Weather Instruments - Grade 4 lesson

We measure different things in the wind, what are we?

• Wind vane

• Barometer

• Anemometer

• Rain gauge

What does a thermometer do?

• Measure how much rain we get

• Measure which direction the wind is going

• Measure the speed of wind

• Measure and indicate temperatures

Which instrument measures which direction the wind is going?

• Thermometer

• Wind vane

• Anemometer

• Barometer

I am a barometer, what do I do?

• Measure the air pressure

• Measure the wind speed

• Measure the wind direction

Which instrument measures how much rain we get?

• Barometer

• Rain gauge

• Thermometer

• Anemometer

True or False - a thermometer can measure the temperature of water

• True

• False

True or False - a rain gauge can measure the air pressure

• True

• False

True or False - an anemometer can measure the wind direction(north, east, south, and west)

• True

• False

True or False - a wind vane can measure how much wind we get

• True

• False

True or False - a rain gauge can measure the direction of the wind

• True

• False