What the Wind Does for Me
Lesson Plans
GradesK, 1, 2, 3, 4Science, Visual and Performing Arts
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Provided by Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education
What it is
- This lesson is useful for teaching students about how wind is formed, high and low pressure, how to use our senses to see, feel, smell, hear, or taste wind, and the differences between cold and warm air.
- The lesson includes a teacher guide, spaces for students to draw or write, a wind scale chart, and extensions for a refrigerator investigation and making a wind chime.
Teaching tips
Positives
- This lesson plan encourages students to create a wind chime.
- This lesson plan has plenty of student-centered elements.
Prerequisites
- The worksheets can be printed off before starting the lesson and items for the wind chime can be scavenged from school grounds or recycling bins.
- As it pertains to wind, students need to know the difference between softness and hardness (i.e., gentle wind and strong wind).
- Advanced students can take notes in the location of your choice and more information about this lesson can be found in this guide.
Differentiation & Implementation
- This lesson plan can enhance a classroom discussion about cold fronts, warm fronts, and how both are connected to wind.
- This lesson plan can support a classroom discussion on how wind can impact the physical features of a rock.
- This lesson plan can augment a classroom activity where students compare solar energy and wind energy.
- This can supplement a classroom discussion about other systems on Earth that impact human activity.
- Check out KEEP's Wind Kit to support this lesson. Activities in the Wind Kit help students learn about wind through reading, hands-on activities, inquiry and observation.
From the scientist review
This resource accurately describes the key process behind how wind is generated and why wind blows in certain directions based on the pressure changes. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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