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William Kamkwamba: How I Harnessed the Wind

Provided by: TED |Published on: April 27, 2021
Videos Grades 9-12

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  • This six-minute TED video features a young farmer from Malawi who taught himself how to engineer windmills to help his family as they struggled through famine.
  • This is a great accompanying piece to any learning activity that is focused on perseverance through climate impacts, the use of recycled materials, a young person's sheer will to learn, or the power of innovation in the face of difficulties.
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Subjects: Physics
Authors: William Kamkwamba
Region: Africa
Languages: English

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