Blowing in the Wind
Blowing in the Wind is a science project that teaches kids how to
harness the power of the wind. The wind is sometimes like a bus or
train. It picks up passengers from one place and transports them to
another.
What You'll Need:
- Cardboard
- String
- Vegetable oil or petroleum jelly
Step 1: Get a piece of cardboard that is the size of a piece of notebook paper or larger. Make a small hole on one end of the cardboard, and tie a piece of string through the hole. Smear one side of the cardboard with vegetable oil or petroleum jelly.
Step 2: On a windy
day, hang the cardboard from a tree using the string. Make sure the
oily side of the cardboard is facing the wind. Leave the cardboard in
the wind for an hour or more. Then go back and see what the wind has
carried onto the cardboard. You may find seeds, insects, pollen, dust,
or other tidbits of nature.
Step 3: Some plants (like the dandelion)
use wind to help scatter their seeds far away. Sometimes the seeds can
be carried for several miles or more! Small spiders can hang by their
thread and let the wind blow them from spot to spot. What other ways
can you think of to use wind?
So Much Pressure! is a science project that teaches kids to make their own barometer. Get directions for this science project on the next page of science projects for kids: weather and seasons.
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