How to Do a Heat Conduction Trick

Craszy Chris: Oh! Hey! Hi! I am Craszy Chris and I welcome you so cool science, science you can do right at home. I am just in the middle of a water balloon fight, and I am going over today’s science file. And today’s science file says, can you put a lit match under a balloon?

Well that’s an excellent question. You definitely want to try this.

You need a balloon, a match a most definitely an adult. Okay, head to your kitchen and bring with you a balloon. And the most important thing an adult; because we are going to be dealing with matches. And not candy cakes, okay alright. Take a balloon and blow it. Now you want to tie it up. I got it. You know what, I tied this one earlier. I did, I dint get anybody else to do it. Set the balloon aside and get that adult to get a match, and have them strike the match.

Alright, there are you are, take the balloon, you just blew up and put it over the match and watch what happens? That was so cool. Yes. I guess you can put a match under the balloon and it doesn’t blow up. Okay, take this balloon and you are going to fill it with water. Okay, you are to going take balloon. Now, hold the match underneath a water balloon. Wow, wow! Now, how come before the balloon exploded and now its not? Well, don’t take a look at me, take a closer look at this.

The principle that is going on here is called heat conduction. Heat conduction happens, when two solids come in contact with each other. One solid transfers its heat in to the other. The match sends the heat in to the balloon. The balloon of air explodes, because the rubber burns up and the air rushes out. The balloon, full of water doesn’t burn the rubber enough; because the matches’ heat is transferred into the water. We know this is true, because if we burn a different sectional balloon without water it bursts.

So, now you know what about heat conduction. You know lighting a match under a water balloon is why is science is so cool.


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