Today marks the 225th anniversary of the first hot-air balloon flight. Two brothers, who were from a family of paper manufacturers, saw ash rising from burning paper. From that observation they concluded that the hot air made things rise. From there they made a hypothesis and tested different hot-air balloons. The first public demonstrations was on June 4th, 1783.
This demonstrates the power of curiosity. This is what happens when we teach children not to simply accept what they see, but to ask questions. These brothers could have simply looked at the ash rising and never thought about it again. After all, ash has been rising as long as there has been fire. But, they asked "why?"
We hope to teach children to ask "why?" and "how?" Who knows what they may see that we have overlooked for all of history.
HT: Google, Wikipedia
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