This week in preschool, we made anemometers out of simple household objects. These turned out great and the students had a lot of fun experimenting with them!
Materials:
Paper Cups
Straws
Unsharpened Pencils
Hole Punch
Stapler or Tape
Nail or Thumb Tack
Step 1:
Give each person 3 cups. 2 Cups should have 1 hole punched in the top and the 3rd cup needs two holes in the top across from each other, and a hole in the bottom.
Step 2:
Stick a straw through the two holes in the middle cup.
Step 3:
Stick a cup to each end of the straw.
Step 4:
Making sure the cups are facing away from each other, staple (or tape) them to the straw so they do not move around.
Step 5:
Stick the pencil, eraser side up, through the bottom hole of the middle cup.
Step 6:
Use the nail to stick through the straw and into the eraser to make a pivoting point for the anemometer. It is helpful to make it as loose as possible so it spins better.
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