1. Small Satellites for Secondary Students Kevin John Sonoma State University Education and Public Outreach Group This work has been supported by NASA Grant NNX12AB97G

2. 2 David Lauryn SSU E/PO group

3. What do we do? The mission of the SSU E/PO group is to develop exciting formal and informal educational materials to inspire students in grades 5-14 to pursue STEM careers, to train teachers nation- wide in the classroom use of these materials, and to enhance science literacy for the general public. The S4 project is our newest curriculum development project, in partnership with AeroPAC, Endeavour Institute and NASA Dryden’s Aero Institute 3

4. Project Schedule 2012-2013 Develop prototype payload hardware, educator guide draft and test flights July 8-13, 2013: Week-long teacher training with NASA Dryden, including balloon tests and launch with ROC in Lucerne Dry Lakebed Academic year 2013/14: Teachers build payloads with their students Spring 2014: Student launches with local clubs

5. Standard payload design Pressure and Temperature Accelerometer GPS Humidity WiFi Power Connection SD Data Logger Arduino Servo Top View Bottom View Magnetometer

6. Snow Ranch April 2012 Initial tests of GPS in payload on Kevin Zack’s rocket

7. ARLISS/XPRS September 2012 Payload tests included WiFi connectivity to 3000 feet - first use of 802.11g WiFi for telemetry AeroPAC’s Virtual Classroom used to transmit video Internet “lesson” to teachers and participants Virtual Classroom Van Ken Biba explains HPR to Lynn Cominsky on the playa

8. Using the Virtual Classroom

9. Simplified Design for Balloon Flights

10. Balloon Fest 2012 payload tests Antenna configuration tested during Balloon Fest in October 2012 at Allen Hancock College

11. Balloon Fest 2013 payload test

12. Next steps >mid-March: Educator guide to be reviewed by partners and external evaluators April 3 Snow Ranch: final prototype tests for rocket payload April 20 Balloon Fest (Paso Robles): Internet “lesson” about ballooning to be developed and broadcast May – June: Revise Educator Guide July: teacher training and launch with ROC

13. For more information: http://epo.sonoma.edu/s4 To see the videos from ARLISS: http://epo.sonoma.edu/s4/?p=34 http://epo.sonoma.edu/s4/?p=34