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• TITLE: Incorporation of High-Altitude Balloon Experiment in High School Science Classrooms

  AUTHORS: Stephen Cheng, David Gerhard, Fidji Gendron, Vincent Ziffle

  KEYWORDS: High-Altitude Balloon Experiment, Inquiry Based Learning, Science Activity, Chemistry Topics, STEM

  JOURNAL NAME: Creative Education, Vol.10 No.2, February 14, 2019

  ABSTRACT: We have been launching high-altitude balloons to engage students in science since 2013. Our custom balloon kit allows high school teachers and students to collect environmental data and capture videos. Through our experience interacting with high school students, we have found that the high-altitude balloon experiment is an effective tool for inquiry-based learning to introduce chemistry topics including gas properties, elements and molecules, heat capacity, thermochemistry, electromagnetic radiation, bond breaking and formation, and atmospheric chemical reactions. Examples are given to demonstrate how to incorporate the experiment in high school science classrooms.