What blows in the wind?

This afternoon we were doing some investigative science to find out which things blow in the wind. We had a stone, a feather, a coin and a piece of paper. We went outside to test if these things would blow in the wind, but it wasn't windy enough! So we came inside and used a fan to make the wind instead. We had to make predictions about what we thought would happen and why, then we tested each out to see if they did blow or not. Here are some of the things we said:

"The paper will blow away because it's light." (Grace)
"Feathers blow around. I've seen them in the playground." (Jamie)
"Leaves are light, that's why they blow." (Lilly)
"The penny and the stone are too heavy." (Trystan)
"The paper and the feather are not heavy. The coin and stone are heavier." (Harry)
"The paper flew because it was light." (Aaron)

We found that the paper and the feather both blew, and said this was because they were light. The coin and the stone did not blow away because they were heavier. We then talked about whether smaller stones might blow away and whether paper and feathers would blow if there was only a light breeze. Some of us had different ideas - maybe soon we can test them out!