Hot Air Balloons
Links, history, models
Hot Air Balloons
Links,
history, models
Air Travelers from OMSI
http://www.omsi.edu/exhibits/air/act/
Plans and activities (bonus activity) from Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
http://www.omsi.edu/exhibits/air/act/balloon.pdf
Hot Air Balloons, History and More from the Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/lc/balloons/Balloons from Eduscapes - lots of sites, vocabulary, hints
http://eduscapes.com/42explore/balloon.htmBalloon Vocabulary and Anatomy from More Than Just Hot Air
http://www.ummbf.com/MTJHA/03.%20Balloon%20Terminology.pdf
Balloon coloring sheets - http://www.ummbf.com/MTJHA/14.%20Balloon%20Coloring%20Sheets.pdfFlights of Inspiration from Franklin Institute
http://www.fi.edu/flights/History - Flight to Reality - http://wings.avkids.com/Book/History/instructor/index.html
Hot Air Balloon Lessons - You're Going To Be An Aeronaut - many activities and worksheets
http://www.successlink.org/GTI/lesson_unit-viewer.asp?lid=3383Hot Air Balloon Webquest - Grade 4
http://www.laplaza.org/about_lap/kellogg/taos/michelle/teacher.htmlHow Hot Air Balloons Work
http://www.howstuffworks.com/hot-air-balloon.htmHow Things Fly from the Smithsonian - 3 activities
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/how_things_fly/Balloon Race Around the World from PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/balloon/Model Hot Air Balloons Theme Page from CLN
http://www.cln.org/themes/hot_balloons.htmlNASA Balloon Program Office - http://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/balloon/
http://www.csbf.nasa.gov/balloons.htmlOverflite Balloon Ideas
http://www.overflite.com/science.htmlHistory of Ballooning - PBS and NOVA
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/balloon/science/history.htmlVirtual Hot Air Balloon Ride - you don't have to leave your classroom - Dawn Treader
http://hot-airballoons.com/cybride.htmlFuture of balloons - Aerobot from JPL
http://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/systems/system.cfm?System=7Aerobots from the University of Wales
http://users.aber.ac.uk/dpb/aerobots.htmlFull of Hot Air - activities to do at home
http://www.nasm.si.edu/education/pubs/full_of_hot_air.pdf
Civil War Ballooning - http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/civilwar/index.cfm
Activities to Try:
Hot Air Currents - http://scifiles.larc.nasa.gov/text/educators/activities/2001_2002/athome/hot_air.html
Windy Wind - http://scifiles.larc.nasa.gov/text/educators/activities/2001_2002/inclass/windy_wind.html
Up, Up, and Away - http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/TRC/Aeronautics/Hot_Air_Balloon.html
Balloons - http://42explore.com/balloon.htm
Mrs. LeDuc's sites:
Overflite - how to build and fly hot air balloons
Montgolfiers - "photos"
Balloons and Airships - a history - http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aerojava/balloon2.htm
Ballooning links - http://www.euronet.nl/users/jdewilde/
Balloon project in Maryland -
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/wjhs/mediactr/techedpathfinder/lighter/
Pictures from Mrs. Abolins -
http://web.archive.org/web/20041014004305/http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/wyngatees/features/yr9899/balloon_ldgt_9899/
Science questions about hot air balloons from AIMS
Plans for Making Hot Air Balloons:
1. Balloon Plans from The Balloon Explorium http://www.balloonexplorium.org/index.php?page=tissue-paper-balloons
Tips and tricks - http://www.balloonexplorium.org/uploads/documents/Basic_Tips_and_Tricks_for_Building_Paper_Models.pdf2. Australian Hot Air Balloon directions -
http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/science/famsci/activity/lateryr/earth/elyact2.htm3. Hot Air Balloon made out of dry cleaner bag
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/TRC/Aeronautics/Hot_Air_Balloon.html4. Hot Air Balloons from AIMS includes link to worksheet page
http://web.archive.org/web/20041120084324/http://www.aimsedu.org/Activities/oldSamples/Balloon/balloon1.html5. Balloon activities from JPL that explore earth, moon, Mars scale models
http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/classroom/pdfs/earthmoonmarsballoons.pdf6. Junior Balloonist Lesson Plan - http://juniorballoonist.com/lessonplan.pdf
7. Teacher Resources from the Exploratorium - http://www.exploratorium.edu/lc/balloons/resources.html
8. Hot Air Balloon activity from Lesson Plans Page -
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceExHotAirBalloonFloatsWhyMO68.htm
9. Make a hot air balloon
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/tornact6.html
10. Lesson plan using The Big Balloon Race by Eleanor Coerr
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/2899It's out-of-print, but The Great Round-the-World Balloon Race by Sue Scullard is an outstanding book to read aloud to your class.
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