Decorating, assembling and flying a kite naturally follows the Engineering Design Process: Defing the Problem, Plan a Solution, Make a Model, Test the Model, and Reflect and Redesign, and promotes creativity, collaboration, communication as well as asking questions, making observations, analyzing data, and problem solving. 

This FREE curriculum includes:

• What is STEAM?
• Engineering Design Process
• Problems to Get You Started
• Open Ended Questions to Support Thinking
•  Principles of STEAM Activities

Unit Plan

Student Handouts:

• Define the Problem
• Plan a Solution
• Make a Model
• Test the Model
• Reflect and Redesign

Don’t forget to download Kites in the Classroom Guidebook for everything you need to know to plan a kiting event, and see what other Guidebooks may be relevant to you!