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What Is Wind?

Know that wind is moving air, that it can be gentle (a breeze) or very strong (a gale), and that wind can move things like leaves, kites, flags, and even push people

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What a learner can do afterwards

  • Define wind as air that is moving
  • Describe the difference between a gentle breeze and a strong wind
  • Give examples of things that wind can move or affect

The lesson

Wind is air that moves. You cannot see air, but you can feel it move. When air moves fast, we call it wind.

Breeze2Gale8
A breeze is soft. A gale is very strong.
Try it together

Mia flies her kite on a windy day. The wind lifts her kite high into the sky.

Good to know

Look for moving leaves or flapping flags. They show you when wind is blowing.

Wind is moving air that can be gentle or strong.

Watch it

Where it sits

Learn first

Nothing; this is a starting point.

This opens up

Where this leads

Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.

Then practise

8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.

What Is Wind? · Science, ages 5 to 7 · LightMySky