As the pupils enjoyed the design task with the helicopters so much last week, I set them another design challenge tonight. The pupils were given a range of materials and were asked to design a kite which would fly the best. As the weather is unpredictable at this time of year, we had a large electric fan to test their designs. Great thought went into testing card, cellophane, paper and tissue paper to see what would be the best material. The pupils also thought about tail length and used aluminum foil to add weights to it.
Once again the pupils enjoyed having a design task and working on elementary engineering skills which will help them focus on potential STEM career choices in the future,
Let’s go fly a kite!