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
Objectives:
• The student will construct an anemometer and calculate the wind speed.
• The student will examine a weather map to determine wind speed and wind direction using the weather station model.
National Science Standards: All students should develop an understanding of:abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry, 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, "How Fast Does the Wind Blow?" (2007). Open Educational Resources. 28.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/oermaterials/28
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: