The students will learn how to construct a wind vane and understand the parts of a wind vane. Students will learn the four directions. Students will understand how wind vanes are used to measure wind direction and be able to tell the wind direction from their own wind vane. Students will understand that wind direction and weather are correlated.
The Search for Energy
The students will learn the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources.
Energy, Work, Environment
The students will determine that it takes energy to move an object, and that energy is often converted from one form to another.
Controlling consumption
The student will analyze the effects of conservation, as compared to unlimited consumption, on the life expectancy of energy resources.
