Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Make a wind sock to measure wind direction.
• Record the direction of the wind over a period of time. Does the direction of the wind change from the morning to the afternoon? (Yr1).
• Observe wind direction over time and notice any patterns between rainfall and wind: is it always windy when it is raining? Does the wind change direction in the rain? (Yr2).

Activities

1. Make a wind sock to measure wind direction.
2. Begin to record the direction of the wind and consider if it will change? (Yr1).
3. Observe wind direction over time and notice any patterns between rainfall and wind (Yr2).

Investigation - observing over time, pattern seeking
Make a wind sock to measure wind direction and a wind vane to measure the direction of the wind. Record the observations.
Year 1 - Does the direction of the wind change from morning to afternoon?
Year 2 - Observe wind direction over time; notice rainfall and wind patterns: is it always windy when it is raining?

Vocabulary
Weather, rainfall, precipitation, data, wind, direction, gauge, patterns