Our team recently completed a project in science on weather patterns. Mrs. Brogan, our science teacher, had us make kites. We did this so we can learn more about air masses, pressure systems, and fronts. An air mass is a large body of air, which has the same properties as the surface over which it develops. A pressure system is when in the atmosphere pressure at the Earth's surface. Finally, a front is the boundary between two different air masses.  Places where these air systems meet creates wind, which moves our kites.

 After we made our kites, we tested them outside. The wind was blowing, but it wasn't blowing very well. In my class we had two types of kites; some had a box kite, and a kite that looked like a broken fan. We had to make the box kites at home (which were for extra credit). The activity was fun, and kind of challenging, especially if you were making a box kite.

 We also made anemometers, which can tell you the speed of the wind.  These worked well, but we didn’t like testing them as much as our kites.