Saturday, March 1, 2025
8:30am - 4:30pm CST
The Wisconsin KidWind Challenge is a hands-on renewable energy competition that engages students from across Wisconsin in STEM. Student teams bring small-scale wind turbines or solar devices that they’ve designed to the Challenge where they will be tested for power output. Teams also meet with a panel of expert judges to present their design process and demonstrate their contextual knowledge, and tackle instant challenge activities. The public is welcome to come spectate, cheer on the teams, and engage in hands-on science activities at the Science Expo.
What happens at the Wisconsin KidWind Challenge?
At the Challenge, student teams will:
- Test their turbine or solar device’s energy output
- Present in front of a panel of expert judges
- Complete instant challenges that test teamwork and hands-on thinking
- Hear from college students studying renewable energy and competing in the Collegiate Wind Competition
- Explore careers in clean energy
Friends, family, and spectators are welcome and encouraged to come support competing teams.
Who can participate in the Challenge?
Any group of students in grades 4 to 12 is eligible to enter as a team. This includes students from public and private schools, home schoolers, after school clubs, Scout troops, etc. As long as you have a coach and a team, you can attend! Teams of 2-6 students seem to work best.
Each team must have a coach. The coach will be responsible for registering the team for the competition and managing the team’s progress. Neither KidWind nor the Wisconsin Energy Institute will provide or be responsible for supervision of students at a Challenge event.
The Challenge is free to compete in and attend.
Top performers will be invited to the 2025 World KidWind Challenge.
Ready to get started?
Registration for the 2025 WI KidWind Challenge will open in November on the event website.
Click here for a pdf preview of the Registration Form.
For detailed information on preparing for the Challenge, all teams should read the 2023-24 Wind Challenge Rulebook. The 2024-25 Rulebook will be shared when available.
Questions or comments? Want to know more?
Visit https://energy.wisc.edu/events/2025-wisconsin-kidwind-challenge-saturday-march-1 and contact us at outreach@energy.wisc.edu!
