Designing a self-programmed experiment for the ISS space station with the class
Date and time: 21.5.2025, 14:00 - 18:00
Venue: Hergiswil, Obermattweg 9
Registration here.
For teachers who want to take part in the Astro-Pi Challenge with their students, a team from the Lucerne University of Teacher Education and Technology is offering a workshop.
By combining scientific experiments (NT / NMG) and programming (MI), an integrative STEM promotion for different school levels (cycle 2 & 3, elective subject STEM etc.) within the topic of space is possible.
In this course, we introduce the Astro Pi Challenge and show how it can be integrated into lessons at different levels (Cycle 2, 3 and Secondary II). The programs are written in Python. In a workshop, you can immerse yourself in programming and receive concrete teaching material as support for use in the classroom. We then offer a guided tour of the BIOTESC control room.
No prior knowledge of the Python language is required to use Mission Zero in the classroom.
You work with your own laptops.
Kids and teens up to 19 years old write a simple program to measure the humidity aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and display it to astronauts, along with a personalized message, for 30 seconds! No special equipment or programming skills are needed, and all participants who follow the rules are guaranteed that their programs will run in space. Learners will also receive a certificate showing exactly where the ISS was when their program was running!
Further information and registration at: http://astro-pi.org/missions/mission-zero/
Teams of youth up to age 19 design and program a science experiment for the ISS. Each team is supervised by a teacher or mentor who submits the programs. The data measured on the ISS is downloaded and made available to the teams for analysis.
Further information and registration at: https://astro-pi.org/missions/space-lab/
