Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Air Moves Things


Materials: Straws, feathers, pom poms, plastic bottles, pebbles, crumpled paper balls, any objects that might move with air.

Place objects on a flat surface and blow through a straw, aiming air at the objects to see which ones move and how much air it takes to move them.

*Extension
: Can you find 3 MORE things that air will move?

*Extension
: Have air races. Who can move the feather to the end of the room the fastest?

*Extension
: Go on a wind walk and observe all the things moving in the wind.

*Variation
: Use turkey basters or paper fans to move objects.

*Variation
: Create abstract paintings by dropping small amounts of paint on paper and blowing the paint around the paper with a straw.

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  2. Sorry my delete, wasn't signed it right. Love the air races, it was a rainy day here and the kids needed a distraction. We air raced down the hall for an hour at least all different thing. Thanks!

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