Angela’s most recent project was to build a kite and fly it. She had the choice of making a Scott Sled kite or a Diamond kite. She was being marked not on the actual making of the kite, but the scientific journal documenting the building process and the test trials and her presentation. We started last night cutting out the shape and putting it together.

We used some vapour barrier plastic for the kite, some wooden dowels and some yellow duct tape.

Angela decorated it this afternoon with paint and Sharpies. After dinner we headed over to the test field (school yard) for our flight trials. Here is Angela with her decorated kite.

On the first trial, it got up in the air briefly.

But it needed some adjustments.

Claudia was flying a store bought kite that Susan picked up at Zellers today. It worked pretty well for $6.

After some tweaks, it was on to trial two.

It was staying up a little longer.

It was up in the air and going pretty good.

Angela discovered afterwards that our vent was upside down, the text book instructions were wrong, but I don’t think it would make much difference.

I don’t think it was as high in the sky as it looks in the picture.

A nice picture of Gillian.

Gillian and her friend Sarah jumping.