The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind Book Read Aloud. A true story of perseverance, patience, and innovation. William and bryan mealer tell the unprecedented story of william, a young boy growing up in the poor agricultural country of malawi during the famine of 2004.
Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, william’s windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. We’ve been asking more questions ever since he dropped the bomb at dinner one night last month: Model this exercise for students before they begin by underlining the phrases “the first thing i wanted to do was.
This stem project is a companion activity to the boy who harnessed the wind by bryan mealer and william kamkwamba.
Make a pinwheel (closest to a windmill) materials: We rely on help from people like you to meet this need. The boy who harnessed the wind is an excellent launching point for a discussion of how we learn. He told the man what had happened, about the herd boys coming by and giving me the stolen gum.