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Soar Into Spring With Kites!
The kite has an amazing history! It has been used for thousands of years, has led to many scientific disoveries, and has made some people very famous. Just ask Ben Franklin! This terrific lesson offers many cross-curricular activities...
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Kites!
Let's go fly a kite! Little learners cut, glue, color, and design kites from a variety of materials. The step-by-step instructions are included along with three wonderful book recommendations. Tip: This project could easily be...
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Kite Experiments and Building Information
Students build their own kite following certain procedures. In this physics lesson plan, students explain the aerodynamics concepts involved in flying kites. They trace the development of aviation.
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Geometry Take Home Question
In this triangles, parallelograms, and kites worksheet, students solve 4 short answer problems. Students find the area of the given triangle. Students construct parallelograms and kites by cutting out and manipulating the given triangles.
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Making/Building Kites
Students explore kite making. For this cross curriculum fine arts and ancient Chinese history lesson, students activate prior knowledge about how kites were used in ancient Chinese culture. Students sketch an original kite design, then...
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Go Fly a ( Tetrehedral) Kite!
Students research the tetrahedral kites invented by Alexander Graham Bell. In this components of flight lesson plan, students examine the kites made by Bell and his team. Students create their own kite and add them together as a class to...
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Let's Fly Our Kites
Students practice reading and writing using a short poem and information about kites. In this kite poem lesson plan, students read and write using a common poem. This lesson plan includes practice with reading, rhyming, handwriting,...
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Math Learning Center: High Flyin' Math Facts
In this High Flyin' math facts instructional activity, students participate in an activity that combines various math problems that match up with each answer on the bows of the kites.
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Soaring High with Kites
Learners make kites from patterns. They write haiku poetry. They listen to stories about kite festivals in different countries.
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Kite Making
In this kite worksheet, 4th graders follow the directions for constructing a kite, using bamboo skewers, plastic, and fishing line.
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Trapezoids and Kites Homework
In this quadrilaterals worksheet, students find the missing measurements of side lengths and angles in isosceles trapezoids and kites.
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Can You Make Quadrilaterals?
Learners identify and describe squares, rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, and kites. In this quadrilaterals lesson plan, students put the quadrilateral shapes into a chart.
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Kites
Students build a kite while integrating math and science. In this kite building lesson, students construct a blueprint and apply mathematical formulas while constructing a kite. They use appropriate flight and kite terminology to...
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Go Fly a Kite!
Students study kites. In this social studies activity, students discover the history of kites and what kites are made of. Students create their own kites to fly.
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Acrostic Poem Planning Sheet - Kites
In this poetry planning worksheet, students plan an acrostic poem about kites. They see the word "kites" printed vertically down the page and fill in the spaces next to each letter as they prepare to write the final poem.
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Kite
In this language arts worksheet, students see 4 pictures of kites, with describing words such as :stuck, free, flying, diving. Students answer 4 questions about the kites.
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One Windy Wednesday
Students read and discuss the novel, "One Windy Wednesday." They complete a variety of activity cards and assignments associated with this novel. Each student draws windy day pictures, make a kite and record weather and kite observations.
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Chinese Kites
First graders investigate the concept of kite making in the culture of China. They design and create their own kites. The purposes of making kites is discussed and the question of a kite's functionality is covered.
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Come Fly a Kite
Fourth graders explore the language of procedural text forms. They respond to the meanings and ideas in procedural text and write their own procedural text for making a kite. Students record their kite flying experience using digital...
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Building Tetrahedral Kites
Learners work together to build tetrahedral kites. They must follow directions and the provided materials. They discover the engineering concepts needed to make the kite.
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Making a Paper Kite
Students listen to a read aloud of Pat Hutchins, The Wind Blew. They create a kite using construction, paint, tissue paper, and yarn.
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Brown Bag Kites
Young scholars observe and discuss kites. They create a kite out of recycled materials, such as paper bags, paper scraps, leftover glitter, and buttons.
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The New Kite
Students practice their reading comprehension skills by reading about Sue Ellen and her new kite. They answer questions on a worksheet to test for comprehension.
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A Cut and Paste Kite
For this cut and paste worksheet, 1st graders color the various shapes and then cut each one out. Students paste the shapes on construction paper to make a kite.