Children will discover how air makes things move and how different forces make things move more.

Materials:

• straws
• paper
• paint
• Book:The Wind Blew

Plan:

1. Read The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins.
2. Talk about the items that the wind blew. How hard did they think the wind had to blow to do this?
3. Lay out the paper. Give each child a straw.
4. Put two blobs of paint on each child's paper.
5. Have them blow through their straws to mix the color and watch it move.
6. After each child is done let the paint dry, and then have them cut out their favorite item that the wind blew on their construction paper. String several of them together to make mobiles.
7. Hang from the ceiling and watch them blow when the air or heat comes on, or when the wind blows through the windows.

Comments:

• Gilberto and the Windby Marie Hall Ets
• Feel the Wind (Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science Books) by Arthur Dorros
• Air Is All Around You (Let's Read and Find Out Science Series) by Franklyn Mansfield Branley