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In this activity, learners work in NASA teams to build balloon-powered rockets using identical parts and compete to launch the greatest number of paper clips to "space" (the ceiling).

$10 - $20 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this Engineering Design Challenge activity, learners will use balloons to investigate how a multi-stage rocket, like that used in the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission, can propel a sat

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - adult 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners work in pairs to conduct a series of experiments using a balloon, drinking straw, and paper.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this online Flash game, learners take to the skies in a hot air balloon and are challenged to beat other balloonists' times to the finish line without crashing.

free Ages 6 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this two part activity, learners work in pairs or individually to discover how vectoring the thrust from a jet engine affects movement of an airplane.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this design challenge activity, learners use two helium-filled balloons to build a blimp that can travel in a straight path across the room.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners assemble a hot-air balloon from tissue paper. The heated air (from a heat gun) inside the balloon is less dense than the surrounding air and causes the balloon to float.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this challenge, learners make a helium balloon hover in one spot and then move it through an obstacle course using air currents.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners will create a model rocket out of an inflated balloon attached to a straw on a taught string.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 4 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this design challenge activity, learners make a balloon hover at eye level for five seconds, and then make it move by creating air currents.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Experiment with force and pressure by building a balloon rocket. When launched, the balloon will run a track wherever you place the string.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 4 - 11 30 to 45 minutes