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St. James Students Use Sun Energy to Fly Solar Bag [Photos]

An experiment conducted as part of their curriculum shows how the sun's energy heats surfaces.

If you think you noticed a 50-foot black plastic bag in the sky in the St. James area recently, your eyes were not deceiving you.

Thanks to fourth grade students at St. James Elementary School, the "solar bag" was able to float in the sky as part of an experiment concerning recent curriculum surrounding how the sun’s energy heats surfaces.  

Students filled the bag with air and as the bag was sitting in the sun it absorbed the sun's energy, heating up the air inside, allowing it to float in the sky.

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swataz May 23, 2013 at 10:17 am
With the budget "we" just passed? That can't be!
robkoz May 23, 2013 at 09:52 am
"Why are Smithtown teachers continuing to pay for school supplies out of their ownRead More pocket?" Since when? Ever see the big list of supplies kids get in their folders at the end of the year for them to bring in next year? I think you're talking about the wrong school district.