Balloon Fiesta
We're Alex and Andrew, and we live in one of the coolest cities, or should we say hottest? We live in Albuquerque, New Mexico, home of one of the biggest hot air balloon festivals anywhere. We hope to get up in one of those giant balloons someday, but in the meantime, we're doing some investigating on a smaller scale. We visited our favorite science hangout, Explora, to find out: How big does a hot air balloon need to be to lift things off the ground?
Download Now (280 kb) We're Alex and Andrew, and we live in one of the coolest cities, or should we say hottest? We live in Albuquerque, New Mexico, home of one of the biggest hot air balloon festivals anywhere. We hope to get up in one of those giant balloons someday, but in the meantime, we're doing some investigating on a smaller scale. We visited our favorite science hangout, Explora, to find out: How big does a hot air balloon need to be to lift things off the ground?
How would you investigate this question?
You don't need a full-sized hot air balloon to answer this question. Think small. How could you design an investigation using materials you can easily find. Describe your investigation in your notebook and discuss it with your teacher, or go to Balloon Fiesta to learn more about what Alex and Andrew discovered.
