Air is all around us, even when we can’t taste, touch, smell, see, or hear it! In this experiment, you will observe how hot and cold air can make a tea bag ghost fly!

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*This experiment requires an adult's help. Please stay safe during this experiment by choosing a good spot away from objects that can catch on fire.*

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Materials:

- Tea Bag

‍- Scissors

‍- Marker

‍- Lighter or Match

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Procedure:

1. Cut off the top of the tea bag and empty the tea out. Your tea bag should now be a flat tube.

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2. Draw a ghost face on the tea bag.

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3. Open the tea bag into a tube and make sure it can stand up.

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4. Stand the tea bag tube up on a non-flammable surface.

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5. Make sure you are in a wide-open space, like a backyard, since it can fly pretty high.

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6. Light the top of the tea bag tube with the lighter or match and watch what happens!

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What's happening?

There are three forces that are making the tea bag ghost fly:

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