Grade Level
Gr. 9; Gr. 10; Gr. 11; Gr. 12; Gr. Secondary
Document Type
Activities and Labs
Keywords
Environmental science--Experiments; Ecology--Experiments; Atmospheric physics--Experiments;
Abstract
Objective: Students will be able to explain the direction the wind is blowing by observing a wind vane and applying this knowledge to the use of real time weather data about wind.
National Science Education Standards: All students should develop an understanding of: properties of objects and materials, position and motion of objects, properties of earth materials,and changes in earth and sky.
Department
Department of Earth Science
Department
STORM Project - Science Center for Teaching, Outreach, and Research on Meteorology
Original Date
2007
Copyright
©2007 The STORM Project, University of Northern Iowa
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
STORM Project, "Which Way Does the Wind Blow?" (2007). Open Educational Resources. 27.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/oermaterials/27
Comments
Note to the teachers: The following level 1 weather activities need to be done sequentially as each lesson builds on concepts learned in previous lessons. If your students have a good understanding of Fahrenheit and Celsius temperatures, you might consider bypassing the first two activities and begin with Activity 3-Patterns of Temperature.
Level 1 Weather Activities: