Wind resources

Task: Students suggest ways to stop sand dunes blowing on to farmland, and describe the predicted outcome of their suggestions. Assessment focus: application of knowledge of erosion to a specific situation.

Students are provided with a map showing wind speed and direction over some landforms. Students explain two ways that mountains affect the wind.

Task: Using statements from four people decide and justify whether or not each person supports wind farms. Identify which person has a misconception about wind farms, giving a reason. Assessment focus: identifying different perspectives.

Students use the Beaufort Scale, found on the Met Service website, to answer questions about wind speed.

Students to interpret a bar graph and answer questions about its data.

Students use the Beaufort Scale of wind speed to categorise diary entries about the wind in Auckland.