Earth Balloon® Information

Earth Balloon®

Students enter the 22' (6.7m) diameter Earth Balloon through an entrance in the Pacific Ocean to learn about rain forests, the "ring of fire", time zones, population clusters, migration, man's impact on the earth and endless other topics. The Earth Balloon is set up in your school's gym and offers students a unique way to learn about our ever changing earth. The Earth Balloon will visit your school as a traveling enrichment program, or can be purchased as a complete module.

22' diameter, 19 feet high.
Constructed from durable satin polyester, all seams triple stitched.
24 panels or gores, one every 15 degrees longitude, beginning at the Prime Meridian. One panel representing each hour of the day, or time zone*.
Velcro floor seam for quick emergency exit.
Heavy duty zipper entrance, wheelchair accessible.
Weight 70 lbs., easily transportable.
Set up time: 10-15 minutes
Dismantle time: 10-15 minutes
Heavy duty fan
travel cases for fan and Earth Balloon
Complete 84 page curriculum handbook including lesson plans, data sheets, worksheets, activities, puzzles and 3 part audio program.

*Time zones do not necessarily run every 15 degrees longitude and therefore the seams represent time zones in a general manner. Actual time zones will vary somewhat from the seams on the Earth Balloon.

Scale: 1 inch = 30 miles. At this scale the moon would be 2 football fields away and the sun would be 49 miles away.
At the scale of the Earth Balloon, planes would fly 1/4 inch above the surface of the globe.
At this scale 99% of the earth's atmosphere would be within 1" of the globe's surface.
At this scale the earth's inner core would be a 2 1/2 foot ball of solid iron and it's outer core of molten iron would be 12 feet in diameter.
At this scale the amount of rain forest destroyed annually would equal an area approximately 4.2 inches square.
At this scale the space shuttle would fly 5 1/2 inches (165 miles) from the globe's surface.

Earth Balloon video is now available!

The Earth Balloon is wheelchair accessible.

Entrance to the Earth Balloon is at the International Date Line in the Pacific Ocean.

For a brochure and additional information: info@earthballoon.com
(763) 458-7035