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Materials:
string
straw
balloon
masking tape
meter stick
Procedure:
1. Put the string into the straw, so that the straw is attached to the string.
2. Tight the end of the string on one side and hold the other end of the string.
6. After you blown up the balloon, position the balloon on the straw and put a piece of tape
across the balloon.
8. After the balloon is launched, used the meter stick to measure the distance covered by the
balloon.
9. The winner will be declared upon the farthest distanced covered by the balloon.
Explanation/Discussion:
The Balloon Rocket is one of the examples of Law of Interaction. In this game, it needs a lot of
efforts on putting the string because you need to find a holder that is straight or some things that
can be a holder, on blowing the balloon because amount of wind is limited and when you blow
the balloon you need exact blow that can go the balloon faster if you don’t, the balloon might
pop up due to bigger winds so we need a exact blow so that the balloon can go farther than the
rest.
According to the Law of interaction, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
There are two types of forces it is the action force and reaction force. In the game, the action
force is the blowing air in the balloon and the reaction force is the releasing if gas out of the
balloon. The law of interaction applies in this game since there is an equal magnitude and an
opposite reaction.