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Students join NASA mission, design a high-altitude probe to study air quality
By Gino Recchia
Students join NASA mission, design a high-altitude probe to study air quality
OCONOMOWOC ON TUESDAY ON THE HEELS OF TUESDAY鈥橲 SPECTACULAR RETURN OF AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS FROM SPACE. AN EXCITING PROJECT IS UNDERWAY AT SOUTH MILWAUKEE MIDDLE SCHOOL, PUTTING STUDENTS IN TOUCH WITH A TEAM AT NASA. STUDENTS ARE BUILDING WEATHER DEVICES. NASA WILL LAUNCH INTO THE STRATOSPHERE, WEATHERWATCH 12 METEOROLOGIST GINO RECCHIA GOT A FIRSTHAND LOOK. HUMIDITY, TEMPERATURE AND THE LAST ONE IS GOING TO BE JUST TESTING IN CIRCUIT PYTHON. IT MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE THE JET PROPULSION LAB, BUT INSIDE THIS CLASSROOM AT SOUTH MILWAUKEE MIDDLE SCHOOL, STUDENTS ARE WORKING FOR NASA DESIGNING SENSORS TO TEST WHAT鈥橲 IN THE AIR WE BREATHE. SO WHAT I鈥橵E BEEN WORKING ON IS A DH 22 TEMPERATURE SENSOR. EIGHTH GRADER FATIMA SAYED AND HER CLASSMATES ARE PART OF A SELECT GROUP, THE ONLY SCHOOL IN WISCONSIN PICKED FOR NASA鈥橲 TECH RIDE. STUDENT CHALLENGE. AFTER SCHOOL. THEY鈥橰E CODING, WIRING AND TESTING SENSORS THAT WILL FLY INTO THE STRATOSPHERE ON A NASA BALLOON. THESE ARE LIKE VERY DANGEROUS GASES THAT ARE, LIKE, REALLY A PROBLEM TO HEALTH ISSUES. AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROJECT COULD HELP THIS ENVIRONMENT. VOCS ARE VOLATILE. ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ARE DANGEROUS GASES RELEASED FROM SOURCES LIKE CAR EXHAUST AND INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION, EXPOSING STUDENTS TO THIS KIND OF STEM RESEARCH AT A YOUNG AGE HELPS PREPARE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS, AND IT鈥橲 REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE ENTIRE WORLD KNOWS HOW AWESOME THAT THE KIDS ARE AND THE SKILLS THAT THEY鈥橰E DEVELOPING RIGHT HERE IN THEIR LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL THAT MATTER, THAT ARE GOING TO CREATE THE JOBS OF THE FUTURE. FOR FATIMA, THIS EXPERIENCE MEANS MORE THAN JUST CREATING A COOL PROJECT. IT鈥橲 LIKE A REALLY HUGE DEAL FOR ME AND MY FAMILY BECAUSE FOR ME, I鈥橫 THE FIRST FIRST FEMALE IN MY FAMILY TO BE LIKE A PART OF ANY ENGINEERING RELATED THINGS. THESE STUDENTS CAN鈥橳 WAIT FOR THEIR CREATION TO LAUNCH TOWARDS THE STARS AND REPRESENT WISCONSIN ALONG THE WAY. REPORTING IN SOU
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Students join NASA mission, design a high-altitude probe to study air quality
By Gino Recchia
It might not look like the Jet Propulsion Lab, but inside a classroom in a Wisconsin middle school, students are doing work for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.They are designing sensors to test what's in the air we breathe."So, what I have been working on is a DH-22 temperature sensor," said eighth-grade student Fathima Sayyed.Sayyed and her classmates are part of a select group, the only school in Wisconsin chosen for NASA鈥檚 TechRise Student Challenge.They鈥檙e coding, wiring and testing sensors for a NASA balloon launch later this year."VOCs are like really dangerous gases that are like really a problem to health issues, and I believe that this project could help the environment," Sayyed said.VOCs, or volatile organic compounds, are dangerous gases released from sources like car exhaust and industrial pollution.The data these students collect could help scientists understand how these pollutants travel through the atmosphere.Exposing students to this kind of STEM research at an early age helps prepare the next generation of scientists."It's really important that the entire world knows how awesome that the kids are and the skills that they鈥檙e developing right here in their local neighborhood, public school that matter, that are going to create the jobs of the future," said Deidre Roemer, the superintendent of South Milwaukee Schools.For Sayyed, this project is about more than just science."It's a huge deal for me and my family because for me, I'm the first female in my family to be a part of any engineering-related things," she said.The students will analyze their data after the weather balloon launch this fall to better understand air quality in the upper atmosphere.Their research could help scientists track pollutants and improve air quality monitoring here on the ground.
MILWAUKEE —

It might not look like the Jet Propulsion Lab, but inside a classroom in a Wisconsin middle school, students are doing work for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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They are designing sensors to test what's in the air we breathe.

"So, what I have been working on is a DH-22 temperature sensor," said eighth-grade student Fathima Sayyed.

Sayyed and her classmates are part of a select group, the only school in Wisconsin chosen for NASA鈥檚 TechRise Student Challenge.

They鈥檙e coding, wiring and testing sensors for a NASA balloon launch later this year.

"VOCs are like really dangerous gases that are like really a problem to health issues, and I believe that this project could help the environment," Sayyed said.

VOCs, or volatile organic compounds, are dangerous gases released from sources like car exhaust and industrial pollution.

The data these students collect could help scientists understand how these pollutants travel through the atmosphere.

Exposing students to this kind of STEM research at an early age helps prepare the next generation of scientists.

"It's really important that the entire world knows how awesome that the kids are and the skills that they鈥檙e developing right here in their local neighborhood, public school that matter, that are going to create the jobs of the future," said Deidre Roemer, the superintendent of South Milwaukee Schools.

For Sayyed, this project is about more than just science.

"It's a huge deal for me and my family because for me, I'm the first female in my family to be a part of any engineering-related things," she said.

The students will analyze their data after the weather balloon launch this fall to better understand air quality in the upper atmosphere.

Their research could help scientists track pollutants and improve air quality monitoring here on the ground.