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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Kite Flying

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Kite Flying", created by Carl Spitzweg, c. 1880 (Oil on board, 38 x 12 cm).
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Colonial Network News: Ben Franklin Flies a Kite

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The students will create a news program about Benjamin Franklin and life in colonial times. The students will work in groups of complete research and prepare a video presentation. Students will utilize books and various web sites to...
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Curated OER

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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Curated OER

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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Curated OER

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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Curated OER

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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Curated OER

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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Curated OER

Ic Teachers: Shapes Quadrilaterals

For Students 3rd - 8th
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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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Gigantic Triangles: Measuring Altitude (Inclinometer)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
If you've ever wondered how tall that bridge is, or how high your kite was, then this could be a good project for you. You'll learn how you can use the mathematics of right triangles to measure the height of an object with two...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Library: "Dragonwings" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Laurence Yep's "Dragonwings" with the help of pre-reading questions, vocabulary lists, brainstorming activities, and thought-provoking writing prompts on character, plot, and theme. Students who have completed Yep's novel can...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Home, Sweet Home!

For Teachers 5th
In this activity, the students will use wax paper shaped as leaves and kite string to build a shelter to protect them from the rain. The students will then test the shelters for durability and water resistance.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Listen to and Follow Directions: Day 2

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
One important aspect of the common core is to prepare students to be able to participate in conversations and contribute accurate and relevant information. In this lesson, students listening skills will evolve as they translate verbal...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Speaking and Listening: Collaborative Conversations

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will partner read The Kite, by Alma Flor Ada. Then work together in small collaborative groups to describe the character of the mother, the children, or the kitten. Included in this lesson are video demonstrations, printable...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: The Novel Project: Novel Choices

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on selecting a novel for the novel project. It features a list of 11 contemporary novels, along with their authors and a brief summary of each to help students make their choices. It also includes links to the rubric...
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American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Khaled Hosseini, m.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Khaled Hosseini, a physician, who also became a critically acclaimed author for his books about life in Afghanistan. Includes a profile, videos, and a photo gallery.
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Other

Linda Sue Park

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is Linda Sue Park's personal website. It is about the author's views on reading and writing but also gives the reader information on her books and a biography.
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Cuemath

Cuemath: Quadrilaterals

For Students 5th - 8th
Explore the world of quadrilaterals and their properties. Find answers to questions like what are quadrilaterals, how they are formed, easy ways to identify them, and commonly seen quadrilaterals around us.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Russian Toy Store: 2 D Shapes

For Students 4th - 6th
Mattie and her four sisters are visiting a toy store. Can you help them find different shapes in the toy store?
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Orville & Wilbur Wright

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography on Orville and Wilbur Wright. Read how the Wright brothers' work with bikes, kites, and gliders led to human flight.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Asian Pacific Printable Activities

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Create fun Asian Pacific crafts and activities such as, zodiac necklaces, calligraphy, and kites to enhance understanding of our multicultural world.
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Success Link

Success Link: Flying Into Spring

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Here are two lesson plans that apply geometric concepts to design objects. The first involves students as a group following step by step instructions on making a kite. After the review of geometry vocabulary, in cooperative groups the...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Technological Design Constraints

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The technological design process is a step-by-step approach to finding a solution to a problem. Often, the main challenge in technological design is finding a...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Geometrica Fights Back!

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This activity is designed to give students practice with the properties of special quadrilaterals (parallelograms, rectangles, rhombuses, squares, trapezoids, and kites). The students are provided with a "murder mystery" sheet with...
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PBS

Idaho Public Television: Birds of Prey Facts

For Students 1st - 9th
Dialogue for Kids, a program on Idaho Public Television, offers facts, information, and images of birds of prey. Learn what makes a bird a raptor, what raptors look like in the sky, threats that face these birds, and more! Classroom...

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