My students need the helium for our field-trip to launch their near-space satellites with weather balloons. Helium is safer than hydrogen when working with students.
Tyee Satellite Club is a hands-on STEM activity. Students learn by doing, not watching. We will travel to eastern Washington to launch our projects with weather balloons. In order to learn about space and science/engineering, we make it happen by sending our knowledge to the stars!
Our students are driven to learn.
Living in the Northwest in our sci-tech focused environment, our students have grown up seeing science/engineering in action. This inspiration is fostered and encouraged to a very high degree.
One of our greatest strengths is our emphasis on females in technology. Our Satellite Club is packed with future female engineers and scientists and they are leaders within the group. Our student body is comprised of over 40 cultures from around the world and that is equally represented within our club.
My Project
On our launch field trip to eastern Washington students will fill weather balloons with helium that will lift a string of cube-sats to the outer reaches of the atmosphere, also known as near-space, and collect data. Heights we have achieved go to nearly 110,000 feet. We then retrieve the data collected in the satellites and write reports explaining how the collected data relates to their initial science question. These reports are then presented to the public through science fairs and expositions.
Students are inspired when they DO something.
This extremely complex activity, endorsed by a NASA Shuttle astronaut and the space-engineering department of the University of Washington proves to students that science and engineering are accessible, doable and FUN. We already have inspired many students, both male and female, to pursue these careers independently.
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