How fast does the wind blow in your neighborhood?
Try your hand at designing and building your own wind vane and anemometer to measure the direction and speed of the wind.
(You could use a bicycle wheel for your anemometer.
) Set up a mini-weather station and record the data for a month.
Are there any local wind patterns?
How does Earth's surface control the wind?
Set up an experiment using two identical cups.
Fill one with water and leave the second empty.
Place each under a light bulb for 15 minutes.
Use a thermometer to see which heats faster and then turn off the light to see how fast they cool.
How does your experiment help explain offshore winds ?
Long before there were fossil fuels to power our vehicles, people used the wind.
Design and build a tabletop wind racer that goes with the flow.
Using a fan, challenge your friends to see who wins the race.