The Theme Of Our Kite By-Michael Ragsdale

   Hey there do you want to know what our theme is about?  We are going on an adventure and our theme is taking us there. Our theme is......... Nautica.

   We chose the theme Nautica because we thought it will be creative to do kites about boats.

  
    I can relate this to engineering because there are many different kinds of like small boats and big boats.

   We connect Nautica to engineering because boats need engines. Engines have to be built using engineering, science, and math.

Day 4 History By-Michael Ragsdale

    The exact date and origin of the kite is not known but it is believed that they were flown in China more than two thousand years ago. One legend suggests that when a Chinese farmer tied a string to his hat to keep it from blowing away in a strong wind, the first kite was born Kite flying became very popular in Japan during the Edo period.

Design By-Omar James

    First it would look like a colorful kite. The color will be a mixture of blue, red and green.The blue and red would go across the kite with the green in the middle.  Also what we will be using for material is used bed sheets. We will use the fitted bed sheets. We want to use the bed sheets for two reasons:

1, It is helpful to the environment. Recycling is environmentally safe.

2. The material will help my team and I to be more creative.

3. The fitted sheet will help our kite fly higher because the air will go into the folds of the fitted sheet. The sheet will then become big and puffy like a parachute. 

The Design Of Our Kite By-Michael Ragsdale

   We chose a sled kite and as we was building the sled kite it started to look wrong and we kept messing up. We was building it step by step then we realized that it was hard to build the sled kite so we switched to an eddy kite and that came out perfect.

   We was supposed supposed to do it out of fabric but we was running out of time so we did it out of garbage bags and it came out good then we taped the sticks down to the kite so we can fly it then we started to decorate the kite one of my teammate was writing words witch was our theme name.

  
     So we colored it then cut the words out then taped them to the kite then we got string and taped it to our kite then we took a little piece of bamboo sticks then we wrapped the rope around it so we can control the kite we are just waiting to test the kite then we will be ready to fly it on kite day.

    My group and I said if we fail try again when we were building the sled kite but we didn't because we were running out of time then thats when we chose to do a the eddy kite that was much easier then the sled kite. my personal opinion is that building a sled kite is hard to me maybe some of my team mates thinks its easy thats there opinion.

The Design By-Andrew Muniz

    Holas Amigo's y Amiga's. That's Spanish for hello friends. Today were going to be talking about my kite and the process building it. Our kite is magnificent and its not going to take that long. I hope so this process is at least going to take 2 days. We have many steps and I will be glad to tell them all to you.

   We chose the sled kite. The sled kite is a very hard kite to build. I know its hard because I have experience with It. Not only is it hard but It ripped my group apart. Now me and my group are building the eddy kite. The eddy kite is the basic diamond kite. I know I know its easy but not that much with the eddy kite you need to have precise goals and experience with it.

   The eddy kite is hard but there isn't that much steps to it. The steps to the eddy kite is

Step 1- Cut a diamond shape out.

Step 2- Grab both of your skewers and put them in a cross shape on to the diamond shape.

Step 3- Attach a tail to the end of the diamond shape. The tail can be any kind of fabric.

Step 4- attach a string to were the both skewers intersect.

Step 5- The string needs to be attached to a roller.

   There are many other ways to make the eddy kite this was just a basic way on how to make it. The eddy kite is a very magnificent kite and a great flyer. All these great tutorials of how to make A eddy kite can be found on http://www.my-best-kite.com/how-to-build-a-diamond-kite-s.html.

The Weather Of Our Kite By-Andrew Muniz

 Did you just feel that? Well i did and It felt like a rain drop OH NO! If that was a rain drop then it would be a horrible kite flying day. Sometimes there's weather even worst then rain like lightning you don't want to be another Ben Franklin do you? Kite flying is very fun and very competitive but with the wrong weather kite flying can be turned to a day when your stuck at home.

    

    The best places to fly a kite is probably in the beach. I think flying a kite in the beach will be the best because it rarely rains in the beach also the soft sand is there if you ever trip in something while your focusing on flying your kite.

     Also the beach is the greatest place because every few minutes a nice cool breeze comes and that can give the kite a little bit more altitude and a little boost.

The Mathematics Of Our Kite By-Andrew Muniz

    Whoa is it a bird is it a plane, no its our kite. Me and my group are planning for our kite to go extremely high. I might even say we want it to sail to new heights. I know it was corny but if we want our kites to go extremely high we will need to study on altitude.

    
    Altitude means the height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level. This means that how high an object is and how high someone or something can go for example my kite. Without altitude my kite cannot fly and I know your saying how about the wind.

      Well altitude is dealing with wind. If me and my group can maser the altitude of our kite then we will be able to accomplish anything that gets in our way.

The Physics Of Our Kite By-Andrew Muniz

 Once again we confront each other and we talk about my kite. Though ever day I non-sense about my kites fashion and my kites design but today I'm talking about the physics about my kite. Without physics my kite will not fly so this will be interesting.

     Were going to be talking about the lift and gravity. The concept of lift is the wind pushing under the kite and that makes the kite lift into the air. Without lift the kite cannot reach the sky or at least soar through the clouds.

    The whole concept of gravity is what is making us stay flat on the ground and keep us from floating into space. Gravity on a kite is controlling the kite when its in the air also it is what makes the kite not go to high. The concept of both is very simple they both are like positive and negative.

Design Of Our Kite Written By-Omar James

    First it would look like a colorful kite. The color will be a mixture of blue, red and green.The blue and red would go across the kite with the green in the middle.  Also what we will be using for material is used bed sheets. We will use the fitted bed sheets. We want to use the bed sheets for two reasons:

1, It is helpful to the environment. Recycling is environmentally safe.

2. The material will help my team and I to be more creative.

3. The fitted sheet will help our kite fly higher because the air will go into the folds of the fitted sheet. The sheet will then become big and puffy like a parachute. 

The theme of our kite written by-Omar James

Hi its me again. I know your back for more about this magnificent blog, our them is Nautica. This is our theme because we are moving from grade to grade and how we have grown from "immature" six graders to full grown seventh grader's.Nautica connects to the theme engineering by them both referring to design because you need to use material for it. 

Michael's Goals

       We chose these goals because building kites  is all about team work and we are going to try and make the highest most awesome kite ever.
    
 Did you ever realize when you want to accomplish some thing but your to lazy to do it well that is how I feel when I want to accomplish my goals. Our goals our right above our heads watching us and making sure we accomplish it.   

 Me and my group will try our best and accomplish the goals we set. We chose The Most Beautiful Kite award because our kite will be creative and creativity is like style and we are gonna show style when we present our kite.
   
 We chose best team work as our goal because we will sometimes fight when something is not right or if we disagree with something team work is working together and we will learn how to work together.

Andrew's Styles Of Kites

 There are many different types of kites but that's what so unique and exciting about kites. Have you ever seen a box kite or even a winged kite? Well I haven't and I'm looking forward to the day I do. This what keeps my passion for kites and keeps my interest.

    This a box kite. A box kite is a tailless kite in the form of a long box open at each end. I know this is a box kite because of the form of this magnificent kite is a three-d rectangle which is a box. Also I know this is a box kite because if you see the picture the ends of the kites are open. This amazes me because this kite can fly very high and soar through the sky.

     This beautiful, colorful, unique kite is a diamond kite commonly used by us kids. A diamond kite is some people refer the kite as a,'' 2 stick kite''. I know this is a diamond kite because in the picture you see 2 sticks in the back of it that is why they call is the 2 stick kite. This wows me because this kite is very light kite and it goes very high one of the highest kites.

1.      A delta kite one of the most popular kite to fly this kite is beautiful because of its shape and colors. A delta kite is a a kite with a triangular shape often flown with a single line or dual line. You can tell this is a delta kite because of its triangular shape also because as you can see this kite is flied with only one string. If I am wrong correct me but is this hard to control?

    Whoa do you see this huge kite? Well I do and this is a sled kite.The sled kite was invented and patented by the American, William Allison in the 1950s. This kite helped pave the way for a class of kites known as "semi-rigid. I wonder what was William when he invented this large and unique kite. You can tell this is a sled kite because as I said this is a semi-rigid kite.

    Yes it is a winged box kite! I know, I know, its amazing but remember this kite is rarely used by us kids. This kite pulled me in a spell when i saw this magnificent kite. A winged box kite is this is a simple variation of a box kite. The more air this kite can catch the higher the kite goes. I can tell this is a winged box kite because this lookl like a box kite but with wings.

Andrew's Goals

     Do you know that moment when you just want to just drop dead and give up when your teacher mentions your future and your goals in life and in school? I do and I think about my goals and my future everyday of my life. My group has 3 main goals that we would like to accomplish on a certain date and with specific design.

      

      My group will win the Highest Flying Kite challenge on June 23rd because we feel that the higher the kite goes the more respect and the better the kite is. Also we chose this goal because if we can accomplish this goal that means that our kite is functional and we can reach our goal and get a good grade.

     Also my group will win the Most Beautiful Kite challenge on June 23rd because we feel that beauty is very important because creativity is a big part of beauty and our kite is going to be creative. Also we chose beauty because we want people to be wowed when they see our kite. We want to see jaws drop and eyes open wide!

     My group will win the Best Team Work challenge because our group sometimes argues and we get into fights and we disagree on the littlest things like the name of our kite. If we win this goal we will feel confident and we will work better as a team. Also working together is a big step of our grade and our kite, and our group believes if we set a goal and work together we can tackle any problem that gets in our way.

Jonathan's Theme

       Hey do you want to know what our group theme is?? Our theme is taking us around the world from the olden days to the modern days. This theme involves traveling to new and exciting places. Our theme is......Nautica. Nautica means exploration and the study of the sea and many others.