Do you remember when I said that heat and temperature are two different things? Heat is energy – it is thermal energy. It can be transferred from one object to another.
Here’s what you do:
- Find your balloon.
- Put the balloon under the faucet and fill the balloon with a couple of tablespoons of water. Not too much!
- Now blow up the balloon and tie it, leaving the water in the balloon.
- You should have an inflated balloon with a tablespoon or two of water at the bottom of it.
- Have your adult helper carefully light the candle. Don’t do this next to your computer… do it in the sink.
- Hold the balloon over the candle carefully for a couple of seconds.
- Did it pop?