Building a Water Wheel

Back to ResourcesActivityPerkins School for the Blind secondary student Jake Pine shares his science fair research experiment: How Does a Water Wheel Change Water to Electrical Energy?Perkins School for the Blind secondary student Jake Pine shares his science fair research experiment: “How Does a Water Wheel Change Water to Electrical Energy?”Listen to Jake’s Radio Interview:Topic:Building a water wheelQuestion:How does a water wheel change water to electrical energy?Hypothesis:I think the water wheel will change the water to power by using the axle as the water flows through the wheel.Background Information:A water wheel is a type of simple machine, wheel and axle. A water wheel has levers attached to it. The axle represents the fulcrum. A water wheel is an example of Newton’s third law of motion because if force is applied on one side, the other side has an equal and opposite reaction. Water wheels can be found at the bottom of a waterfall. The water falling on the wheel adds force t...