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Wind-Powered Car Sets Records In A 3,100-Mile Road Test - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet

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Wind-powered Car Sets Records in a 3,100-mile Road Test

Instructions: COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS AND MARGIN NOTES

Read the following article carefully and make notes in the margin as you read.

Your notes should include:

o Comments that show that you understand the article. (A summary or statement of the main

idea of important sections may serve this purpose.)

o Questions you have that show what you are wondering about as you read.

o Notes that differentiate between fact and opinion.

o Observations about how the writer’s strategies (organization, word choice, perspective,

support) and choices affect the article.

Your margin notes are part of your score for this assessment.

Answer the questions carefully in complete sentences unless otherwise instructed.

Student ____________________________Class Period__________________

Notes on my thoughts,

Wind-powered Car Sets Records in a 3,100-mile Road test

reactions and questions as I

read:

Two German inventors have created an electric vehicle that recharges the battery

through a wind turbine carried in the car. To test the vehicle, the duo recently

completed a 3,100-mile trek across Australia.

It is almost like German adventurers Dirk Gion and Stefan Simmerer saw the latest

models of electric cars, and decided to see if they could go out and make the

manufacturers feel bad. In a move that will have green aficionados cheering and

gearheads gently weeping at the state of the world, a new electric car powered by a

wind turbine has just been unleashed into the Australian wilds.

The vehicle, known as the Wind Explorer, uses an electric battery similar to those found

in most of the current generation of electric cars like the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf,

but rather than needing to plug in every night, the Wind Explorer comes standard with a

20-foot retractable bamboo mast that holds a wind turbine to charge the battery. The

Wind Runner can also be powered - or perhaps more accurately “dragged” - by a kite,

assuming of course that there is ample wind. The result is a lightweight electric car that

weighs under 500 pounds and has a top speed of 55 miles an hour, all with close to zero

emissions.

To test their new eco-mobile, the Germans travelled to Australia, where they planned to

drive (and sail) the Wind Explorer from the southwestern Australian town of Albany,

head east on the southern coast, and arrive in Sydney on the southeastern tip of the

continent to the cheers of a handful, and the bewildered stares of most. The entire trip

took 18 days, covered 3,100 miles and set a handful of world records, including being

Fleming, R. Wind-powered Car Sets Records in a 3,100-mile Road Test. Feb. 16, 2011.

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Wind-Powered Car Sets Records In A 3,100-Mile Road Test - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet