by Brian | Oct 12, 2017 | Change, Education, Making, Messy Learning, Project Based, STEAM, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology
A few years ago (2015) my wife and I were in Christchurch, New Zealand, and we came upon this hands-on Da Vinci Mechanics Exhibit at the Canterbury Museum. I’d meant to share a post about it when we returned and I was reminded of that when I came across the...
by Brian | Oct 4, 2017 | Education, NASA, Project Based, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access
I’ve been posting lately about NASA’s SOFIA flying telescope (Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy) and its upcoming mission to catch the occultation of Neptune’s moon, Triton. NASA has posted more information about the...
by Brian | Oct 3, 2017 | Brian Crosby, Education, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access
My flight on SOFIA went off last Monday, but not without a few hiccups. During our mission briefing before the flight, it was explained that our flight path, originally scheduled to head up into Canada, was now headed out near Hawaii. I’m not clear on all the...
by Brian | Sep 17, 2017 | Brian Crosby, Education, High altitude ballooning, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access
A few weeks back I travelled with a NASA sponsored team to Idaho to launch high altitude balloons during the recent total eclipse. We sent up various cameras, data recorders and more (even an Idaho potato) to record data and media at high altitude during totality...
by Brian | Sep 7, 2017 | Education, High altitude ballooning, High Hopes Project, Messy Learning, STEM, Student Access, Teacher Access, Technology, Total Eclipse
I’ve been back for awhile from our Eclipse Balloon Project launches. We’re still processing data we recorded from cameras and data loggers from 3 HAB balloon launches outside of Twin Falls, Idaho, (really from Camas, Idaho), but wanted to share some of the...
