Museum of Science
Museum of Science and Industry: Activities: Fly a Hot Air Balloon
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Hot Air Balloon
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about Newton's 2nd Law - the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration for a hot air balloon using this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and a video tutorial are also available....
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Hot Air Balloon
Covers the birth of the hot air balloon in 1783 with details on improvements to the modern day balloon.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Design, Build and Test Hot Air Balloon
Students design, build, and then test hot air balloon designs. The activity concludes with flight testing the balloons and then a review of the design features of all balloons for the most advantageous design features.
Read Works
Read Works: Adventure on a Hot Air Balloon
[Free Registration/Login Required] This first person account describes a hot air balloon trip. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
Other
U.s. Centennial of Flight Commission: Balloons in the American Civil War
What role did hot air balloons play in the Civil War? This comprehensive article answers that question and gives specific examples of their use by both the Union and Confederate troops.
Other
Artsology: Hot Air Balloon Challenge
In a five-step challenge, this exercise involves identifying hot air balloon artists by their work and name. Once you guess the correct balloon by the artist, you advance to the next level.
Other
Eballoon
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,...
University of California
Department of Geography: u.s. Army Balloon Corps
Pictures of hot air balloons in the Civil War and a brief explantation of their use.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Estimating Buoyancy
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...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Balloons & Buoyancy
Experiment with a helium balloon, a hot air balloon, or a rigid sphere filled with different gases. Discover what makes some balloons float and others sink.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Hot Air Balloon Experiment
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.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Gas Laws & Weather Balloons
This activity uses the phenomena of hydrogen-filled weather balloons and hot air balloons to explore some of the gas laws.
Curated OER
Library of Congress: Full of Hot Air
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...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Balloons
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...
PBS
Pbs Nova: Estimating Up, Up and How Far Away?
Use this cleaver site to estimate how far away a hot air balloon is from you using your thumb and arm length.
How Stuff Works
How Stuff Works: How Helium Balloons Work
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.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Lincoln's High Tech War
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...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Abby & Rosita's Wand Chase
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.
A&E Television
History.com: The History of Flight: From Breakthroughs to Disasters
From hot-air balloons floating over Paris to a dirigible crashing over New Jersey, here are some of the biggest moments of aviation history. Below is a timeline of humans' obsession with flight, from da Vinci to drones. Fasten your...
Maryland Science Center
Maryland Science Center: Barnyard Ballooning [Pdf]
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.
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