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22 Wednesday, May 10, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon WEATHER: Balloon soared to 94,000 feet over Central Oregon Continued from page 1 Blackburn, who is working under science teacher Rima Givot, said, “The point is to design experiments that are exposed to atmosphere and see what happens to them. It’s good for students to have some in-the-field experi- ence learning about gas laws and variables and how gases change in the atmosphere.” The weather balloon is a six-foot-diameter balloon made from latex. It takes 2,700 grams of helium to fill the balloon. Attached to the balloons were GPS tracking devices and GoPro cameras so they could see where the balloon had flown and where it landed. It took the first bal- loon 30 minutes to reach its peak altitude of approximately 94,000 feet, and took 45 min- utes to land in the Crooked River National Grasslands. The second balloon took approximately the same time and it landed in Madras. Students retrieved the bal- loon and the payloads and brought the results back to school, and examined their experiments. Each experiment had a controlled variable that would be unchanged through- out the duration of the bal- loon’s flight. “It is a great experience to get out and to truly be a scien- tist in the field and not work- ing out of a textbook,” said chemistry student Holland Hartman. There were many com- munity volunteers that came out for the launch, includ- ing Thomas Jeffery and Ron Thorkildson, who did the weather predictions. It was a bluebird sunny day, so the launch went perfectly. Rod Moorehead helped with logis- tics of the launch and the experiments. Steven Peterzen helped the students blow up the balloons and made sure the launch went smoothly. Peterzen owns a company called ISTAR that works in stratosphere research. They have been launching balloons all over the world for research since 1991. He has conducted research in Antarctica, and has spent 11 seasons in Greenland. His company works with various research- ers from various companies — including NASA — all over the United States and the world using balloons to con- duct research about the ice caps, examining the Earth’s stratosphere and conducting interstellar dust research. His company takes care of putting together the research- ers’ payload and they launch many different sized balloons — depending on what they are researching — in order to see what happens to certain things in the stratosphere. He has worked with balloons that can pick up 3.5 tons. He and his family moved around a lot for his work, but he is now based in Central Oregon and loves being close to the mountains and giving back to the schools. “It is a fun thing to be able to give back; I’ve taken students to Norway CHORALE: Two performances set for weekend Continued from page 3 PHOTO BY BY CEILI CORNELIUS Students prepare the payload for a weather balloon launch. for experiments, and it is fun to get students together researching,” said Peterzen. “It is rewarding for me to see where they go and if they might end up in the research- ing field in the future.” The weather balloon launch is a way for students to examine what happens in the Specials Cork Dinner Friday & Saturday Asian Braised Beef Cellars Live Music Wine & Bistro Fri., May. 12, 4:30-6:30 pm Melanie Rose Dyer & Daniel Cooper Open Tuesday-Saturday 12-8 pm 391 W. 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