Mr Partridge works with wind turbines to make electricity.
We learnt how wind is made.
Wind is made by the sun. The sun shines down and as it shines on the land it heats up the air which squished the air already high up squishing the cold air above the sea and blowing the air on the land.
What things use the wind? Hot air balloon, kites, windmills, wind turbine makes electricity, sail boat, parachute, drying clothes on the washing line.
How do we use the wind to make electricity? 
Wind turns the sails on the turbine which makes cogs move in the gearbox producing electricity into a generator which turns the motor. A long cable runs from the back of the turbine into homes etc.
Wind turbines are found in different places, on hills and out at sea and even in our back gardens. In the UK we have the most turbines at sea than anywhere else in the world mostly on the west coast of England.
We learnt about different ways to make electricity and which ones were clean or dirty.
Dirty Pollution – coal, gas, oil
Clean No pollution – solar panels using the sun, water in dams, tidal power, heat from hot springs driving the turbine.
In the UK only one quarter of our electricity is produced in clean methods (yellow arrow).
We then asked Mr Partridge some questions.
How many turbines make electricity? Austin – 10000
How do they put turbines in to the water? Isabel – a metal tower burrows right down into the sea bed
How many turbines are on the land by the water ? Sam
How do they make tidal dams ? Alfred
How do you put the blades on the tidal dam? Will
Thank you very much for coming to talk to us. We will learn more about making clean electricity without pollution in our classrooms.
A pleasure to present to the children – they were a very well behaved and interested audience!