“Let’s go fly a kite, up where they sky is bright, let’s go fly, fly a kite”. What better way to spend and afternoon than by making a kite! Despite the weather being cloudy and rainy, there were still 7 people who came to the Kite Making Madness afternoon –which was such an encouragement to May who was leading the session! Instructions on how to make a kite were provided in two ways. Firstly, each step was shown on a detailed PowerPoint presentation and secondly, May’s example of a sample kite aided the process and enjoyment of making kites. (The PowerPoint slides were put together by Kevin Yau –one of last year’s BISC team members –credit where credit is due! May was impressed by people’s creativity and diversity of the kites: they ranged from a totally black kite with bow tie on it to a French post-modernistic kite and a Hungary national kite, to name a few.
For most, it was their first experience of kite making! May was both surprised and relieved to see the kites actually fly. Despite the cloud, some of us still went to Brandon Hill to fly our kites. Not surprisingly, we attracted much attention with our loud laughs and child like behaviour. It was simple, yet profound.
It has been said that one of the best ways to understand science and maths is by making and flying a kite. So if you would like to know a bit more science and maths, please refer to this website: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/shortk.html. It was true to say a good time was had by all.
