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Hot Air Rises Experiment {Preschool Science}

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My 3 year old is obsessed with The Magic School Bus series of books. At first I wasn’t too sure of these books but, wow, are these books effective. My son knows more than me about A LOT of topics thanks to this series. So I am not embarrassed to admit that I sourced this idea from The Magic School Bus Inside the Hurricane. The activity is so simple, I had to share it with you.

hot air rises experiment

Materials:

  1. Piece of paper
  2. Scissors
  3. Needle & Thread (or tape)
  4. Lamp

hot air rises experiment

Approach:

  1. Draw a spiral on the paper
  2. Cut out the spiral (older children can do these first two steps on their own)
  3. Put the needle & thread through the top of the spiral (make sure a knot is tied at the end). I actually ended up taping the thread to the spiral.
  4. Hold the spiral by the thread above the warm/hot light bulb
  5. Watch the hot air rise and make the paper spiral spin

Preschool Science hot air rises experiment

Questions:

  • Ask your children to postulate on why the spiral spins?
  • What does the light bulb do to the air?
  • What happens to the warm air? Where does it go?
  • What does this activity do to the spiral?

Thanks for visiting!

Marnie

Tagged With: Kindergarten, Physics, Preschool

About Marnie Craycroft

Marnie hails from Maine where she spent summers buried in sand and winters buried in snow. She is the daughter of a nearly four decade veteran of the public school systems. Teaching has always been a part of her life. She founded Carrots Are Orange in 2010.

Carrots Are Orange is a Montessori learning and living website for parents and teachers.

Marnie graduated from Wesleyan University in 1999 with a BA in Economics. She spent nearly a decade working in investment management. In 2006, she earned her MA in business from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.

Marnie moved to the west coast in 1999 and currently lives in Boulder with her husband and three sons. She is Montessori trained. Her work has been featured on Apartment Therapy, Buzzfeed, PBS Kids, BabyCenter, the Melissa & Doug blog, Huffington Post, and WhattoExpect.com. Besides writing, passions include running (usually after her three sons), photography, and outdoor adventures.

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