Experiment 6.

Instructor:
Ms. Hanin El Banna

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September 19, 2023
 ● Lab Manual
What do we need?
● Pencil

● Eraser
Learning Outcome:

Build a wind vane using

various materials

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Materials

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Predict
What do you think will your
process be?

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Plan – Lab Manual Page 139

• Look at the materials and try to plan

a way to build your wind vane

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Procedure
1. Cut a slit in each end of a drinking straw.
2. Cut thick paper into a triangle and a square.
3. Stick the paper triangle and square into the slots on the straw. Put the
triangle on one end, so it makes a point like an arrow. Put the square
into the other slot.
4. Fill a container with small rocks.
5. Stick a pencil through the bottom of the container.
6. Stick a pin through the straw into the pencil rubber.
7. Use a compass to mark the directions on your wind vane.
8. Watch the wind vane spin. Take the wind vane outside and observe.
Step 1 Step 2

● Cut thick paper into a

● Cut a slit in each end of
triangle and a square.
a drinking straw
Step 3

● Stick the paper triangle

and square into the slots
on the straw. Put the
triangle on one end, so it
makes a point like an
arrow. Put the square
into the other slot.
Step 4 Step 5

● Stick a pencil through

● Fill a container with
the bottom of the
small rocks and close it
container.
Step 6 Step 7

● Use a compass to mark

● Stick a pin through the
the directions on your
straw into the pencil
wind vane.
rubber.
Lab Observations and Data Analysis - Page
142