Teachers for a Day

A science teacher from the local privat middle school in Rønde contact our supervisor, Ole, and asked  him, if the CanSat team had time to teach his students (8.a and 8.b) about CanSat and the scientific principles behind it. We, as the team, have found CanSat to be an amazing experience, and we have made memories that we want to share with futur students in the hope that they don't miss the valuable opportunities that high school, as well as middle schools, offers. We first gave a presentation where we spoke about how we had heard about CanSat, how we built our CanSat and the science behind it. We then had the students assemble a class set of CanSats and test that the different sensors were working and sending data . The CanSats consisted of an andruino with a shield containing an accelerometer (that measures in the x-,y- and z-axes), a termometer and a pressure sensor. Each CanSats included an antenne set to a specific frequency that allowed each team to send data by telemetry. When the student had done this we went to the football field to send up the CanSat's with a drone. Afterwards, we came back and the teams analysed their data to see if their were consistent with the laws of physics. 
   

Here the 8th graders are performing droptests with their CanSats

Here the 8th graders are preparing their CanSats