This was McKay's first science fair. She wanted to see how many balloons it would take to lift her (53 pounds). So last Sunday we put together the experiment and found out that 25 balloons lifted exactly 5.0 ounces. On Tuesday while putting together the display we also bought some balloons to deminstrate it to the students. The only down part was when we were completely done and we had bought another 30 balloons only to remember (at midnight the night before) that latex balloons wasn't allowed in the school due to allergies. Therefore the balloons stayed home. 
McKay won second place. (To figure how many balloons you would times your weight by 80.)
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If you are curious the first place went to a girl who built a home made lava lamp.... it is kind of tough to beat that.
What a great idea!
they don't allow latex in the school because of allergies?
bummer - that would've been a cool display.
Yep, they don't allow latex. They don't make anything with peanut butter anymore. I guess even one of the super's kids is allergic to eggs. What's next?
Mckay, your experiment turned out great. You have a great Mom and Dad to support you!! It looks awesome. Great Idea.
This is Mike (not Min)...
... it would take approximately 20,500 balloons to make me weightless.
Looks like I need to lose about 2500 ballons.
I like thinking about it in those terms.
Pop. Pop. Pop!
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