Arts Integration Collaboration: Kite Video. Ms. Conyers w Ms Sandler

At Paterson School 12, 4th grade teacher Ms. Anissa Conyers created a unit on "kites". The students read several books about kites and researched the history of kites through the years. Then, students identified famous people who have flown kites. Next, Simone Sandler, WPU Art PIR created two types of kites out of paper and tissue paper with her classes. After the kites were finished the students went outside to fly them. These students were also studying weather systems and created an anemometer to measure the wind speed.  At the culmination of the lesson students reflected on the problems that were encountered in the flying process. Enjoy the video below which documents this entire process!

Above:  Arts Integration Collaboration: Kite Video. Teacher: Ms. Anissa Conyers/William Paterson University Art Professor in Residence: Simone Sandler thanks to a WPU Arts Integration Grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation