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Weather Balloon :Lab 1
Introductionto our
Near Space Launch
Piiigs stuuudents iiin spaaaaaace!
Expectations:● Stay Engaged● Participate● Work with your group
Overview:Over the course of four labs, we’ll work together to launch a weather balloon into near-Space! Attached to our balloon will be a payload capable of:* Taking video and photographs of the earth's atmospheric limb!
* Recording atmospheric data from original near-space/atmospheric science
experiments!
* Safely landing, allowing retrieval of the payload!
Houston Centennial, we have a problem!
● Expect the Unexpected! Ask Questions!● Think Flexibly, Think Creatively, Think
Interdependently!
boldly going where no student has gone before!
How do we get there:
Lab 1: Introduction
Lab 2: Buoyancy, Lift, Drag
Lab 3: Flight Pattern
Lab 4: Design and Build Experiment
Lab 5: Launch Day Simulator
*LAUNCH DAY!!!
Lab 7: Studying the Data/Party
Have you ever wanted to go to space?
*Why would you go?
*What would you do?
Mission 1
Objectives:1. What is Near Space?2. What components will
we have on our balloon?3. Timeline of a weather
balloon.4. Decisions about the
angle of our camera.
Vocab:Near SpaceParachutePayloadWeather BalloonAtmosphereTroposphereStratosphere
Balloon - When filled with helium, the balloon provides the lift
for carrying your payload up through our atmosphere. After
about a two-hour journey to the edge of space, the balloon
bursts.
Parachute - The parachute keeps the payload from falling
too fast as it re-enters our earth’s atmosphere. After about a 45-
minute ride home, the parachute brings the payload in for a
gentle landing.
Payload - The payload houses your GPS satellite tracker,
camera, and any other scientific instruments and payloads you
are sending to the edge of space. The structure is a balsa wood
triangle frame.
Balloon Components
Weather Balloon
Camera
Nylon Parachute
Eagle Computer
Temperature gauge
wood frame
GPS Spot Device
We’ll be launching into the stratosphere!
We can expect our balloon to reach
heights of 90,000-110,000 feet!
Ground Control to major tom
* TM
TimeLine of A balloon
fully armed and operational payloadCreating a high altitude micro experiment:
Sample Experiment Ideas
1. Lima Beans in space (or seeds in general). Question, does introducing seeds to the environment of the upper atmosphere change the outcome of its germination?
1. Insects in the edge of space Question, can insect survive the environment of edge of space?
1. The Cell Cycle after going to the edge of space. Question, does the environment of high altitude affect the cell cycle?
1. Germs in sky. Question, can you find bacteria in the upper atmosphere?
1. Egg in space. Question, can the pressure of high altitude crush an egg? Highest egg drop ever?
* TM
Mission 1 Review
Objectives:1. What is Near Space?2. What components will
we have on our balloon?3. Timeline of a weather
balloon.4. Camera Angle(s)?5. ____________
Vocab:Near SpaceParachutePayloadWeather BalloonAtmosphereTroposphereStratosphere*Make sure your Thinking Maps are
turned in for use in future labs.
