🧪 Science with Sarah: Wind Vanes 💨

👉 Watch the video of Sarah’s science experiment at Canyon Ridge Elementary here!

Hello parents, teachers and students! Today’s experiment explores meteorology in your backyard.

Be sure to check out GMSA@9 on Wednesdays when Meteorologist Sarah Spivey does the demonstrations and explains the science behind it.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• A pencil with an eraser on top
• A straw
• Colorful index cards
• Scissors
• Tape
• A pin
• Modeling Clay

DO THE EXPERIMENT

• STEP 1: Cut a wing and a pointed tip for your wind van from the index cards. The wing should be larger than the tip
• STEP 2: Tape the wing and the pointed tip to a straw
• STEP 3: Carefully (and with adult supervision) push the pin through the middle of the straw
• STEP 4: Push the pin into the eraser of the pencil
• STEP 5: Create a flat base for your wind vane using the modeling clay
• STEP 6: Take your wind vane outside and watch how it turns with the wind!

SCIENCE WITH SARAH

If you’d like Sarah and David to come to your school and conduct a science experiment live on KSAT, fill out this form. “Winners” are selected at random.