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Balloon Rocket
Technology⏱ 20 minAge 5+
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Do this with a grown-up. Keep popped balloon pieces away from mouths. A grown-up helps with the tape and the balloon.
🧰 You need
- 🎈a balloon
- 🥤a straw
- 🧵a long string
- 📎tape
- 🪑two chairs
👣 Let’s do it
- 1Thread the string through the straw.
- 2Tie the string between two chairs, tight and straight.
- 3Blow up the balloon and pinch it. Ask a grown-up to tape it to the straw.
- 4Count down: 3, 2, 1…
- 5Let go and watch it zoom!
👀 What will you see?
The balloon races along the string while the air rushes out.