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High Altitude Science Experiments and Your Classroom

High Altitude Science Experiments and Your Classroom

by Jason Krueger | Weather Balloons

High altitude science experiments provide the perfect learning opportunity for your students. Not only will they get hands-on learning experiences, but they’ll actually get to touch an experiment that travels to the edge of space. How much will they love that?! Check...

StratoStar Tracks One of Our Longest Flights Yet!

by Jason Krueger | Weather Balloons

Back in March, our StratoStar team was standing in Fort Wayne getting ready to launch a weather balloon to the edge of space. We worked with students at Blackhawk Middle School for weeks preparing for this exact moment. The students were excited as they said goodbye...
How Bear Grylls Turned Fear Into Tenacity

How Bear Grylls Turned Fear Into Tenacity

by Jason Krueger | STEM Education Info

When you think about Bear Grylls, you probably picture him climbing a mountain, jumping out of an airplane, or even chopping his way through a jungle in South America. As an adventurer, he’s known for his television show about surviving in the wilderness, but he’s...
With A Little Creative Ingenuity and Code, Smartphones Become Powerful Sensors

With A Little Creative Ingenuity and Code, Smartphones Become Powerful Sensors

by Jason Krueger | Cool Stuff

Imagine sitting down to eat dinner and the table begins to shake. You can hear the glass in the kitchen clinking together. Then, your chair starts to shake and you know exactly what’s happening: an earthquake. Now, imagine before the shaking begins, your phone starts...

Smart Boulders: Tracking The Movements of Abyssal Plain

by Jason Krueger | Cool Stuff

Right now, more than 400,000 cubic feet of sediment could be hurtling along an underground canyon. With speeds reaching over 8 meters per second (which is almost 18 miles per hour), theses underwater avalanches often go unnoticed until the sediment settles or unless...
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