Fireproof Balloon
Did you know you can hold a flame next to a balloon and the balloon will not burst?  
Here's another experiment that might get you and your family "Hooked on Science."

Ingredients
2 Balloons
Water
Matches

Instructions
STEP 1:  Blow up a balloon and tie the end so the air stays inside the balloon.
STEP 2:  Have an adult light a match and place the flame under the balloon.  What happened?
STEP 3:  Place 1/4 of a cup of water into a balloon.     
STEP 4:  Carefully blow up the balloon and  tie the end so the air and water stay inside
the balloon.
STEP 5:  Have an adult light a match and place the flamed under the balloon.  What
happened?

Explanation
The water absorbs the heat from the flame keeping the balloon from bursting.
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