More Than Just Hot Air Educational Program

More Than Just Hot Air is an educational program geared for third-graders in the Monongalia, Marion, and Preston County school districts.  Content Standards and Objectives (CSO’s) for third-grade curriculums, have been provided, but the lessons can be easily adapted for older grade levels. The lessons range from a power point, a historical scavenger hunt, ballooning terminology, literacy connections, cross-curriculum activities, to model balloon construction and launching.

To download the manual and individual worksheets, click the link below. These lessons require Adobe Reader to open.

Complete Manual (4,984 KB)

Lesson Overview (108 KB)

Individual Lessons

Lesson 1: Balloon History & Research (222 KB)

Lesson 2: Parachutes (82 KB)

Lesson 3: Balloon Terminology (1134 KB)

Lesson 4: Literary Connections (80 KB)

Lesson 5: Ballooning and Convection (648 KB)

Lesson 6: Balloon Lab (73 KB)

Lesson 7: Balloon Design (808 KB)

Lesson 8: Ballooning Mechanics (80 KB)

Lesson 9: Weather Lesson (321 KB)


Lesson 10: Helium Balloon Lab (50 KB)

Lesson 11: Paper Balloon - Build (115 KB)

Lesson 12: Paper Balloon - Launch (49 KB)

Lesson 13: Historical Time Line of Hot
Air Ballooning (72 KB)


Lesson 14: Balloon Coloring Sheets (1068 KB)

Lesson 15: Hot Air Ballooning Races (424 KB)

Lesson 16: Reading Comprehension:
Balloon Mail (183 KB)

 

Powerpoint Presentation

Ballooning - A History (22,920 KB)

 

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