March 23rd VT KTU exhibit- "Atmospheric Fun For All"

How does weather change as you go up towards space? What are things like in the upper atmosphere? These are questions that Atmoshperic Teaching Experiment at Virginia Tech is trying to answer!

We will have examples of the different equipment that scientists use to take data in the upper atmoshpere.  We will also have games and activities that will get kids to start thinking like engineers!


Atmospheric Teaching Experiment at Virginia Tech is a design team that has a strong emphasis on educational outreach.  We design a weather balloon, and using that weather balloon we create a curriculum to teach kids about what's happening in the upper atmosphere.  We then take this curriculum to elementary and middle schools around Virginia.  To make it even more exciting, we launch our weather balloon on Virginia Tech's Drillfield, and invite all the kids we have worked with to come.  It is our hope that by doing this, kids will become more interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).

This year's launch will be on April 14th.