Wind Nature Study

We’re in for a windy ride today! How can we do a wind nature study when we can’t see wind and can’t even really hear it? Great question! Observing the wind is less about looking for the nature specimen and more about looking for signs that it’s there.

What is wind?

If you had to give a definition of wind, what would you say? The wind is a little hard to describe since we can’t actually see it, but we definitely know that it’s there because of the way it moves things as it blows.

So what’s an official way to describe it? Well, the dictionary says it’s the “perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction”. I’m not so sure that was entirely helpful. Or was it? Let’s break that definition down just a bit…

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Perceptible means we can either see something or notice it. So when air is moving, we can see signs that let us know it’s moving. The rustle of leaves of a tree and a flag flapping on a flag pole are both examples of wind being perceptible to us.