Class Response: Omega Kite

In science class, we were assigned to make a kite, decorate it with weather symbols, and include a paragraph on why we think kites fly. Making the kites was fun, as well as informative. We used the design process to think of a creative way to make the kite fly. Since we also had to design the kite with symbols of weather, the weather symbols remained in my mind this time--rather than forgetting them. While writing the paragraph on why kites fly, we had to really think. Kites do not fly simply as a result of wind. We discovered that not only does the wind carry kites through the sky. We learned that it does not need to be windy for a kite to fly, because of convection currents.