Balloon Report
Create a report on the data collected from the balloon experiment.
Learning Targets
- I can describe which measurements were made from the balloon payload.
- I can explain how those measurements vary with altitude.
- I can explain any errors or missing data in the results.
Method
Create a new tab on your student web site for "Engineering Lab." Include the following sections within that page:
Your name
Your teammates names
Payload Information
Write at least three paragraphs describing the results of your experiment. Be sure to answer the following questions:
Your name
Your teammates names
Payload Information
- Describe how your constructed your box, including materials, construction techniques
- Include at least three pictures of the box outside, the box inside, and the electronics
- How did you make sure that your box would survive the balloon launch, atmospheric conditions at 100,000 feet, and the balloon landing?
- What are you trying to measure?
- How are you doing the measurements?
- How often are you taking measurements?
- How are you saving the data?
- How many different measurement "samples" do you expect to get during the flight?
- Date and location
- Write at least two paragraphs describing the launch, including the launch procedure, what you did on the launch day to prepare your payload, how far and how high the balloon went, how did you recover the balloon
- Describe the data that you were able to recover from your payload
- Include an embedded table with the data - be sure to label the columns with correct units!
- Describe (with complete sentences) how the temperature, humidity, and air pressure changes with altitude in the atmosphere
- Include graphs of those variables with altitude
- Use MLA citations for your reference web sites BibMe
- Create graphs of your data versus time
- If possible, then create graphs of your data versus altitude
- Compare your graphs with the ones in your Background Research
Write at least three paragraphs describing the results of your experiment. Be sure to answer the following questions:
- What were you able to measure
- How did your measurements compare with the expected results?
- If they were different, what do you think caused the differences?
- What worked well with your experiment?
- What would you do differently if you could repeat your experiment?
- Write a few sentences with feedback:
- Did you enjoy the balloon experiment? If so, why? If not, why not?
- Was it good or not good to work in a team, and why?
- Was the team size too small or too large?
- If you were running the class, what would you change?