Today's Classroom Activities :

Balloon Fun

Have students use materials they can find around the house to make a collage of hot-air ballons such as the ones Phileas Fogg rode in. Ask them "Does anyone know who Phileas Fogg is?"

Have your students research Phileas Fogg.

Students can follow in Mr. Foggs footsteps using the Around the World in Eighty Days site.

Have then find out How Hot Air Balloons Work.

Here your students can read up on The History of Hot Air Ballooning.