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This activity was lots of fun for my girls and easy enough to set-up. We had so much fun that we plan to have turkey races again on Thanksgiving day. Are you ready to see how?
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Turkey Balloon Rockets Experiment
Materials
You will also need a place to secure the string and make the "race track". We used chairs.
Method
- Begin by securing a piece of string roughly 5 feet long to a chair.
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- We wanted to race two turkeys at once, so we secured two lines of string side-by-side.
- Next, you will want to place a large piece of drinking straw onto each strand of string.
- Then, attach a foam turkey to the drinking straws using tape, being sure to place one piece of tape sticky-side-out right in the middle like so.
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- The tape facing out will be used to attach the turkey to the balloon just before launching.
- Once the turkey straws are threaded onto the string you will want to tightly attach the other end of the string to another chair.
- If making two tracks like we did you will want the chairs on both ends parallel and side by side, like this.
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- Make sure the string is pulled tightly between the chairs so that the rockets can move quickly.
Launching Turkey Balloon Rockets
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- Do not tie the balloon or let it go!
- Rosie and Jewel had no problem holding their balloons tightly until it was time to launch.
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- Have kids pull the balloons all the way to one end of the "string track"ensuring that the balloon openings are facing out towards the chairs.
- Then, have them let go!
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- Once the balloons are released the turkeys will go flying down the track!
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- Rosie and Jewel thought this was so cool and wanted to race their turkeys over and over again!
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The Science Behind the Fun
To make an object propel forward there has to be force coming from behind it. This is a simple lesson in action/reaction. For even more on the science behind this simple experiment go here.
To make an object propel forward there has to be force coming from behind it. This is a simple lesson in action/reaction. For even more on the science behind this simple experiment go here.
To Make our Turkeys
We used turkey cut-outs and simply added googly eyes and feathers. You could just as easily make the turkeys from construction paper or craft foam.
We used turkey cut-outs and simply added googly eyes and feathers. You could just as easily make the turkeys from construction paper or craft foam.
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Extend the Fun
- Make flying ghost rockets.
- Make chalk rockets.
- Try some of these super fun turkey crafts.
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