Make your own instrument to figure out what direction the wind is blowing from.

For example, the wind vane uses eight reed switches and an embedded magnet to communicate the current wind direction to the Arduino Uno which handles the user interface.

GRAND RAPIDS — Recently we have had some very windy days, but do we always know which direction the wind is blowing? In today's weather experiment we are going to build a wind vane or weather ...

Problem: build a combined anemometer and wind vane where the pivots for both sensors are coaxial. Solution: turn an old universal motor into a step-wise potentiometer for the wind vane, and then pu… ...

DENVER (KDVR) — If you are looking for an activity to help keep your kids busy at home, you can make this simple science experiment: a wind vane. This classic science experiment is sure to br… ...

What does St. Peter have to do with weather vanes? A lot according to historical records. Check out the history of this iconic symbol.

Build an at-home wind vane to keep track to the wind direction.

As wind vanes go, the oversized one at Felts Field is unique. Not the usual rooster or arrow, it takes the form of a 19-foot-long cassette racer airplane mounted at the top of a flagpole. It is a ...

Wind vane craft blows into Cambrian Children, ages 6 and up, can create their own whimsical wind vane at the Cambrian Library, 1780 Hillsdale Ave.

Weather vanes have one straightforward purpose: to point into the wind. When the wind blows from the north, for example, the figure spins to face north.

In the beginning, weather vanes were about the wind – way before the Weather Channel, seamen and farmers relied on these decorative gauges to forecast the weather.

Make Your Own Wind Vane Before You Start... A weather vane is also called a wind vane. It is a tool for measuring wind direction. It spins on a rod and points in the direction from which the wind ...