IT’S A BIRD, IT’S A PLANE, IT’S… (whole group discussion) Welcome campers back to The Science of Superpowers! Before beginning today’s activities, find the nearest phone booth, don your red cape and have campers share what they know about Superman. What superpowers does he have? Who is his alter ego? Add to the conversation by either reading directly from the Background Information or by ad-libbing in your own words. Then, challenge campers to name any other superhero or villain with the ability to fly as they prepare for the next activity. In major metropolitan areas, skyscrapers line the streets. While they are an essential part of city life, these tall buildings are obstacles for anything or anyone trying to fly through them safely. …show more content…
Was anyone able to fly? Why not? Now, give each group a balloon and have campers drop it from about hip height, counting the number of seconds it takes to hit the ground. Everyone should have the chance to drop the balloon and count. How long did it take for the balloon to hit the ground? The balloons didn’t stay in the air for very long. What could make them stay in the air longer? (If you throw them up in the air.) Staying in the same groups, have campers throw the balloons high into the air, counting how long it stays in the air from the time it leaves their partner’s hand to the time it hits the ground. Caution them to not skew their results by hitting the ceiling or lights. Did the balloon stay in the air longer? How much longer did the balloon stay in the air? (Use subtraction to find the answer by subtracting the number of seconds when thrown minus the number of seconds when dropped.) The balloons stayed in the air longer than you did when you were jumping. Is this flying? Why not? (No, the balloon only went straight up in the air, still coming down pretty quickly.) When you jumped, you came back to the ground pretty quickly. When you threw the balloon high into the air, it also fell pretty fast. What prevented you and the balloon from actually flying? (Answers will vary.) On Earth, there is something special that keeps everything from floating into space. What is it? (Gravity.) Without gravity, you would
At a center, place a circle of construction paper (to represent the drum in a marching band) and some real or play pennies. Have children take turns putting 4 pennies on the drum while counting to 4 aloud.
Transition: You will notice that I did not blow the balloon all the way up. I left about four finger widths at the end.
While the little guy’s line from the play ignites the Guy’s decision, the hot air balloon is the method of practicing his dream. The Guy keeps telling his wife that he knows how the balloon flies and it is not a miracle
Mixing the warm water, sugar and the yeast together caused a chemical reaction. They all reacted together and formed Carbon Dioxide. The carbon dioxide filled up the bottle and it made the yeast rise to fill the balloon up. The balloon was first drooped over the side of the bottle but as the yeast was rising the balloon began to stand up straight on the top of the bottle. The reason the balloon began to fill up is because balloons are made of rubber which is stretchy and the rubber made the balloon stretch and fill up with carbon dioxide.
You can decide whether you’d like your students to be in pairs or small groups. Each team is responsible for keeping their balloons in the air with each member being allowed to touch one balloon one time for each turn. At first, with just a few balloons, the game will be fairly easy. Over time, it will become more challenging, forcing students to develop a strategy for keeping their balloons in the air.
The balloon's meaning is an alarmingly mysterious. The lack of a fixed reason for the balloon creates a lack of trust, frustration, and hostility for the authorities. Experts conduct secret tests to determine ways of removing or destroying the balloon, but because the narrator has hidden the pumps, there was nothing the authorities could do.
* According to by surroundings the fur does not make the balloon to be attracted to anything. With my hair only a bit does is make it rise but not really. It can be because the rabbits fur is thick compared to other charging objects.
The final circumference of the balloon in room temperature water was 37.5. It shrank 4cm less which is a huge surprise since we expected it to stay the same. The final circumference of the balloon in the cold water was 39.5. It shrank 2cm less as it was expected it would shrink. There was no pattern at all.
The flyer begins this move with their center of gravity 4 feet above the ground. One is thrown with an initial vertical velocity of 30 feet per second.
Draw eight different letter blends on a large poster board in big, bold letters. Explain to students that the point of the game is to throw the bean bag at the sound they hear in the word. Each child is allowed 3-4 tries; depending on the number of bean bags available. Use colorful tape on the floor or spray paint if outside to draw a line for students to stand behind when it is their turn to play. The “referee” will say the word and the student will throw the bean bag on the letter blend they hear. Each bean bag that makes it onto the correct score earns the student one point. The child with the most points after 2-4 rounds (depending on the number
Since we don't have a meeting next week I figured I'd share my idea here. Maybe we could have a powder puff derby between us or host a powder puff derby for our service unit. I know it's a lot of work and we are already working on the take action project, but maybe we could split the work if we work together with another troop, like the one we did with the gift wrapping. For those who don't know, the powder puff derby is when you get a block of wood and decorate it any way you want and you make your own car and then on the day of the derby, you race against each other and then process of elimination see who's that fastest to determine the winner. But speed isn't the only thing that you could win by. You could win in other categories like most
The story about Larry Walters, a thirty-three year old truck driver who wished he could fly, and “The Great Balloon Chair Ride” occurred in 1982. One summer afternoon, Larry Walters decided to attach weather balloons to his ordinary old aluminum lawn chair and aviated around the Los Angeles area. Walters ascended 16,000 feet in the air with a lawn chair, seat belt, an altimeter, a compass, flashlight and extra batteries, beef jerky, a California road map, and a first aid kit. During his ascent, he dropped his glasses and the BB gun he was planning on using to pop the balloons to control his altitude, which resulted in him crash-landing and blacking out a neighborhood. Larry’s “Great Balloon Chair Ride” earned him great fame, landing him interviews
The balloon powered race car will be powered by the balloon. The balloon will be blown into and the straw will be the source of the air going into the balloon and then pinched so there is no release of air, then release the air, measure the distance and speed of the car when air is released. This uses the three Newton laws and they are when an object is at rest it stays at rest and an object is in motion it stays in motion in a straight line at constant speed unless acted upon by an unbalanced force, the next is the acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object and the force applied, the last is every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
The product's name is Balloon Bonanza. The commercial describes the product as a faster and easier way to fill up water balloons in one preparation. Not only is there a total of forty balloons on one tube, but also is already pre-tied. The Aqua technology automatically ties the balloons before they fall off. Just in a couple seconds you will have perfect balloons sealed and ready to use. Balloon Bonanza does all the work for you; it saves time and protects you from having burns from tying every balloon. The device is supposed to be hooked up to a water hose, so the water can be channeled into separate cylinders attached to each balloon.
There is a balloon the shape and size of a beach ball. A string keeps it tethered to the ground. Someone in a white lab coat stands about eight feet away with a rod about as