People that attended the meeting:
1. Forrest Pape (Ryan)
2. Dave Carley (Cole & Jade)
3. Mark Suggs
4. Scott Ocel (Lauren)
5. Dianne Combites (Taylor)
6. Marc Bergman (Amanda & Allie, Not In Attendance)
7. Kevin Fields (Maggie)
8. Steve Helland (Cole & Blake, Not In Attendance)
Other people involved but not at the meeting:
1. Jean Modjeski
2. Aaron Opheim
3. Matthew Pehl (Nick & Gina)
4. Scott Ehrenberg (Leo & Lola)
5. Lauren Edlund (Marcus)
6. David Lind
General Information:
Launch a weather balloon with attached GPS and video system. This experiment has been done many times by different organizations, but this is the first attempt by a school in the Mounds View School District.
- Balloon will carry roughly 2-3 lbs
- Maximum elevation is approximately 100,000 ft
- Two hours to reach maximum elevation
- Thirty minutes to come back to earth
- It may land 100 miles from the launching area
- Launch day will be Friday May 4th (Peace Day) with backup if weather issue
- Rough cost for the project is $1,200
1. GPS ($175)
2. Camera ($300)
3. Balloons and helium - $300
4. DVD movie for kids – This is an option, but would cost around $1,000 versus a youtube post for free.
5. Misc ($200) - Two balloons may be launched
1. One tethered for short range (1000 feet up or so) – to make sure we get pictures and video of the school and surrounding area.
2. The other will be not be tethered for high altitude
Project teams:
(Team leader is underlined – they are responsible for forward momentum!!)
1. Event/School Coordinator: Mark Suggs
2. Launch Teach: Everyone
a. This group is involved with launching the balloons on the big day at Bel Air
3. Balloon Team: Steve Helland, Forrest Pape
a. This group does the research into the balloon, how to fill it and how much it will carry
4. Payload Team : Scott Ocel, Marc Bergman
a. This group is in charge of designing the payload package, including floats, and how to secure everything, and how to help find it on when it is on the ground.
5. Tracking Team: Dave Carley, Kevin Fields
a. This group is in charge of specifying the equipment that will track the balloon and video recording of the trip
6. Landing Team Matthew Pehl , Dianne Combites
a. This group is responsible for recovering the balloon and attached equipment
7. School Interaction: Aaron Opiem, Forrest Pape
A schedule of dates will be coming soon. The first milestone is the Science fair on Feb 21st, where we will have a weather balloon inflated for display, along with a poster board explaining what we are planning to do and some interesting weather balloon science. With a little luck, a few electronic bling will be added as well.
Resources for research:
http://www.dinomission.
http://www.eoss.org/pubs/
http://www.hobbyspace.com/
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/iln/
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/
http://sites.google.com/site/
Amazon.com: 20 ft dia. Professional Weather Balloon, 600g: Home Improvement
Project pages – Kamont wearther balloons
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