COLEGIO DE KAPATAGAN

Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (EC 3)

BSSW – Module 1: The Scientific Method

HOT AND COLD BALLOON EXPERIMENT

Submitted by:

Aranaydo, Evamae K.
Cabatcha, Jessa M.
Denapo, Jera Mae C.
Gabonada, Imie R.
Ganub, Pia L.
Genilla, Lady Mae C.
Ozarraga, Aila Marie G.
Parcon, Christine D.
Payes, Genevive P.
Selorio, Jessa E.

Submitted to:

Mr. Kenn Jenniel Guiniasan

Instructor
 Hot and Cold Balloon Experiment

Introduction

Our group conducted this experiment on October 17, 2021, at Purok 4, Poblacion,

Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte. We want to conduct this experiment to know the reaction of

the balloon when placed in hot and cold water and to know how to inflate a balloon with a

plastic bottle. We will be using a balloon attached to an empty plastic bottle, hot and

cold/iced water placed in two containers. We will put the plastic bottle with the attached

balloon into the cold water and following into the hot water; then, we will observe, gather

data, and document the whole experiment.

Background Research

According to our research, our experiment bases on Taylor's blog and YouTube

video about the Hot and Cold Balloon Experiment (Taylor, 2021). Our group is interested in

the experiment since it is straightforward, and all the materials needed for this experiment

are easy to reach. This experiment shows that in hot water, the balloon inflated because of

hot air molecules, and in cold water, the balloon deflated because of cold air molecules. As

we conducted this experiment, using the same materials used, and following all the

procedures, we have come up with the same results.

When you inflate a balloon, you're putting gases, in this case mostly helium, into a

plastic container. Generally speaking, the higher the air temperature inside a balloon, the

larger and more inflated the balloon will become. On the flip side, the colder the air inside,

the balloon will shrink and deflate. This shrinking and expanding of the balloon due to
temperature are thanks to a fancy scientific equation called law (Taylor, 2021). The ideal

gas law means that as temperature increases, the volume of air inside the balloon does as

well because heat energizes the gas (air) molecules, bouncing into each other faster and

faster (ScienceLine, 2007).

Setting up the plastic bottle with the balloon attached in hot water, the air inside the

bottle heats up, and the molecules move around faster and increase the volume and air

pressure enough to inflate the balloon. Then moving the bottle back into the cold water, the

air molecules lose energy and slow down. They don't bounce around as quickly, and the

volume and pressure decrease as the balloon deflates (Taylor, 2021).

Hypothesis

If we place the plastic bottle with the attached balloon into the hot water container,

the balloon will inflate.

Since hot water produces more hot air molecules than cold water, the balloon will

inflate while deflating into the cold water due to decreasing volume and pressure.

Experiment

Upon doing this experiment, we set up our parameters by only using the same

plastic bottle with the same attached balloon placed into two containers with different

water conditions, which are hot and cold. In testing the hypothesis, this activity

demonstrates that the air inside the plastic bottle expands when heated, causing the air

molecules to move faster and get farther apart; this causes the balloon attached to the
plastic bottle to inflate. Warm air is less dense than cold. Since warm air takes up more

space than the same amount of cold air, the balloon inflates but deflates when moving back

into the cold water due to cold air, which decreases the volume and pressure.

Data Analyzation and Conclusion

As we place the plastic bottle in the hot water container, the hot air molecules inside

the balloon increase, and in response, the balloon expands. While we put the plastic bottle

in the cold water container, the hot air molecules inside the balloon decrease due to cold

air molecules that decreases the volume and pressure, and in response, the balloon

deflates.

As we draw our conclusion considering this phenomenon, it is evident that only hot

air molecules from the hot water cause the balloon to inflate.

Results

Table 1. The results in comparison between the set-up parameters

Set-up Parameters

Hot water container Cold water container

Balloon inflates Balloon deflates

This table shows the results of comparing the set-up parameters between the hot

water container and the cold water container using the same plastic bottle and balloon.

When placing the plastic bottle with the attached balloon into the hot water container, the

balloon inflates, and when put into the cold water container, the balloon deflates.
Table 2. Materials used in the experiment

Materials

1 Plastic bottle 1 Balloon

Hot water inside Cold water

2 Containers

This table shows all the materials used in the experiment, such as one empty plastic

bottle, one balloon, hot water from the kettle, cold water, and two containers.
 Procedure

A.

First, we gathered all the materials needed, and we prepared two empty containers,

one empty plastic bottle, and one balloon. We took off the empty plastic bottle's cap and

attached the balloon to it.

B.

Next, we poured the hot water into the first and cold water into the second

container.

C.

Then, we placed the plastic bottle with the attached balloon into the cold water

container first. As we have observed, the balloon did not inflate.

 D.

So moving to the next container, we put the plastic bottle into the hot water, and as

we have observed, the balloon inflates.

E.

Lastly, we placed the plastic bottle into the cold water container again, and the

balloon deflated. We repeated procedures C and D, and we still got the same results that

make our conclusion.

Reference

Taylor (2021). Hot and cold balloon experiment. Playing with rain-explore the world around

you. View at: Publisher Site | playingwithrain.com

Archer, R. (2007). How does the air temperature affect the size of balloon? ScienceLine. Earth

Science Field of Research. View at: Publisher Site | scienceline.ucsb.edu

Glass, D. (2012). High inflation. A Moment of Science. Indiana public media. Indiana

University, Bloomington. View at: Publisher Site | indianapublicmedia.org

Benson, T. (2021). Inflating balloon. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

View at: Publisher Site | www.grc.nasa.gov