Building a kite

This term in DT, Chestnut class are designing and building a kite using arious materials after learning that kites were invented in Ancient China. We are exploring how to strengthen, stabilise and then evaluate the model against our design criteria.

In previous lessons, we investigated the features of a kite, using this information to design our own, choosing our materials and tools, before recording our observations in our sketchbooks. We made the kite frame, taking care to include the kite features and ensure our structure is strong. Today, we added the sail and kite tail using our chosen materials, before completing our designs with colours, patterns and evaluating our designs in the next session.