Thursday, 7 July 2011

Wind Vane Measurement

Date:6 June Wind Vane: North East
Date:7 June Wind Vane:North East
Date:8 June Wind Vane: North

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

Rain Gauge Measurement

Date:6 June Measure Amount:37mm Accurate Amount: 40mm 
Date:7 June  Measure Amount:23 mm Accurate Amount: 21mm
Date:8 June Measure Amount:43 mm  Accurate Amount: 45mm

Wednesday, 22 June 2011

How to make a rain gauge

How to do a Rain Gauge
1)Scissors
2)Tape
3)1.5 Water bottle
4)You will also need a sort of ruler to measure the amount of rain drops on the bottom part of the bottle. This is called a "Rain Gauge Ruler".
What you need to do:
     First, cut the top part of the bottle
(Note! Please be careful when you cut it! Make sure you don't
cut yourself!)

   Than paste the top of the bottle...                       (Rain gauge ruler)

Sunday, 19 June 2011

How to do the wind vane



 You need:
  1. 2 paper plate (doesn't matter it is a Paper Plate or Styrofoam plate)
  2. Plastic Straw
  3. Straight Pin 
  4. Pencil with a eraser on top of it
  5. Whiteboard Marker or Permanent Marker
  6. Compass
  7. Scissors
  8. Stapler or Glue or scotch tape ( If  can use scotch tape) 
  9. Recycle paper or normal paper (If can use recycle paper)(SAFE THE EARTH):) 
  10. Clay or Plasticine 
Instructions(1):


1. Write North,South, East and West at the Styrofoam plate or plastic plate 
2.Cut the point and tail of an arrow out of an index card.


3. Tape them onto the ends of the straw.


4. Push the pin through the middle of the straw.


5. Stick the pin into the eraser of the pencil. 
6.Stick the sharp end of the pencil into a lump of modeling clay (this will be your base.)
7.Put the clay on a paper plate.

After you complete doing the wind vane... You must check to see whether the vane is working. You can blow at the vane and make sure that the arrow can spin freely.  After that you must determine where is the wind direction.

Instructions(2)
  1. Place the paper plate on a flat surface and put the wind vane on the plate.
  2. Use the compass and see where north . 
  3.  If it is very breezy, one people should hold down the paper plate while another takes the direction reading. The arrow will point to the direction the wind is blowing from.