Education
Weather balloon launch a learning tool
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- Published on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 17:43
- Written by Paul Gordon
Junior high school students at Riverview Grade School reached for the sky — and then some — when they launched a weather balloon that aimed for the edge of the Earth's atmosphere Wednesday.
With science teacher Emily Dawson and a meteorologist from the National Weather Service leading the charge, the balloon was launched from the Caterpillar Inc. demonstration center in Edwards after a rain delay and traveled northeast before giving...
Reaching them young prevents problems later
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- Published on Thursday, 21 February 2013 12:15
- Written by Paul Gordon