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Start a space program in your school! A collection of slide presentations, handouts, videos on how students can design, build and launch science experiments over 30 km into the atmosphere (three times higher than commercial jets) using weather balloons .

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	Title	Resource Type
1	National News Coverage - Garden City Collegiate high-altitude balloon launch A CBC news team followed the Garden City Collegiate's high-altitude balloon team on launch day.	Web Page
2	How to conduct a high-altitude balloon (HAB) project - Google Drive link Powerpoints, videos, handouts on how to conduct a amazing STEM project: launching science experiments over 30km into the atmosphere (three times higher than commercial jets). These projects also incorporate a business component.	Web Page
3	Podcast: Engineering - Because Dreams Need Doing: What is the engineering design process	Podcast
4	What happens when STEM teams don't communicate [long ~6 minutes] A clip from Monty Python and the Holy Grail in which King Arthur's knights need to incorporate some STEM to overcome a foe.	Web Page
5	What happens when STEM teams don't communicate [short ~ 3 mins] Monty Python and the Holy Grail clip in which King Arthur's knights employ some STEM to help them against a foe.	Web Page
6	Gabes_Design_Process_Links_-_Grades_4-8.docx	DOCX File
7	Near-Space Science	Journal Article
8	Active Learning in the Atmospheric Science Classroom and Beyond Through High-Altitude Ballooning	Journal Article
9	Scope on the Skies: Ascent: A Community-Based Project to the Stratosphere	Journal Article
10	Scope on the Skies: Exploring the Earth's Atmosphere	Journal Article
11	Designing Payloads	Journal Article
12	Group_Work_Evaluation.docx	DOCX File