Hot air Balloons

Students explore physics by reading a story with their class. In this flight lesson, students read the book Full of Hot Air and discuss the possibilities of flight without wings or an engine. Students define vocabulary terms from the...

Middle schoolers construct and launch a hot air balloon. They are introduced to: Gas Laws, Air Pressure, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Wind Speed and Direction, Inversions, and Weather Predictions. Students work in small...

Up, up, and away! Teach your class the science behind hot air balloons when by showing them the short video segment describing the physics of how they remain in the air and travel distances through different atmospheric conditions. They...

Have your class explore how a hot air balloon works. Through a simple demonstration, learners can see the process up close, and discuss why this occurs. They can then perform related experiments on their own.

Have your class explore how a hot air balloon works. Through a simple demonstration, learners can see the process up close, and discuss why this occurs. They can then perform related experiments on their own.

How can people control a hot air balloon? The simple simulation allows scholars to adjust the payload mass, burner, and vent position on a hot air balloon and observe the changes in velocity and altitude over time. Challenge questions...

Middle schoolers examine how a hot air balloon works. In this hot air balloon lesson, students do an experiment to test the effects of heat on density. Middle schoolers make their own hot air balloon and act out how nitrogen moves when...

If you are flying high in a hot air balloon, can a helium balloon pass you? Simulation allows pupils to predict how changing pressure, volume, and temperature impacts helium balloons, hot air balloons, and a sphere filled with a...

Students solve word problems dealing with Charles' Law. In this Charles' Law instructional activity, students observe PowerPoint presentations concerning Charles' Law. They complete a WebQuest and describe the relationship between hot...

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...