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Where Fun and Education Meet |
25 Resources for Teachers |
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| The American Kitefliers Association (AKA) | http://www.aka.kite.org/ |
| Periodic newsletters |
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| Kites in the classroom book for teachers | |
| How to Fly a Kite book with the basics of buying, setting up, flying | How To Fly A Kite |
| Recycled Kites | http://classroom.kitingusa.com/recycledkites.htm |
| Kites as an educational tool | http://www.gombergkites.com/nkm/index.html |
| Kites, kids and education | http://kckiteclub.org/DaveEllis/TOC.htm |
| Kite lesson planning | http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson056.shtml |
| The names of the parts of a kite | http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/kitepart.html |
| Forces acting on a kite (NASA) | http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/kitefor.html |
| Why does a kite fly? | http://www.gombergkites.com/nkm/why.html |
| What makes a kite fly? | http://www.aka.org.au/kites_in_the_classroom/student.htm |
| Kites, a brief history | http://www.aka.org.au/kites_in_the_classroom/history.htm |
| Kite history and photo gallery | http://fly.to/megsworld |
| Plans that are easy for kids to make | http://www.aka.org.au/kites_in_the_classroom/plans.htm |
| The word "kite" in other languages | http://www.kites.org/fredl/kiteword.htm |
| Kite safety | http://www.gombergkites.com/nkm/safety.html |
| How to fly a kite | http://www.gombergkites.com/howgen.html |
| Wind in the atmosphere | http://wings.avkids.com/Book/Atmosphere/instructor/wind-01.html |
| The principles of aeronautics | http://wings.avkids.com/Book/instructor.html |
| Kite songs and songs with the word "kite" in the lyrics | http://www.kites.org/fredl/kitesong.htm |
| Kite games | http://www.gombergkites.com/nkm/rec2.html |
| Kite search engine | http://www.kitez.com/ |
| National Kite Month (Every April) | http://www.nationalkitemonth.org/ |
| The Drachen Foundation, a non-profit educational corporation | http://www.drachen.org/ |
| Kite Stores | http://www.gombergkites.com/dir.html |
| Kites and Kids Video | http://www.videosolutions.tv/kites/kites.htm |
| Kite Workshop VHS Video |
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| Kite Building | http://www.drachen.org/about_kites_building.html |
| 20 Kids - 20 Kites - 20 Minutes | http://www.molokai.com/kites/20kidskites.html |
| Bird kite kits | |
| Learn 2 Make a Kite | http://www.tutorials.com/04/0479/0479.asp |
| Mini Kites | http://miniatures.kitingusa.com |
| Bibliography | http://www.aka.org.au/kites_in_the_classroom/biblio.htm |
Activities for Students |
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| Build a kite | Student is given materials and a plan |
| Artistic decoration | Kites can be a canvas for the most beautiful artwork |
| Kite festival | Students bring kites from home to fly at a give time |
| Kite parade | Everyone walks while their kites fly. Kites can be held by their bridles or attached to poles |
| Kite contest for altitude | Student must unspool the line quickly. The one that reaches the end of the line in the shortest time wins |
| Kite contest for smallest size | Kite must fly on 20' of sewing thread. Smallest wins. Kite tails are ignored. |
| Teams build a kite | Attach multiple kites to the same line to create a kite train |
| Dual line lessons | Learn to fly a 2-line stunt kite |
| Quad line lessons | Learn to fly a 4-line stunt kite |
| Junkyard wars | Build a kite from only the scrap materials that are supplied by the instructor. It must fly when it's done! |
| Candy Drop | Kite is used to lift a bag of candy then drop the candy from above. |
| Racing with Bols | Kids run into the wind with large parachutes behind them. |
| Kite games | http://www.gombergkites.com/nkm/rec2.html |
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