{"id":8657,"date":"2016-04-14T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/?p=8657"},"modified":"2026-04-17T14:33:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:33:31","slug":"community-central-springing-ahead-at-mcmahon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/2016\/04\/14\/community-central-springing-ahead-at-mcmahon\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Central: Springing Ahead at McMahon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8692 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0216-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Youth coloring in pinwheel template.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0216-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0216-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0216-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0216-317x212.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0216-423x283.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0216-634x424.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0216-846x565.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0216-951x635.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0216.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/>In Lewiston, Community Central staff and Teen Leaders have been busy getting into the swing of spring programming.\u00a0Laura and Maisy\u00a0are now visiting ten\u00a0classrooms at McMahan Elementary, bringing experiential learning projects to 3rd-5th\u00a0graders, over 200 students!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8693 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/IMG_3759-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"paper pinwheels in a box\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/IMG_3759-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/IMG_3759-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/IMG_3759-105x140.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/IMG_3759-317x423.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/IMG_3759-423x564.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/IMG_3759-634x845.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/IMG_3759-846x1128.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/IMG_3759-951x1268.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/IMG_3759.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,225px\" \/>In fourth grade, students\u00a0have spent the last few weeks\u00a0looking at wind turbines and wind energy with the Power of Wind curriculum. First, they created different styles of\u00a0turbines.<\/p>\n<p>Next, they set up their turbines to discover how heavy a load of\u00a0paperclips in a paper cup their design could lift, using a fan to spin their turbine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8695 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0219-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"a woman overseeing a student as the student works\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0219-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0219-768x1149.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0219-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0219-94x140.jpg 94w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0219-317x474.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0219-423x633.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0219-634x948.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0219-846x1266.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0219-951x1423.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0219.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,201px\" \/>Odrine, Teen Leader, assisted youth at a community site in testing their designs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8697 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0242-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"a young person filling out a worksheet\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0242-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0242-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0242-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0242-317x212.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0242-423x283.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0242-634x424.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0242-846x565.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0242-951x635.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0242.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/>Finally, students were able to figure out how much energy the\u00a0turbines could create!\u00a0Students kept careful records of different blade designs, turbine setup, fan speed, and amount of energy created.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"8696\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8696 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0238-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"An adult in a classroom teaches youth how to design a turbine.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0238-300x200.jpg 300w, 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graders Emmy and Abigail see how much energy is created by their turbine design.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Maisy helps 4th graders Emmy and Abigail (above) and Abukar (below) see how much energy is created by their turbine blade designs\/setup.<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0244.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8698\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8698 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0244-300x288.jpg\" alt=\"a young boy staring an a box fan on a desk\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0244-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0244-768x737.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0244-105x101.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0244-317x304.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0244-423x406.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0244-634x609.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0244-846x812.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0244-951x913.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0244-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/4h\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2016\/04\/DSC_0244.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/>A big thank you to the McMahon 4th grade teachers for inviting us into their classrooms and to the students for all of their hard work and ingenuity!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Keep an eye out for exciting\u00a0blog posts about 5th graders exploring space,\u00a03rd graders looking at the weather, and some of our Community Central #TrueLeaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Lewiston, Community Central staff and Teen Leaders have been busy getting into the swing of spring programming.\u00a0Laura and Maisy\u00a0are now visiting ten\u00a0classrooms at McMahan Elementary, bringing experiential learning projects to 3rd-5th\u00a0graders, over 200 students! 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