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BalloonSats: Engaging STEM Education Tool by L. Paul Verhage

Explore the benefits of BalloonSats as a hands-on STEM teaching tool. Motivating, easy to build, no need for tracking devices or licenses.

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BalloonSats: Engaging STEM Education Tool by L. Paul Verhage

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  1. BalloonSats One tool to teach STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) L. Paul Verhage 8 July 2013

  2. Why BalloonSats? ● Near Space Motivates ● Simple to Build ● No Tracking Equipment or Radio License ● Focus on Construction and Data Analysis

  3. A Typical BalloonSat

  4. BalloonSat Construction Classroom Teams of three or four Two weeks/1 class period Workshop Teams of three or four Two days/Four hours

  5. Advanced Students

  6. Student Data Without APRS With APRS

  7. Potential Problems Weather Hot and Sharp Tools Wrong Audience Work Schedules Liability

  8. Umm, I wonder…. NearSys@gmail.com

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