Fire Water Balloon - Cool Science Experiment

Check out this and other cool science experiments at http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/e... Common sense tells you that it's impossible to boil water in a paper bag, but this classic parlor trick was a favorite of the Victorian magician. The real difficultly in performing this effect is making it look harder than it is! As you might imagine, the secret lies in yet another amazing property of water - it's ability to conduct heat. Instead of using a paper bag, this modern day version of the demonstration uses an ordinary balloon, some water and a candle. It's a combination that's guaranteed to make people stand back.

About Steve Spangler Science...

Steve Spangler is a celebrity teacher, science toy designer, speaker, author and an Emmy award-winning television personality. Spangler is probably best known for his Mentos and Diet Coke geyser experiment that went viral in 2005 and prompted more than 1,000 related YouTube videos. Spangler is the founder of www.SteveSpanglerScience.com, a Denver-based company specializing in the creation of science toys, classroom science demonstrations, teacher resources and home for Spangler's popular science experiment archive and video collection. Spangler is a frequent guest on the Ellen DeGeneres Show where he takes classroom science experiments to the extreme. Check out his pool filled with 2,500 boxes of cornstarch!

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On the education side, Spangler started his career as a science teacher in the Cherry Creek School district for 12 years. Today, Steve travels extensively training teachers in ways to make learning more engaging and fun. His hands-on science boot camps and summer institutes for teachers inspire and teach teachers how to prepare a new generation for an ever-changing work force. Over the last 15 years, he has also made more than 500 television appearances as an authority on hands-on science and inquiry-based learning.

On the business side, Spangler is the founder and CEO of Steve Spangler Science, a Denver-based company specializing in the creation of educational toys and kits and hands-on science training services for teachers. The companys unique business strategies and viral creations have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Inc. Magazine, Wired and TIME Magazine where online readers voted Steve Spangler #18 in the Top 100 Most Influential People of the Year for 2006 (what were they thinking?). You'll find more than 140 Spangler created products available online at SteveSpanglerScience.com and distributed to toy stores and mass-market retailers worldwide.

Spangler joined NBC affiliate 9News in 2001 as the science education specialist. His weekly experiments and science segments are designed to teach viewers creative ways to make learning fun. His now famous Mentos Geyser experiment, turning 2-liter bottles of soda into erupting fountains, became an Internet sensation in September 2005 when thousands of people started posting their own Mentos explosions on YouTube.com.

As founder of SteveSpanglerScience.com, Spangler and his design team have developed more than 140 educational toys and science-related products featured by mass-market retailers like Target, Wal-Mart, Toys R' Us, Discovery Channel Stores and over 1,400 independent specialty toy stores. His educational science catalog and on-line business offers more than a thousand science toys and unique learning resources. Recently, Spangler has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Inc. Magazine, WIRED, the History Channel, Food Network and TIME Magazine where on-line readers voted Steve Spangler #18 in the Top 100 Most Influential People of the Year for 2006.

His recent appearances on the Ellen DeGeneres Show have taught viewers how to blow up their food, shock their friends, create mountains of foam, play on a bed of nails, vanish in a cloud of smoke and how to turn 2,500 boxes of cornstarch and a garden hose into a swimming pool of fun.

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[VyperEye89]

it would be funny if the balloon popped and boiling water just went flying everywhere.

[scientificmethod1]

Would have been funny if someone filled the balloon ahead of time with alcohol and it went up in flames instantly.

[skylet sis]

That is soo dangerous!

[Mantas Brazevicius]

its 00:26 and i clicked on Steve Spangler Science.... That was so dumb -___-

[GERMANPARROT267]

A kid in class was presenting this. He did it wrong and water/ rubber flew all over the place.

[WJR339007]

0:52 ha!

[Ernan Gabatilla]

kids do not try this at home



[Ernan Gabatilla]

kids do not try this at home



[Tweeaak Tweek]

So what you're saying is that the water had nothing to do with the fire not popping the balloon?

[sinashsh]

He is making a mistake by saying that the reason it does not explode is because water is a great conductor of heat. The reason the latex does not explode is due to low thickness of the latex balloon, the heat resistance of the balloon is low, and water is a good heat reservoir. Heat resistance is ^^Thickness/(thermal conductivity*surface area)^^, reducing the thickness of balloon reduces the resistance and therefore increases the conductance of the balloon.

[asimpson484]

Cool

[Johnny Nguyen]

say wha that is amazing