Summer in the Stratosphere

Join Palm Beach State College in partnership with NearSpace for a 1-week "balloon" build and launch.

MONDAY DESIGN

Students will be presented with a series of challenges and apply the Engineering Design process to create a mission plan and experiments.

TUESDAY BUILD

Students will work in teams to construct and program a prototype for the mission payload.

WEDNESDAY LAUNCH (Each week, the students will travel to Badcock Ranch in Punta Gorda)

Students will be transported to Babcock Ranch via bus, where the payload will be mounted on a high-altitude research balloon and fly to the edge of space -- 80,000 ft.

THURSDAY LEARN

Students will analyze their prototype, videos, and other data from the recovered payload to

assess mission success and discuss results.

Students 6th - 12th grades

Palm Beach Gardens Campus - June 3-6

Lake Worth Campus - June 10 - 13

Belle Glade Campus - June 17 - 20

Boca Raton Campus - June 24 - 27

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Palm Beach State College & NearSpace Education

1-week camps at 4 different locations

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*Each Wednesday the students will go to

Babcock Ranch to watch the balloon launch

THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD

Host or Publisher Summer Youth College at Palm Beach State College