How Do You Make A Simple Weather Vane For Cub Scouts?
Make a simple weather vane for Cub Scouts or other small groups with these easy to follow directions. Use household items for this fun science and art project that introduces wind directions and force to kids. Make this weather vane as plain or as decorated as you wish. Take it outside and complete hands-on science explorations to determine from which direction the wind blows. Make the base for your simple weather vane with two paper plates. Turn the first upside down and put a small hole in the middle of it large enough for a new, unsharpened pencil to pass tightly through. Keep the other plate right side up and place an egg-sized bit of modeling clay into it. Flatten it slightly and place about a quarter cup of small rocks or pebbles around it, pushing as many as possible into the edges only of the modeling clay. This gives the weather vane support and weight so that it does not flip over in the wind. Place glue around the edges of the plate containing the clay then place the first p
