Wind Vanes

Part 4

Daily Objective

Meteorologists use wind vanes to observe the direction of the wind.

A wind vane points in the direction the wind is coming from.

Vocabulary

Wind Vane – Direction – North – South – East – West –

Introduction

Today we are going to investigate objects in this bag. Lets see what's in here. We have a straw, a feather, a styrofoam ball, a cotton ball, and a balloon. Is there anything else in the bag?

Air

Observations and Discussions

Can you move things from place to place?

Can you feel air?

If you fill the plastic bag with air can the bag be smashed?

What is air?

Vocabulary Review

Wind Vane – Direction – North – South – East – West –

What We Learned

____________________ tell us the

direction the wind is coming from.

You can us things like __________,

__________, and __________ to tell the

direction of the wind.

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Wind Vanes

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