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Warm and Cold Air
Young scholars conduct an experiment to discover what happens to air when it is heated or cooled, discover that wind moves from a high-pressure area (an area of sinking air) to a low pressure area (an area of rising air).
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Mathematical Balloon Pop
First graders study addition and subtraction. In this mathematics and physical education instructional activity, 1st graders pop balloons and solve math sentences involving addition and subtraction inside each balloon.
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Hot Air Ballooning: Exploring Charles' Law
Students solve word problems dealing with Charles' Law. In this Charles' Law lesson, students observe PowerPoint presentations concerning Charles' Law. They complete a WebQuest and describe the relationship between hot air balloons and...
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Easter Egg Surprise!
Students blow up the balloon to look like an egg. In this art lesson, students tear the newpaper into little pieces and dip them into the liquid starch. Students place these strips on the balloon until the balloon is completely covered....
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Black Balloon
In this black balloon worksheet, students color the balloon in the picture the color black. Students color one balloon on this page.
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Red Balloon
In this red balloon worksheet, students color the balloon in the picture the color red. Students read the word red and color the balloon.
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Addition Using Objects
In this addition using objects learning exercise, students solve 5 problems that include adding various objects as shown. First, they count the number of each object in the first column and write that number in the first box. Then,...
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Up, Up and Away with the Montgolfier Balloon
Students construct hot air balloons. In this science lesson, students assemble their own balloon using tissue paper and glue. They time the duration of the flight, record data and calculate team averages.
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The Largest Objects Letter B
In this basic mathematics worksheet, students identify and color the largest object pictured in each box. There are four boxes with various objects in them that start with the letter b.
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Balloon Maze
In this literacy worksheet, students look for the way through the maze using spatial and visual acuity skills. The beginning and end of the path is recognized.
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Color
Students locate something in the classroom that is the same color that is written on the card they were given and go stand by it. They share what they found and place their card on a color posted next to the correct color. Finally,...
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It Won't Budge: Balloon
Eighth graders use the scientific method to discover why a balloon is not inflated.
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Air Takes Space
Young scholars examine how air takes space. They come up, push a deflated balloon into one of the bottles and stretch the open end of the balloon over the bottles mouth