Rocket Science

Rocket Tea Bags

Materials:

1 tea bag

Matches

Adult Supervision

Let’s do it:

1. Remove the string and tag from the tea bag.

2. Undo and remove the staple and then empty out the leaves.

3. Make the tea bag material into more of a tube by putting your finger into it. Careful not to tear the material!

4. Stand the tube vertically on a flat dry surface, open end facing upwards.

5. Ignite the rocket by lighting the top end of the tea bag tube and stand back!

I predict that the tea bag will rise up because the air inside the tea bag is warm because of the fire and the air on the outside is cold. The warm air rises and lifts the tea bag like a hot air balloon.

What happened was we launched two rockets and the tea bags rose up because the air inside the tea bags was warm because of the fire and the air on the outside is cold. The warm air rises and lifts the tea bag like a hot air balloon.