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How Hot Air Balloons Work
A brief description of how Hot Air Balloons work. This site is part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com. This site includes fascinating pictures of balloons at different stages of their flight.
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Particle Speed And Temperature
Demonstration of how temperature, pressure and volume affects the motion of gas particles in a balloon. NB. You can 'pop' the balloon!!
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How Helium Balloons Work
A brief description of how Helium Balloons work. This site is part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com. The site begins by introducing the reader to the concepts of floatation, why things float ...
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Revving Up
A worksheet and lesson plan for younger pupils. Objective: Movement can be caused by air escaping from a balloon.
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Hot Science: Floating and Sinking
A nice little demonstration of the concept behind hot air balloons and densities.
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More about the science of flying
A very bright and colourful explanation of the Coanda effect and how balloons fly. Lots of diagrams and links to more detailed information.
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How air pressure affects you
This page from NASA tells you all you need to know about air pressure. Find out why your ears pop or have a go at flying a hot air balloon.
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Engineering Magic
A site explaining how magic tricks are done using science knowledge, for example, piercing a balloon without bursting it and putting an egg into a bottle.
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Simple Flying Machines Theme Page
Information about model hot air balloons, kites and paper airplanes. Includes teacher demonstrations, experiments and instructions for making models. Some of the activities whilst very good will ...
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