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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Tail Acrostic Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, Spring: An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur Mentor, Silver Seeds by Paul Paolilli, and Henry & The Kite Dragon by Bruce Edward Hall are used as mentor texts. Students will practice their acrostic skills on the tail...
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Other

Kites as Education: Wind Origins

For Students 9th - 10th
This "kite science" site offers information on wind and the atmospheric conditions that cause it. From "Principles of Aeronautics."
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Swallow Tailed Kite

For Students 9th - 10th
Cool facts, description, range, habitat, reproduction, and conservation status are the topics highlighted on this thorough site. Listen to the sounds of this bird species on this site as well.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: White Tailed Kite

For Students 9th - 10th
Numerous facts, pictures, and sounds of this raptor can be found on this detailed site. A menu of topics include: cool facts, description, range, habitat, reproduction, and conservation status.
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US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: San Andreas Fault at Wallace Creek

For Students 9th - 10th
See interactive, 360 degree panoramic photos of the San Andreas Fault. Aerial photos of the fault were taken using a technique called Kite Aerial Photography.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: English 4; Loyalty and Betrayal

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module asking students to analyze fiction, examine symbolism and cultural context, read a section of The Kite Runner, practice context clues and Greek and Latin roots, and practice sentence variety with compound and complex...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Kite

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a quick, concise explanation of a kite quadrilateral shape. Examples are given and clearly explained.
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Curated OER

Intermath: Kite

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a brief definition and example of a geometric kite.
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Curated OER

Writing Fix: The Adjective Game for Kids: Yellow Kite

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Graphic image of a yellow kite with a blue string.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Kite Runner

For Students 9th - 10th
This story about two troubled Afghan boys is brilliantly analysed in this site. Read about the characters, themes and important quotations from the novel.
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Curated OER

Kite

For Students 9th - 10th
MathWorld provides the definition and the area formula for a kite.
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Curated OER

Snail Kite, Male at Nest

For Students 9th - 10th
Description, similar species, range, food, conservation status, and other names are the topics discussed on this informative site. Listen to the sounds of the Snail Kite on this site as well.
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Curated OER

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Snail Kite

For Students 9th - 10th
Description, similar species, range, food, conservation status, and other names are the topics discussed on this informative site. Listen to the sounds of the Snail Kite on this site as well.
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Curated OER

Snail Kite, Immature in Flight

For Students 9th - 10th
Description, similar species, range, food, conservation status, and other names are the topics discussed on this informative site. Listen to the sounds of the Snail Kite on this site as well.
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Curated OER

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Snail Kite

For Students 9th - 10th
Description, similar species, range, food, conservation status, and other names are the topics discussed on this informative site. Listen to the sounds of the Snail Kite on this site as well.
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Curated OER

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Mississippi Kite

For Students 9th - 10th
An abundance of facts, photos, and sounds of the Mississippi Kite are presented on this thorough site. A menu of topics includes: cool facts, description, range, habitat, reproduction, and conservation status.
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Curated OER

Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Mississippi Kite

For Students 9th - 10th
An abundance of facts, photos, and sounds of the Mississippi Kite are presented on this thorough site. A menu of topics includes: cool facts, description, range, habitat, reproduction, and conservation status.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Identifying and Classifying Verbs in Context

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Contains plans for a lesson using "Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs" by Ruth Heller to teach about identifying and classifying action, linking, and helping verbs. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan...
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Interactive Quadrilaterals

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Resize and rotate different types of quadrilaterals--square, rectangle, rhombus, trapezoid, and kite--while learning the definitions of these different shapes and labeling the angles and diagonals. CCSS.Math.Content.3.G.A.1 Understand...
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Florida State University

Florida State University: Magnet Lab: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1750 1774

For Students 9th - 10th
With his famous kite experiment and other forays into science, Benjamin Franklin advances knowledge of electricity, inspiring his English friend Joseph Priestley to do the same.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Will It Fly?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this lesson, students will learn about kites and gliders and how these models can help in understanding the concept of flight. Students will design and build their own balsa wood models and experiment with different control surfaces....
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Graphing Calculator Practice Problems: Quadrilaterals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Practice using your graphing calculator for constructing a parallelogram, a rhombus, a kite, a trapezoid, an isosceles trapezoid, a rectangle, and a square. If you get stumped or if you would like to check your work, then select the View...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Activation Energy Kickstarting Chemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
Chemical reactions are constantly happening in your body - even at this very moment. But what catalyzes these important reactions? Vance Kite explains how enzymes assist the process, while providing a light-hearted way to remember how...
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Other

Ic Teachers: Shapes Quadrilaterals

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
Are you looking for a very basic website that will explain the basic properties of a quadrilateral? Use this site to learn about the properties of a square, rhombus, rectangle, parallelogram, trapezoid, and kite. There are also some...

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