does Hydro Electric Energy Work] This site says that hydroelectric energy comes from the power of running water. It also lists the history of the water wheel. It says that the first turbine invented was in 1882 at a house near Fox River. It also says that hydro electric energy works by using the power of flowing water to turn a water wheel or a turbine. [|How To Use Water Wheels in a mechanical way.] This site says that water wheels are used in many mechanical ways, such as sawing timber, driving pumps, running farm equipment, and grinding grains into powder. Now water wheels and turbines are used to generate energy that is not harmful to the earth and does not pollute the skies. [|Water Turbine Wikipedia] This site says that water turbines and water wheels generate electricity by spinning a magnet called the rotor, on the inside of a ring shaped magnet called the stator. The changing of the north and south poles of the magnets causes friction and that electricity that is sucked in to a wire. [|Wave Turbines] This site says that there are many ways of using water for energy, such as using a swimming pool machine to cause waves that goes into a turbine generator to cause spinning in the turbines. [|The History of The Water Wheel] This site says that there are three different types of water wheels, overshot waterwheels, undershot waterwheels, and horizontal waterwheel. The overshot waterwheel spins counter clockwise, and the undershot water wheel spins clockwise. The horizontal water wheel spins sideways. [|About Water][|Turbines] This site says that to make a water turbines, you need the intake shaft, the water nozzle, the runner, the generator shaft, the generator, exit valve, and the powerhouse. [|Renewable Energy Wikipedia]This site says that renewable energy is energy that doesn't pollute the earth. It also says that nineteen percent of the total energy used by humans is renewable energy such as sunlight, wind water, and geothermal heat. [|Hydro-Power Wikipedia]This site says that hydraulic power is power that came from the power of flowing water. There are many ways to harness hydraulic power, such as watermills. [|Alternative Energy From Water] This site says that there are many ways to get renewable energy from water. The first is building a dam with holes that have turbines in them. Another way to get energy from water is the changing of tides. You can put turbines where the tide flows to generate electricity. And the last way to create hydroelectricity is to put a water wheel on the top of a river. <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; border-bottom: 1px solid #0044cc; color: #0044cc; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; text-decoration: none;">[|Hydroelectric Power and Water] This site says that most of the energy used by the united states are from coal, and only 7.1 percent of the energy used is hydroelectric. Hydroelectricity is the most used form of renewable energy because 19 percent of the electricity used by the world is hydroelectricity. [|http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_Hydroelectric_Power_Reliable] This site says that hydroelectricity is the most reliable of the different forms of renewable energy. [] This site says that somebody named Ian Gilmartin invented a mini-waterwheel that can generate enough electricity to power a house. And the waterwheel only needs a waterfall that is about twenty centimeters. [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Wheel] this site says that a water wheel is a machine that is used to generate electricity. And in the old days, before they invented a way to store electricity, the used water wheels in a mechanical way such as grinding grains and preforming other uses. There are many types of wheels such as the horizontal wheels, undershot wheels, breastshot wheels, overshot wheels, backshot wheels, and hydraulic wheels.

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//This is the most relevant information found within the sites listed in 4.1// Water power is harnessed by the spinning of a water wheel and a water turbine. The electricity generates is renewable, which means it is clean and doesn't release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. And there are many places that you can put a water wheel or water turbine, such as rivers, currents, or waterfalls. Also, renewable energy from water covers over nineteen percent of the entire world's energy usage. But for the united states, only seven point one percent of the energy used comes from hydraulic energy. There are also many types of water wheels, such as overshot, undershot, and back shot water wheels. And water wheels and water turbines generate electricity by turning the turbine, which rotates a magnet called the rotor, around another ring shaped magnet called the stator. And due to the magnetic friction caused by the spinning of the rotor on the inside of the stator, the electrons, in the atoms jump out into a wire. And before a way to store electricity was invented, people used the spinning of water wheels in a mechanical way. They made water wheels, preform tasks such as grinding grains, spinning gears, and sawing timber.

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Our presentation plan:

Slide 1: Water Power Co. Davin, Jadon and Ashley H.

Slide 2: Questions That our Employees Asked

Slide 3: Q: How do you convert the spinning of a water wheel into energy? A: With two set of magnets called the Stator and Rotor, the turning generates electricity tho hop out of the magnets.

Slide 4: Q: Why don't people attach water wheels to the side of boats? A: Because the installation is painstaking and expensive.

Slide 5: Q: What makes water energy renewable? A: When used, it doesn't generate pollutants, and is disposable. And that it is reusable.

Slide 6: Q: How is water energy used? A: You can enjoy the benefits of water power by placing a water wheel equipped to a turbine next to a water source.

Slide 7: Q: How are water wheels similar to wind turbines? A: They use a renewable energy source to spin blades, thus creating energy.

Slide 8: Q: How can you protect a water wheel placed under a waterfall from falling bjects? A: There is pretty much no way to protect the water wheel.

Slide 9: Q: What do you need in order to make a water wheel? A: You need a Stator, Rotor, wood wheel with blades, and a wire for absorbing electricity.

Slide 10 Q: How long might it take to install a water wheel under a waterfall? A: A long time, since it is hard to operate under one.

Slide 11: Q: How much electricity can the standard water wheel make? A: The standard water wheel can make enough to power a house.

Slide 12: Q: Can a water wheel be equipped to multiple generators? A:If it is strong enough to power all of them, yes.

Slide 13: Q: Are there other ways besides water wheels and turbines to generate water energy? A: Yes, but this way is the most efficient.

Slide 14: Q: How much does it cost to install a water wheel? A: A lot, about as much a s a solar panel.

Slide 15: Q: Can a small water wheel generate enough energy to power a house? A: Yes, but the height of the waterfall must be at least 20 cm. tall.

Slide 16: Q: Does the size of the rotor and stator affect the amount of energy produced? A: Yes, it creates more magnetic friction.

Slide 17: Q: Does the size of the water wheel affect the speed? A: Yes, since the circumference is larger.

Slide 18: Q: Does the speed of a water wheel's rotation affect the efficiency? A: Yes, because the faster the stator spins, the more energy produced.

Slide 19: Q: Will solid objects affect the speed of a water wheel? A: Sometimes, and very large ones will damage the water wheel.

Slide 20: Q: Does a solar panel generate more energy tan a water wheel? A: It depends on the conditions.

Slide 21: Here are some of our inventions

Slide 22: Water wheel attached to a boat Picture

Slide 22: Waterfall Wheel Picture

Slide 23 : Water Gears Picture

Slide 24: Thank you and Mr. G!

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//This is our presentation//



Inventions
//This is our first invention, the waterfall wheel ©// This invention used water from a waterfall to spin the water wheel. //This is our second invention, the water gear wheel ©// It makes it so that if one gear spins, then all of the spin, so it will generate more electricity. To get one for yourself, go to:

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Scratches
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Glog
This is our Glog, and if you press a side of the water wheel, it will link you to water wheel info. Sometimes it is glitched. media type="custom" key="9022216"

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Davin: I think we did good, but I think we need to organize our wiki better. Jadon: I really liked our product, but we could have made a few more touch-ups. Ashley: As an opinion, we had done it so fast we haven’t exactly look through what we did. <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">**6.2**

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