Kites
Sites
A simple history of kiting- This site ncludes pictures, and is good for school projects or homework.
- Activity TV - Kites
- Watch these videos and learn how to make and fly lots of different kites.
- Bumblebee kite
- Make a super simple kite.
- Colour a kite
- Colour a kite online.
- Colouring in
- Print out and colour in a cute mouse and kite colouring in picture.
- How to fly a kite
- Gives lots of advice on where, when and how to fly your kite.
- Kite games
- Print out some fun kite games and colouring in pictures.
- Kite history
- A timeline and list of important people in the history of kites.
- Kite puzzles
- Do some fun kite puzzles at National Geographic Kids. You can choose the type of puzzle, the picture and how many pieces!
- Kite wordfind
- Can you finish this wordfind that is all about kites? PDF
- Kites
- Read up on kites in the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Great for projects or homework. If you are at home, you'll need your library card and PIN to access this resource.
- Kites and manutukutuku
- Te Ara has a good short article about kiites and manu tukutuku.
- Kites at Te Papa
- Te Papa (The Museum of New Zealand) has lots of kites from the Pacific and other cultures in their collections. Take a look at them here.
- Kites in New Zealand
- Read about kites in modern New Zealand.
- Kites in science
- Kites have been a great help to scientists, to find out how - read this page from The Why Files.
- Names for kites in different languages
- A list of some of the names for kites in different languages.
- Parts of a kite
- Learn what the different parts of a kite are called.
- Take flight with kites
- Read an article from National Geographic Explorer all about the invention and history of kites. If you are at home, you'll need your library card and PIN to access this resource.
- Traditional Maori kites
- Learn about manu tukutuku on this page from Christchurch City Libraries.
- Types of manu tukutuku
- Did you know there were 17 types of Maori kites? Read all about them here.
- Virtual kite zoo
- Come and look at the first kite zoo! You can learn about the parts of a kite, different types of kite, the weird things kites have been used for and look up plans for slightly tricky kites too.
- What is a kite?
- Some simple information about kites from Wikipedia.
