Hurumanu - Wind Power

Measuring weather.

Definitions:

1.  Anemometer: An instrument for measuring the speed of the wind, or of any current of gas.
2. Beaufort wind scale: This scale is used to relate wind in the sky to wind on land or in the sea. 
3. Typhoon: A tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans.
4. Monsoon: The rainy season accompanying the wet monsoon.
5. What is it when the weather is really nice and turns to hail: Climate Variability.

MATERIALS:

1. Stick x2 
2. Pencil
3. Cup x4
4. Sellotape
5. Pin
6. Sticky note

Steps:

1. Tape the cups on the ends of the sticks
2. Tape the sticks together in the middle
3. Stick the pin in the rubber end of the pencil
4. Tape the pin to the middle of the sticks.

Group Investigation.

Groups size: 5 
Roles:

• Timekeeper
• Counter
• Recorder
• Anemometer Manager
• Wind Manager

1. Mount the anemometer in a place that has full access to the wind from all directions.
2. When the timekeeper says "Go", the counter in each group will count how many times the marked cup passes them in one minute and write it down.
3. Repeat the above step four (4) times and record the number of spins on the chart.

FINDINGS

• Record how many times it spins and record it in the table below.

• You will need to time them and count the number of spins.

	Place name on school grounds	Number of Spins in 15 seconds
1.	Field	20
2.	Old J Block site	15
3.	Grass hill in quad	10
4.	Tennis Court gate	3ty

Wind

Beaufort Wind Scale

Beaufort Force	Wind Speed (KPH)	Spins	Indicators	Terms Used in NWS Forecasts
0	0-2	0	Calm; smoke rises vertically.	Calm
1	2-5	10	Shown by direction of wind smoke drift, but not by wind vanes.	Light
2	6-12	40	Wind felt on face, leaves rustle; ordinary vanes moved by wind.	Light
3	13-20	80	Leaves and small twigs in constant motion; wind extends light flag.	Gentle
4	21-29	130	Raises dust and loose paper; small branches are moved.	Moderate
5	30-39	190	Small trees in leaf begin to sway; crested wavelets form on inland waters.	Fresh
6	40-50	250	Large branches in motion; whistling heard in telephone wires; umbrellas used with difficulty.	Strong
7	51-61	320	Whole trees in motion; inconvenience felt walking against the wind.	Strong
8	62-74	390	Breaks twigs off trees; generally impedes progress.	Gale
9	75-87	470	Slight structural damage.	Gale
10	88-101	550	Seldom experienced inland; trees uprooted; considerable structural damage occurs.	Whole gale
11	102-116	640	Very rarely experienced inland; accompanied by widespread damage.	Whole gale
12	117 or more	730+	Very rarely experienced; accompanied by widespread damage.	Hurricane

Based on your findings what was the Wind Speed and the Beaufort Wind Force for each area.

	Spins per minute	Wind speed ( kph)	Beaufort Scale
Field	80	13-20	3
Old J Block site	60	6-12	2.5
Grass hill	40	6-12	2
Tennis Court Gate	12	2-5	1

CONCLUSION: 

The Field doesn't have any buildings around it, so the wind is more powerful there. The Tennis Court Gate is the least powerful because it's near a lot of trees and a fence. My conclusion is, wind power depends on what surrounds it, and what isn't surrounding it. For example, because the Field was open with a lot of space around it, the wind power was stronger around the Field.