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Trace and Color: Balloons

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this balloons coloring worksheet, students color the picture of balloons and then practice printing the word balloons by tracing the dotted lines.
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Activity
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Balloon Eggs

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students create a balloon egg out of a blown up balloon with paper mache. In this art lesson, students decorate  the egg after it is hard with markers or paint and then use it as a pinata.
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Volume Review

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate the concepts of volume for rectangular prisms and spheres. They measure the volume of one balloon and then consider how many breaths it would take to fill the room with balloons. The rectangular prism being measured...
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Balloon Trolley

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use a physical activity in order to improve hand eye coordination and teamwork. They stand close to each other with balloons between them and stay together without holding the balloons with hands. This requires trust and...
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Up & Away

For Teachers K - 6th
Students research where balloons go when they fly away, the consequences of their escape, and suggest alternative possibilities for preventing balloon escapes in real life. They identify humorous stories and discuss the qualities that...
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NorthEast Ohio Geoscience Education Outreach

Density and Pressure of a Hot Air Balloon

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Using a dry cleaner bag and a blow dryer, create a hot air balloon! The materials list suggests obtaining one dry cleaner bag per student, but since this is probably inconvenient, consider doing this as a demonstration during a lesson on...
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NASA

Earth, Earth’s Moon, Mars Balloons

For Teachers K - 8th Standards
Very specific diameters are given for blowing up three different balloons to represent, in scale, the moon, Earth, and Mars. In groups of three, amateur astronomers explore scale measurements and distance in space.
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Balloon Jets

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students investigate how fuel amount affects the distance traveled by balloons. In this physics lesson, students collect data and create a pictograph. They interpret data and formulate a conclusion.
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Organizer
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Balloon Blowup Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this science activity worksheet, students will work in small groups to observe and record what happens to balloons after they are placed on flasks and immersed into a warm water bath and an ice water bath.
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BALLOONS AND PHOTOS

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils are shown pictures of balloons using Internet sites. Afterward, they participate in a balloon activity designed to have them learn concepts such as directionality, gravity, catching and striking.
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Worksheet
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Place Value - Hundreds, Tens, and Ones - Count the Balloons

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Those 100s 10s and 1s are back and ready to be counted up to create a three-digit whole number. Second graders count the number of balloons represented in groups of 100s, 10s, and 1s then compose a three-digit number. There are 3...
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Float a Hot Air Balloon

For Teachers 5th - 8th
This activity will lift spirits in your class, but there is little scientific explanation for what makes a hot air balloon rise. As you are teaching middle school scientists about density and convection, you can incorporate this...
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Balloon Rocket Race Track

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discuss "How can we measure (or make it easier to record) the speed, distance or acceleration of the balloon?" They told that they are going to make a balloon racetrack. Pupils use meter sticks to accurately measure length and...
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How Long Can You Go?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the usefulness of a line of best fit by collecting and graphing data, using a graphing calculator to determine the line of best fit, and making a variety of predictions. They watch a video, then design a...
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Missouri Department of Elementary

Bursting Stereotypes

For Teachers 9th
Balloons take on the role of stereotypes in an activity that asks high school freshman to generate a list of different adjectives that are frequently used to describe men and women. Then then attach a stereotypical label to a balloon and...
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Balloon Rocket

For Teachers K - 4th
Students observe a balloon rocket and how it relates to Newton's Third Law of Motion. In this balloon rocket lesson plan, students make a balloon rocket out of balloons, clothespins, straw, fishing line, and duct tape.
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Balloon Staging

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students explore rocketry using balloon rockets. They demonstrate how rockets can achieve greater altitudes by using the technology of staging. By using two inflated balloons that slide along a fishing line, they simulate a multistage...
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Interactive
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Identify the shape of balloons

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this shapes worksheet, students identify the shape of balloons. Students choose from a cube, a circle, and a sphere to identify the balloon's shape.
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Worksheet
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Balloon A-Z

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this dot-to-dot puzzle worksheet, students connect the dots A-Z to finish forming a hot air balloon floating in the sky with clouds.
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Lesson Plan
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Ice Balloons

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students explore the properties of ice. In this states of water instructional activity, students examine the properties of icebergs and ice cubes as they participate in an activity that requires them to freeze a balloon half-filled with...
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Gases Lighter and Heavier than Air

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore the concept of air density. In this air density lesson plan, students fill balloons with helium and carbon dioxide. Students determine which gases are heavier or lighter than air.
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Space Awareness

Fizzy Balloons - C02 in School

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Carbon dioxide is a very important gas; it is present in the air, used in cooking, and supports plant and animal life. Scholars investigate the properties of carbon dioxide with three different activities. They experience a color change,...
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Unit Plan
University of Southern Indiana

Manifest Density

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
There's a lot content packed into the four lessons of this physical science unit on density. From salad dressing to the water cycle and hot air balloons, these lessons engage students in hands-on activities that explore real-world...
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Retelling A Story

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Looking for a good lesson that teaches the skill of putting events in a story in the correct sequential order? This lesson could be for you! Learners read the story My Red Balloon and retell the story to a partner. They use text details...

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