Experiment Observation on a Balloon

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED EXPERIMENT FORM AND COMPLETE IT OUT TOO.
A quick, but intriguing science experiment your students will love: Of course, this is an online course so the honor system is in play here. I can’t control how you do this, but I promise you, if you follow the steps the way I have them listed here, it will be lots more fun! It only takes a few minutes to conduct, and students love it. In either case, I want you to complete and submit this template below to me under “Assignments.” You can just cut and paste the attached template found here
Experiment Template and Directions(1) (1).docx and submit to the assignment link.

Observations     

Inferences (What do you think will happen/Your guesses)       

Framing a Hypothesis (Explain your inferences/Guesses above)     

Testing the hypothesis (What happened? Explain your results)     

Your thoughts on this experiment? How could you expand it or modify for students?   
Materials: balloons, needle pin or safety pin, blue food coloring or Vaseline

Here are the instructions: Make sure you read the directions very carefully and follow them exactly. If you rush through this, you can alter the outcomes. Most of these items you should have at home.
Prepare:1)    Get two balloons and blow them up to about medium size (Indicate in your observations what the balloons look like—are they the same color, shape and size, smell the same, feel the same…use those senses!)2)   Make Inferences, Framing your Hypothesis and Conduct Experiment:
A) Balloon #1: Write down what you think will happen if you stick your pin in the side of thefirst balloon? Now Go ahead….do it! What happened? 
B) Now, your second balloon…take the same exact pin you used with the first balloon, but this time dip it in the blue food coloring (red, green or orange work well too…or you can use Vaseline if you don’t have food coloring). Write down again your inferences: what do you think will happen with  this balloon after you dip it in the food coloring and insert it through either end of the balloon? Why? Now, take the same pin, dip it in the food coloring and insert it through either end of the balloon. What happened?3)    Testing your hypothesis: Did your first balloon pop? Did the second balloon pop or not? Why do you think either balloon popped or did not? Do you think it was the food coloring? If so, then test your hypothesis. Take two more balloons, blow them up, dip in food coloring both times and insert in either end of the balloon and see what happens?  Reminder: After you provide your hypothesis give an explanation as to why you formed it. Once this is submitted, I will reveal the answer if you do not have the intended outcomes. Have fun!