Cameron Balloons Kids Club

Who are we?

Cameron Balloons is the world’s largest manufacturer of hot-air balloons based in Bristol, UK, founded in 1971.

To celebrate having broken many world records in ballooning, we decided to develop these free Kids & Teacher Resource Packs, containing everything you need to know about ballooning and our lighter-than-air sport.

The overall aim was to cover many different aspects of lighter-than-air flight; to really bring-to-life parts of the UK school’s curriculum but also to facilitate interest and learning through other organisations such as the Scouts and Guiding Associations, Schools, Flight Museums, Air-Cadet organisations and charities all around the globe.

Please do share and forward these links to your schools, packs and groups and feel free to use our resources at your events if you wish (just remember to give us a credit!). Our aim is to encourage many young people to enjoy learning.

We'd also love to see a photo of your class or group learning about ballooning, so do let us know what you think about our resources and whether there's anything you think we've missed!

The two packs are specifically aimed to enhance lots of different parts of the school curriculum and have been designed to fit in with many parts of the hobby and aviation badges within scouting and guiding associations too.

Background Information

We have developed two packs:

1) Cameron Balloons Kids Learning Resources is a fun-packed, easily readable or printable (26 page) booklet for students with a variety of sections, to capture the imagination of even the youngest children. It also incorporates background science topics and engaging, important elements of lighter-than-air history to extend and challenge those more senior students.

2) Cameron Balloons Teacher Resources encapsulates extra information and background science for adults who are supporting student’s learning.

"We do want to make the learning process as easy and as fun as possible for students and also for the adults assisting them!", explains Hannah Cameron, Cameron Balloons Ltd.

We have also previously worked with At-Bristol (now known as We The Curious), the hands-on science museum based in Bristol, who made this great video with us at Cameron Balloons. A fantastic, inspiring extra resource to go with our packs!

For comments and questions please email: enquiries@cameronballoons.co.uk