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Bat Kite

     A sled kite made from a black plastic trash bag resembles a bat when it is flying. The third grade students at Lincoln School made a sled kite and it flew almost out of sight. It is very inexpensive to make.

What you need for each kite:
          1- black lightweight plastic trash bag
                 (a clear plastic bag that can be painted with a
                  permanent magic marker)
             2- drinking straws
             tape
             kite string

                                                                                                                     Exeter Kites
                Step-by-step instructions for making a basic sled kite can be found at :
                     http://www.ex.ac.uk/~jastaple/kites/projects/sled/sled.html

Flying Squirrel Airplane

What you need for each squirrel:
                            1- 8 1/2 x11 sheet of paper
                            1 - picture of a squirrel that
                            will fit on the paper
                            scissors
                            tape
                            paper clip
                            crayons

Airplane

Workman Publishing Co.

Draw and color a picture of a squirrel that will fit on an 8-1/2 x 11 sheet of paper. Divide the paper in fourths. Put 1/2 of the squirrel on each of the outside fourths, using the picture template as a sample. Fold the paper in half. Then fold back both "wings". Cut off the tip and put a piece of tape on it and one piece just below the tail. Put a paper clip on the nose of your squirrel and you are ready to glide. You can bend the tail up or down to make your squirrel do loops and rolls. Can your squirrel glide 150 feet like a real one?

Step-by-step instructions for making paper airplanes can be found at:
http:// www.workmanweb.com/plane4.html.

Blue Print Pictures

What you need to make a picture:
          1- sheet of blueprint paper
          1- flat pan (for ammonia )
          1- desk lamp
           silhouette paper cut-out of animal
           ammonia
           leaves of plants such as ferns, etc.
                 (Students: Ask your parents to
                 help you with this activity.)

A beautiful silhouette picture can be made using blue print paper, cut outs of animals, and some plant leaves. Arrange the animal silhouette and plants on the blue print paper. Hold the paper under the lamp to expose it to the light for about 20 seconds. The area covered by the silhouette and plants will remain blue while the remaining area that is exposed to the light will turn a lighter shade of blue or turn white. Special effects can be created by only exposing the center of the paper to the light. Then, remove the plants and hold the blue print paper, exposed side down, over the ammonia to develop it.