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How Many Balloons Would it Take to Lift the Empire State Building?

November 21, 2012 by Terri Eichholz

This isn’t, technically, an educational site.  But I definitely think that it could be integrated into math classes everywhere, and even high school physics.  Remember the movie, Up?  Well, Movato Real Estate decided to find out how many balloons it would really take to lift a house.  On this site, David Cross explains the logic … Read more

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Categories 3-12, Critical Thinking, Education, Math, Problem Solving, Science, Teaching Tools, Websites Tags 3-12, balloons, education, Movato Real Estate, Up Leave a comment

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