Team STEMbers George Hademenos (TX)

Patricia Edmiston (LA)

Christine Lange (WI)

Identifying the ProblemWhat are the effects of traveling to

suborbital space?

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.