STUDENT RESOURCES

Learn about hot air ballooning!.

A hot air balloon with a rainbow-colored pattern and a red bottom, floating in the sky above some green trees.

Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Students

Educational Hot Air Balloon Videos

Story Time Videos

Cover of a book titled 'Hot-Air Henry' by Mary Calhoun, illustrated by Erick Ingraham, with a hot air balloon and a pie on the cover.
Book cover for 'Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon' by Margaret & H.A. Rey, featuring a hot air balloon with red and white stripes flying in the sky with clouds and birds around.

Hot Air For Hope 2024 Poster Contest Winners!

Collection of colorful children's drawings and posters about hot air balloons, mountains, and festivals, with some featuring handwritten text and dates.

K - 2 How To Draw A Hot Air Balloon

Multiple hot air balloons floating in a clear blue sky over a rural landscape with fields, houses, and mountains in the background.

Discover all of the beautiful balloons taking to the skies at this year’s local Hot Air for Hope, Carson Valley Balloon Festival!

Colorful hot air balloon flying in clear blue sky over snowy mountains.


3rd Grade - 6th Grade Students

Educational Hot Air Balloon Videos

Multiple colorful hot air balloons flying over a valley with mountains in the background, under a clear blue sky.

Discover all of the beautiful balloons taking to the skies at this year’s local Hot Air for Hope, Carson Valley Balloon Festival!

Hot Air For Hope 2024 Poster Contest Winners!

Collection of children's drawings featuring hot air balloons, mountains, and colorful scenery. Some drawings have notes like 'Come Over May,' 'Valley Balloon Festival,' and 'Hot air for Hope.'

3rd - 6th Hot Air Balloon Art


6th Grade - 9th Grade

Montgolfier Brothers

The Montgolfier Brothers

Colorful hot air balloon with labels 'V' for velocity, 'gravity' pointing downward, 'FB' directed upward, and a dashed line from 'G' to 'C'.

Hot Air Balloon Physics

Hot air balloon with the number 1783 printed on it

History of Balloons

A Short History of Ballooning

An illustration of a hot air balloon floating over a river with boats, with a town and mountains in the background. There are people on the ground watching the balloon, and a sketch of a person's profile in the lower-left corner.

How to Fly and Steer a Hot Air Balloon

Multiple colorful hot air balloons with checkered and striped patterns floating in the sky over a landscape with trees and fields.

Learn about hot air balloon competitions here

Hot Air For Hope 2024 Poster Contest Winners!

Collage of children's artwork including colorful hot air balloons, mountains, a whale, and various festive scenes with text such as "Come Over May" and "Hot air for Hope."
Multiple colorful hot air balloons floating in a clear blue sky over a landscape with green fields, a small town, and snow-capped mountains in the distance.

Discover all of the beautiful balloons taking to the skies at this year’s local Hot Air for Hope, Carson Valley Balloon Festival!


9th Grade - 12th Grade

Hot air balloons preparing for launch at a field, with one basket carrying pilot and passengers in flight, and a person on the ground with a green jacket and a cap. Vehicles parked in the background and clear blue sky.

Learn about hot air balloon competitions here

Hot Air For Hope 2024 Poster Contest Winners!

Collection of colorful children's drawings featuring hot air balloons, mountains, lakes, and signs for festivals and locations.
Several colorful hot air balloons floating over a landscape with farmland, a town, and snow-capped mountains in the background under a clear blue sky.

Discover all of the beautiful balloons taking to the skies at this year’s local Hot Air for Hope, Carson Valley Balloon Festival!

Diagram of a hot air balloon showing its components, including the envelope, gores, panels, skirt, parachute valve, burners, propane tanks, and illustrating how the burners mix propane with air to produce flame.

Hot Air Balloon Major Parts

Multiple colorful hot air balloons floating in a clear blue sky.

About Hot Air Balloons

In Depth Look: How Hot Air Balloons Work

Diagram of a hot air balloon with labeled parts including parachute valve, core, ribs, skirt, envelope, parachute valve coil, basket, and burner basket.

How to Fly and Steer a Hot Air Balloon

Demonstration of Winds at Different Elevations