Download - What goes up
Available materials
A weather balloon
Helium
GPS-activated cell phone
a payload compartment
camera
Vernier probes and data collection instrument
Student-Driven
Experiment Possibilities Temperature vs Time of flight
Temperature vs Volume
Temperature vs Altitude
Temperature vs Pressure
Acceleration vs Time of flight
Acceleration vs Pressure
Acceleration vs Temperature
Pressure vs Altitude
Pressure vs Volume
Geographical surveying
Position vs Time of flight
Meterological investigation
Ozone investigation
CO2 levels or O2 levels
As well
as any
other
experime
nt the
students
can
conceptu
alize.
Budget
Constrain
ts
Develop a budget
to identify the
most economical
approach to
conducting the
experiment.
STEM AlignmentS – investigate specific quantities in suborbital
space – understand forces, terminal velocity
T – GPS - communications, collection of
data, website development
E – design an experiment to collect and analyze
data - adhere to weight constraints
M – data graphing analysis – curve fit analysis
Global-based Challenges
Meteorological – ability to collect localized
data/information about weather trends of patterns
and relevant to the topographical areas.
Geographical – survey local trends, access
landscapes, identify regions affected by natural
disasters.
Atmospheric – understanding the basic properties
and compositions of the stratospheric layers.
Team Participation and
CollaborationStudents will collectively agree on the data
to be collected based on the scope of the
problem, the weight limit, and resource
availability.
Students will use a site like WikiSpaces or
Edmodo for discussion between schools
regarding their findings for use in their
individual class presentation.
Teachers will collaborate to design a
presentation of our project at the National
AcknowledgementsTo our STEMtastic , STEMulating, STEMrades:
Brad, Jannita, Lance, Mike B,
Mike G, Pat, Patti, Peg, Todd
for opening our eyes to the wonderful technology available to us free!!!!
for giving us the opportunity to network with wonderful colleagues.
for the delicious food that kept us going and for helping us realize we can survive on 3 hours of sleep each night.