Do you remember the last time that you flew a kite? Do you remember the feeling that you had as it  rose into the sky ? Well,  now you can bring that feeling into the classroom.  Kites can become a part of your curriculum, whether you teach math, science, history, or English.

You will find a lot of interesting links to various kite sites and also some activities. Since I teach middle school age kids I have geared most of the activities for that age level.

There are many different things that you will be able to do when you complete this unit.

• Build a kite
• Describe the various parts of a kite
•  Explain the aerodynamics of the flight of the kite.
• Present to the class on a historical reference to kites
• Use  ratios in order to transform a pattern of a kite to a real flying kite.
• Build an astrolabe and use it to find out how high your kite is flying.
• Use the internet to send out the results of how high their kites flew.
• Know the basics of kite safety
• Use the internet to research various sites for the above information and answer some questions on kites.
• You may  use the kite software in order to get plans to build  your kite. Don't Forget to come back when you're done.

There are many different places where you can locate plans to make kites.One of the easiest kites to make is a sled kite, you can go get the pattern and directions and start to build a kite. Some other links that have good plans are:
 

These are a group of short readings with some questions attached to them that also need to be completed.
 

This is the part where I would like you to build an astrolabe and follow the activity on that page.
 
 

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