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Museum of Science and Industry: Activities: Fly a Hot Air Balloon ActivityMuseum of Science and Industry: Activities: Fly a Hot Air Balloon Activity
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Museum of Science
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5th - 9th
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Museum of Science and Industry: Activities: Fly a Hot Air Balloon

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Step-by-step instructions, with photos, of how to construct a hot-air balloon from tissue paper, to demonstrate that heated air expands, creating a convection current. This activity requires the use of a hot air gun and is labor-intensive.

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expand air, gas expansion, heat gas, museum of science and industry: activities: fly a hot-air balloon, convection current, hot air balloon, properties of gas

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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