In-Person Professional Development
For K-12 Teachers & Informal Educators
Classroom CubeSat Flight Experiments Training
Registration for our 2025 CubeSat Flight Experiments Training in Gloversville, NY is now open! Please see below for details and registration form.
June 23rd - 26th
Challenger Learning Center of Las Cruces, NM
(Training Filled - Email to be placed on waitlist)
August 4th - 7th
Gloversville School District, NY
(Registration Open - Register Below)
Learn to build a working CubeSat with onboard sensors and Arduino Microcontroller. This introductory course will teach you everything you need to know in order to build a CubeSat experiment with your students. No prior experience with electronics is required. You will also have the opportunity to send us your student-made experiment for flight as a payload aboard one of our various missions.
Participants will be able to…
– assemble an Arduino microcontroller and sensors.
– program an Arduino and collect data from the sensors.
– solder basic components for CubeSat builds and future electronics projects.
– assemble a CubeSat frame containing an Arduino microcontroller and sensors.
– understand & use the Engineering Design Process to develop future CubeSat experiments with students.
– plan, launch, track, and recover a high altitude balloon mission.
- Track and receive data from orbital satellites.
In-Person CubeSat Build
The primary purpose of our in-person training is to provide educators with an accessible, step-by-step program to introduce them to working with CubeSats in the classroom. With the training and resources from this course, educators will be able to work with their students to build flight-ready CubeSats and experiments that can be flown on multiple launch platforms.
This workshop will strengthen the understanding of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) studies and careers through guided work in spaceflight experiments and engineering. It introduces affordable, easy-to-use flight experiment equipment and flight opportunities to educators across the US. Through our programs, we enable communities of learners to participate in authentic, hands-on exploration in STEM tied to actual spaceflight missions.
Hands-on Flight Training
During this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to take part in the planning, launch, and retrieval of a High Altitude Balloon mission, which will carry a CubeSat up to an altitude as high as 110,000 ft.
Participants will also have the opportunity to go for a ride in a glider, to get exposure to the wonders of flight.
Online Resources
The workshop is delivered in-person but all participants will receive access to our online version as well, which is provided using the Pathwright learning platform. You will be able to see all parts of the workshop online and at your own pace. After the in-person workshop, you will have access to weekly office hours as well as direct email, video, and telephone support from Teachers in Space in order to ensure that you and your students have all the assistance you need to build a flight-ready CubeSat
Enrollment Includes
$250 Stipend
Access to the online course materials through the Pathwright Online Learning platform
Two (2) CubeSat kits, which include all of the parts necessary to assemble a working CubeSat emulator during the workshop as well as in class with your students
Access to regular office hours and troubleshooting with TIS staff after the workshop is over, throughout the 2025/2026 school year support program
The opportunity to fly a student-built CubeSat aboard a High Altitude Balloon or other Stratospheric flight platform
The opportunity for your students’ experiments to be built into a professionally made CubeSat that will fly aboard a suborbital rocket flight.
Participants will receive certificates of completion for 24 hours of professional development credit. We can work with participants to ensure that these hours are aligned with their state’s certification requirements.
2024/2025 Training & Ongoing Support Program Evaluation
2022/2023 Training & Ongoing Support Program Evaluation
Day 1
Introductions
Working with Arduino
Intro to Sensors
Soldering
MicroSD Module
Day 2
Sensor Install
CubeSat Frame Assembly
Collecting Data
Data Analysis
Presenting Data
Day 3
Early Morning High Altitude Balloon Mission
Balloon Tracking
Balloon Payload Recovery
Glider Rides
Day 4
Balloon/Glider Data Analysis
Satellite Communications
Future CubeSat Builds
CubeSats in the Classroom
Aligning to State Standards