This site discusses the specifics of piloting a hot air balloon. Click on hyperlinks on the left-hand menu to find information on the parts of a balloon, their functions, the events that are often held involving hot air balloons,...

In this activity, students will learn that compressed air creates pressure to propel an air balloon. Students will create a graph in their science journals based on the relationship between the number of air pumps and the distance the...

Students follow the steps of the engineering design process as they design and construct balloons for aerial surveillance. After their first attempts to create balloons, they are given the associated Estimating Buoyancy lesson to learn...

This activity uses the phenomena of hydrogen-filled weather balloons and hot air balloons to explore some of the gas laws.

Explore how heat affects the density of air by building and flying a hot air balloon using large plastic bags and the hot air from an electric hairdryer.

Students learn that buoyancy is responsible for making boats, hot air balloons and weather balloons float. They calculate whether or not a boat or balloon will float, and calculate the volume needed to make a balloon or boat of a certain...

This is a design challenge where students create a basket, attach it to a balloon, add eggs, and drop it all from a height to see if their design protects the eggs from cracking.

Make your own 2-wheel, air-power cars and race them or play games with them. Balloons and straws are them main components.

Air takes up space. It's only when air in the bottle escapes that more air is easily added!

For this activity, young scholars brainstorm various ways that an uninflated balloon placed over a bottle's opening can be inflated without touching the balloon.

Explore the properties of air with this virtual experiment. Add air to a balloon to discover the property of weight.

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An experiment to see how the temperature of an object affects how high it bounces. This site contains web links and notes for the teacher.

This article explains how helium is able to keep balloons afloat in the air. Compares them to how hot air balloons work. Includes a video, and some activities to try for testing the principles being discussed.

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Use this cleaver site to estimate how far away a hot air balloon is from you using your thumb and arm length.

Interesting site with links to activities about wind and air in many forms. Browse the different activities and investigations on the properties of air on the toolbar to the left of the page.

Design a catapult, blast a balloon into the air, and try to hit the target the first time. If you miss, adjust the velocity and angle to reach the desired trajectory.

Did you know that the hot-air balloon is the oldest form of successful human flight? Briefly described is the history and construction of hot-air balloons. Follow the link to "images of hot-air balloons and balloon racing" to view...

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Hands-on challenge "to make a helium balloon hover in one spot, then move it through an obstacle course using air currents". Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to design, build, and test the balloon's movement. Activity...

Teachers, to demonstrate to the elementary student that some gases are heavier than others, this experiment uses Winnie the Pooh and balloons to do just that.

Describes the weaponry used during the Civil War, and some of the innovative technology that the Union's military forces employed. These included the minie ball, rifles, underwater torpedoes, the use of hot air balloons, and improved...

In this episode, Abby and Rosita travel in a hot air balloon to different countries in chase of the bird who stole Abby's wand.