Please read our disclaimer. Science, math, and technology topics are addressed in this lesson plan where high school students are challenged to design, build and fly a kite to maximum height with a fixed length of string. Charlie Charlton's Kite Site Kite plans, a collection of kite badges, pictures of kites, and links to other sites. Together, these three sites will give you fairly good coverage of the history of kites. A detailed chronology.
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Broad coverage f rom the earliest known models to the Japanese, European and American designs, but quite dry and mostly text. Well written but limited perspective. Covers Ben Franklin, Homan Walsh, Wright Brothers, Alexander Graham Bell, and Paul Garber. They also have a feature article on kite safety. Kite Flier's Site A meta-list on kite flying.