Ballooning > Interests > Education

• Air Travelers: Science Background - Four science lessons involving balloons that explore buoyancy, hot air, helium, and wind directions. Additional teacher background also offered.
  
   
• Hot Air Balloon Lesson Plan, Grades 11-12 - Detailed plan for discussion, vocabulary, and calculating lift. Has students watching a video, constructing small hot air balloons, and viewing the inflation of a full size balloon.
  
   
• Hot Air Balloon School Programs for Assemblies - Air Fair Balloon Company offers a unique program for schools to teach students the beauty and science of aviation. Our program includes the inflation of a real hot air balloon.
  
   
• International Balloon Youth Camp - Article on the experiences of a 17 year old participant at balloon camp in the Czech Republic.
  
   
• Organising an International Ballooning Youth Camp - The FEDERATION AERONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE presents guidelines to organizing ballooning youth camps.
  
   
• Skyhawk Balloon Team visits Myrtle Beach Elementary School - In school program educates kids on hot air ballooning.
  
   
• Indy Balloon Promotions - School education program for promoting aviation and hot air balloon education for students of all ages. Based in Indianapolis.
  
   
• World University Online - An online ballooning course that guides you thru major ballooning websites as chapters for most of its material.