Kites [Class Response #1]

Recently in science, we have been learning about weather. As an activity to help us learn some concepts in weather, we made kites and took it outside to fly. The first part was to make a kite, which we thought would fly, with construction paper that was at least 20cm on all sides. Then we decorated it with an original title for the kite that was related to weather and 5 weather symbols such as hail, rain, sleet, wind speed, etc. We also wrote a paragraph about why we think kites fly.The second part was going outside. During class, we went outside to fly our kites. There was very little wind so our kites did not fly very well. Afterwards we were given a worksheet and had to answer the questions. We learned how the local winds, mostly the sea breeze affects us and why kites fly better by the beach.This activity, which was fun and interesting, really helped us learn about the different types of winds and what it affects.