By, Amanda Johnson
Heat Rises!
The propane burns and fills the balloon with hot air. That hot air rises and rises. It takes the balloon with it. The vents open on the sides to steer the balloon. The panel on the top opens and the balloon comes down.
This shape is great for the warm air to fill the balloon evenly and quickly to steer the balloon using the vents to help the balloon to lower, and deflate, at a steady pace
What would your hot air balloon look like?
* Water demonstration: Jared/ George Mehler * Pictures found in Google search from these sources: 9bytes.com northjersey.com Balloonfiesta.com researchthetopic.com Dallashotairballoons.com science.howstuffworks.com Cloudrides.com wikimedia.org Eeb.ucla.edu real-world-physics-problems.com Hookedoneverything.com cookusart.com