3.  9 inch round
balloons
 4 inch balloons
 Pin
 Lunch bags
 Duct tape
 Long/skinny balloon
 Can of Coke
 Tap water

4.  First, we blew up the balloons.
 Second, we popped the balloons and
the water balloons.
 Third, we did the can of warm Coke.
 Forth, we did the long balloons.
 Last of all we blew into and popped
the lunch bags.

5. First we blew up all the balloons.
We blew up big balloons, little
balloons and water balloons.

6. Second, we popped most of
the balloons.

7. Third, we opened a warm can
of Coke. It fizzed a little bit.

8. Fourth, we did the long, skinny
balloons. It made a very loud
sound when we popped it.

9. Fourth, we did the long, skinny
balloons. It made a very loud
sound when we popped it.

10. We filled water balloons with water. We
used a pin to pop it. First it made little
fountains. Then we tried it again
because it did not seem right. It popped.

11. We blew into lunch bags. Then we popped
it with our hands. It made a loud sound.

12.  Within a thundercloud, many small bits of ice bump into each
other as they swirl around in the air. All those collisions create an
electrical charge, just like the one that built up in you when you cross
the carpet.
 After a while, the whole cloud fills up with electrical charges (usually
with a negative charge closest to the earth). Since opposites attract
each other, that causes a positive charge to build up on the ground
beneath the cloud. The ground's electrical charge concentrates
around anything that sticks up, such as mountains, lone trees, people,
or even blades of grass. The charge streaming up from these points
eventually connects with a charge reaching down from the clouds,
and--zap!--lightning strikes.
 The intense heat of the lightning bolt causes the surrounding air to
explode outward with a gigantic boom--thunder.
The air in the balloon wants to get out because its compressed. The
same thing happens to create thunder. When you pop the balloon
the air molecules have to move all around really fast creating a lot of
energy. When lightning strikes, it also gives off energy that heats the
air through which passes.
This creates an explosion of sound called thunder.

13. How hot is lightning? Lightning is
54,000 degrees Fahrenheit. That is
six times hotter than the surface of
the sun!

14. How can you tell how far lightning
is from you? You count the
seconds between when you hear
the thunder and see the lightning.
Then you divide by five.

15. We learned that God has created the
awesome and powerful lightning. We
couldn't believe that anyone could
make such powerful things. We praise
him that we have such a great place to
live in! Thank you God!