Weather Balloon Run
Rise through four layers of the atmosphere, then crack the mystery of the seasons.
Ready for launch?
Steer your balloon from the ground to 120 km, collect real temperature and pressure data, and answer a few questions at each layer. Then use what you learned to explain why a slanted sunbeam is weak and what really causes the seasons. It takes about 40 minutes.
Teacher tools
Students get a completion code on their report. Check a code here:
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Single-classroom license: one purchase covers one teacher for use with that teacher's own students. You may share this file with your own students in a password-protected learning management system. You may not repost it on any public website, redistribute it, sell it, or share it with other teachers. Please direct colleagues to the store to purchase their own license.
Image credits
Title and layer photos: NASA / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain); weather balloon launch: Stephen Corfidi, NOAA/NWS/SPC / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain); thunderstorm: NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain); aurora: NASA Johnson Space Center / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). Data: U.S. Standard Atmosphere, 1976 (NOAA / NASA / USAF); NASA Earth Fact Sheet. All diagrams and game art are original to Green Flask Science™.