WIND BAG

 Materials:
Per team: sturdy plastic garbage bag, four or five straws, tape, pencil

Procedure:
Divide students into teams of five or six and distribute materials. Instruct one team  member to sit on a chair.

Challenge students to use the materials to lift the sitting team  member off the ground. Ask students to think of ways to use air's lifting power.

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