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High Altitude Ballooning: An Opportunity to take STEM Education Higher in the Secondary Classroom

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Abstract

On March 5-6, 2011, a High Altitude Balloon (HAB) Workshop for high school science teachers was held at the Grout Museum District (GMD) in Waterloo, Iowa as part of an Iowa Space Grant Consortium (ISGC) grant-funded collaboration between the GMD and Iowa State University’s (ISU’s) Space Systems and Control Laboratory (SSCL) High Altitude Balloon Experiments in Technology (HABET) group. The workshop served as a starting point for a new HAB program to be offered through the museum to area schools and teachers and was eligible for continuing education graduate credit for the participants. HAB platforms are ideal for providing research and educational experiences for students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The workshop is used to illustrate the education of teaching staff and the future possibilities and plans for HAB education in the secondary classroom in Iowa.

How to Cite:

Halligan, E. A. & Dornbush, J. L., (2011) “High Altitude Ballooning: An Opportunity to take STEM Education Higher in the Secondary Classroom”, Academic High Altitude Conference 2011(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/ahac.8135