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Spring is on its way!!!!
Daylight lasts longer, seed catalogs arrive in
the mail, garden and boat shows excite visitors,
and National Kite Month is on the calendar.
Kites…on a Roll®
News
National Kite Month is scheduled from
March 27, 2010 to May 2, 2010. Visit
www.nationalkitemonth.org for loads of
information. You can find kite events scheduled
near you, you can schedule your kite activity,
you can find resources, read about kite
history--everything you need to find to have a
successful kiting event (except the wind).
Samples: We send a sample
pattern with each order so that you can make
the kite ahead of time and contact us with any
questions. Please note that these are samples;
sometimes the sticks are not the same diameter
as the pattern requires or there is a printing
error on the sail. The completed kits you
receive are just perfect!.
Hints for an Easier Activity
NASA has created
an interesting interactive site for
middle school age kids and above who are
interested in the physics and math of kite
flight. According to the introduction, you
are invited to participate in the beta testing
of KiteModeler. Since the site is interactive,
you can see what will happen when you change
different variables of the kite you’re
designing.
We have added
another link from NASA to our LINKS page: a kite
index listing all the topics in their Beginner’s
Guide to Kites. Clicking on the subject line
leads you to a scientific explanation of that
particular topic.
Visit
www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/airplane/shortk.html.
Keeping hands
clean when working with permanent markers:
have the young kitemakers wear thin vinyl
(without latex) gloves purchased at a food or
medical supply store.
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