Lesson 1 Part 2

Leif Catches the wind

Vocabulary Review• Anemometer• Beaufort scale• Energy• Engineer• Engineering Design Process• Fisk• Mechanical engineering• Technology• Vejr• Wind• Windmill• Wind turbine

• Anemometer: An instrument used to measure the speed of the wind.

• Beaufort scale: a rating scale used to measure wind speed through observations.

• Energy: The ability to do work.

• Engineer: A person who uses his or her creativity and understanding of mathematics and science to design things that solve problems.

Engineering design process: Te steps that engineers use to design something to solve a problem.

• Fisk: Danish word for fish.

• Mechanical engineering: The branch of engineering that deals with the design and performance of machines.

• Technology: Any thing, system, or process that deals with the design and performance of machines.

• Vejr: Danish word for weather. Pronounced vair.

• Wind: Air that is moving and has energy.

• Windmill: A machine that harnesses the energy of the wind to do useful work.

• Wind turbine: A kind of windmill that changes the energy of air (wind) into electrical energy

(electricity).

• Finish story• Review first three chapters 1. Why does Leif feel better when he watches

his pet fish?2. Why was it important for Leif to keep a

weather notebook?3. Why are the fish in Dana’s pond pumping

their gills hard?4. What did the author mean when she wrote

about Leif watching his kite “swim”?

What is EDP?Sheet 1-6

Cooperative groups

Complete worksheet pages 1-3 and 1-6

Objects that catch the wind

• Wind mills• Wind turbine• Kites• Sails• Spinners• Anemometer• Parachutes

Mechanical Toys

Building Activity

Using blocks, build the highest hollow tower.