This week’s pedagogy session was more self-directed, so Fjodor and I have more time to edit laboratories after we finish that. We spend the beginning of the morning reviewing the required pedagogy materials, and then started editing labs. I do have some questions to answer for this weeks lab.
What is the hypothesis you are testing?
The hypotheses that we’re testing is as follows:
Near space conditions will not affect the electronics circuits in our homemade temperature sensors.
A modified cell phone with GPS is able to replace a full fledged GPS unit.
What kind of controls does the experiment have?
The controls we will have are manufactured and calibrated thermometers purchased from a local store.
A GPS locator will be placed on board to see how accurate our modified cell phone unit was.
How will you measure your results?
Results will be measured by an Adafruit data logger, which will be connected to our sensors.
How will the reliability of your data be ensured?
Reliability will be ensured with multiple controls, which will allow us to test for internal consistency.
For the rest of the day, Fjodor and I are planning on finishing the editing of a few laboratories, and working on our MASK template for next week’s clean room experiment. I can’t wait to show you some of those pictures!