Scientist ________________________________ Date ________________

Station 1

• Choose a balloon. Check type ____round ____long ____squiggle
• Predict what will happen when you release a balloon full of air.

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• Blow up your balloon.
• Let it go. Retrieve used balloon and return to teacher.
• Observe the interaction between the balloon and air.

What was the effect of air on the balloon? __________________________

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Station 2

• Predict what will happen when you blow through your straw into the water.

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• Choose a straw.
• Blow through the straw into the pan of water.
• Observe what happens.

What was the effect of air on the water? ____________________________

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Station 3

• Predict what will happen between the soap and the air when you make bubbles.

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• Observe the air and the soap when you make some bubbles.

What was the effect of air on your bubbles? ________________________

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Evaluation

Is air something? How do you know? Tell what you learned about air.

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Draw before and after pictures of one of your experiments.

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