A Classroom Mission to Near Space
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Hello!
My 9th grade Honors Integrated Science class at Berea Community High School is designing a project to launch experiments to near space (approximately 120,000 feet) using a high altitude weather balloon. Our 9th grade class is planning the mission, constructing the payload and launch system, running the on-board experiments, and even using the project to learn about force and motion.
Berea is a wonderful community that bridges Appalachia and the Bluegrass. We are a high-needs district with about 65% students receiving free or reduced price lunch. The scale of the project is something the students simply do not see and the excitement and enthusiasm in the class reflects that. The leadership and planning roles the students are taking on have been amazing. More about this and other aspects of the project will be highlighted by the students in our daily updates.
The students are planning several experiments to complement the video and still photo footage taken by the craft. Those, too, will be described in one of the daily updates.
This project is simply not possible without support from outside the school. We need help purchasing the balloon, helium, camera equipment, construction material, and experiments. A donation of any amount would help us slip the bounds of our classroom.
Stay tuned for updates along the way and please share the project link with friends and family that would like to see these students take part in some truly exciting learning.
My 9th grade Honors Integrated Science class at Berea Community High School is designing a project to launch experiments to near space (approximately 120,000 feet) using a high altitude weather balloon. Our 9th grade class is planning the mission, constructing the payload and launch system, running the on-board experiments, and even using the project to learn about force and motion.
Berea is a wonderful community that bridges Appalachia and the Bluegrass. We are a high-needs district with about 65% students receiving free or reduced price lunch. The scale of the project is something the students simply do not see and the excitement and enthusiasm in the class reflects that. The leadership and planning roles the students are taking on have been amazing. More about this and other aspects of the project will be highlighted by the students in our daily updates.
The students are planning several experiments to complement the video and still photo footage taken by the craft. Those, too, will be described in one of the daily updates.
This project is simply not possible without support from outside the school. We need help purchasing the balloon, helium, camera equipment, construction material, and experiments. A donation of any amount would help us slip the bounds of our classroom.
Stay tuned for updates along the way and please share the project link with friends and family that would like to see these students take part in some truly exciting learning.
Organizer
Joshua Woodward
Organizer
Berea, KY
