Archive for November 13th, 2003

Blowing in the Wind

Thursday, November 13th, 2003

Windstorms swept across the eastern U.S. today, with winds gusting as high as 70 miles per hour. Almost a million people are without power. Learn more about the wind at the following Web sites:

  • Discovery School’s Capture the Wind - instructions to build a simple anemometer and measure wind speeds.
  • Wind Chill - learn the relationship between wind speed and temperature

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  • Education World presents Wind and Wings - “simple hands-on activities that demonstrate Daniel Bernoulli’s principle of air pressure and air flight.”

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