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2024 World KidWind Challenge

And That’s A Wrap!

This year's World KidWind Challenge brought 95 student teams from 21 U.S. states, Taiwan, and Mexico to Minneapolis, Minnesota from May 5th through May 8th. This year's event was hosted by ACP and co-located with the Collegiate Wind Competition. We were beyond excited to show everyone a good time in our hometown! Lots of thanks to the coaches, parents, administrators and students for all their hard work to get to Worlds and the determination and resilience they showed across the three days of competition.

Each team met this year's extra challenging competition elements with enthusiasm, determination, and out of the box thinking! This year, wind teams tested their turbine in low speed, medium speed, and high speed tunnels, with everyone trying their hand at our Yawing tunnel, which rotated their turbines (mid-test) 90 degrees! Plus, the High School Wind teams had to contend with our new Super Tunnel - or the Anderson Annihilator, as we came to call it. This brand new wind tunnel, invented and built by Dick Anderson from Wisconsin, allows us to modulate the wind speed with the twist of a knob from 0 to 10 m/s. Teams had to do two tests here, one that tested their turbine's output and a second that tested their turbine's ability to endure in super high speed winds.

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KidWind 2024 Highlight
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    2024 Awards Presentation PDF

    Special Awards

    Competition Elements

    Every wind and solar team competing in the World KidWind Challenge will participate in several competition elements, including either wind turbine or solar structure testing, a presentation for a panel of judges, 2-3 Instant Challenges (including an optional Join Instant Challenge with the Collegiate Wind Competition), and the Quizbowl.

    The judging, Instant Challenge, and Quizbowl components of Worlds will be scheduled for each team. Wind turbine and solar structure testing will be self directed in between the other Competition Elements during Worlds.

    Bonus Points! There are 3 bonus points available that teams can earn BEFORE coming to Worlds. These must be completed by April 28th in order to receive the extra points.

    • Complete your Team Profile with a working video (1 point)
    • Submit ALL Attendee Forms for people joining your team for Worlds (students, coaches, and chaperones) with Liability & Media Release Forms (2 points).

    Learn what to expect and important rules for each element by clicking on the buttons below.

    Competition Elements with a * next to them will be scheduled at a specific time for each team.

    Wind and Solar teams will be scheduled for a judging session to present their structure to a panel of judges, discuss their project, and answer questions.

    We will have 3 judging rooms going at a time, so multiple teams will be scheduled for the same session.

    We encourage all teams to prepare a formal presentation and share supplementary materials which may include photos, data tables, notebooks, and/or project iterations.

    Note: Each team MUST bring a hardcopy of their 1-page Executive Summary document. Middle School and High School teams are expected to create their own 1-pager using the guidelines discussed here. Elementary School teams may use this Executive Summary Template.

    While we ask that teams include their team number on the Executive Summary, we don't have those assigned yet! The team number can be written onto the Executive Summary closer to Worlds once they are posted on Team Profiles.

    Navigating Worlds

    Participation details are outlined below.

    Check out our Worlds FAQ for further information!

    Rules

    The rules at the World KidWind Challenge may be different from the rules at your regional events. We encourage you to read the below rules carefully so that you aren't surprised!

    Meet the Teams