As part of the project implementation, from November 25 to November 29, 2024, a project meeting will be held at the school in Kozienice, in which 21 students and 8 teachers from partner schools will participate.

In the form of a seminar, the partners offer the following training courses, which were prepared in advance of the meeting.
GER training
Presentation of the project
Definition of the project environment in terms of "atmosphere" and "space" for the target group and presentation of the possible obstacles to the success of the project.
Naming, distribution of tasks and properties for the stratosphere project. Informing about GPS positioning, answering questions about it
Determining the start location and date
POL training
Preparation and implementation of the training in Kozienice, scope of the training:
Introduction to the use of the Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller with Micropython
Basics of measurement with analog and digital sensors
Measurements of environmental parameters that can be used during a balloon flight (UV, humidity, temperature, pressure (also to determine the height of the balloon), content of volatile organic compounds, light intensity, testing of the light spectrum).
Communication of the microcontroller with GPS Neo6m via GSM to transfer data and transmit the landing position
Communication of the constructed system via 868MHz radio waves - LORA with the ground station
Storage of the measurement results in the memory of the microcontroller and on the MicroSD card.
Training F
Presentation of the planned experiments and their significance for the environmental measurements.
This includes: CO2 measurements, temperature, pressure, UV radiation, "air pollution" (e.g. fine dust)
Describe the target group for this activity. Who is going to take part and who is going to benefit from the results?
Group of 18 students (6 from each country) and 6 teachers (2 from each country)
Secondary school students.
Trainees in IT, mechatronics and electronics in vocational training; physics students
The trainees' competence is increased for the training companies in the areas of sensor technology, measurement technology.
All partner schools benefit from the results as they are presented and integrated into lessons (also across subjects, e.g. biology, chemistry).
Explain how is this activity going to help to reach the project objectives.
Project is goal-oriented, reflective and action-oriented
The stratospheric balloon can carry instruments to collect data at different altitudes as described by the project partners. This makes it possible to study the behavior of the atmosphere at different altitudes. Studying this region can help to promote understanding of weather phenomena and environmental problems. Stratosphere projects offer pupils and students the opportunity to gain practical experience in the fields of physics, meteorology and technology. They can launch the balloons, collect data and analyze them.
Planning and launching a weather balloon requires teamwork and coordination of tasks. This promotes skills in communication and collaboration.
Designing and equipping a weather balloon requires technical skills in electronics, sensors and data transmission. This can improve skills in engineering and technical research.
The data collected must be analyzed and interpreted. This offers the opportunity to develop skills in data collection and analysis.
Stratosphere projects can be used to raise public awareness of science and technology. This promotes skills in science communication and public relations.
Students will learn the basics of measurement technology in the context of experiments and develop these further in additional classes at their school until the next project meeting in Germany
Describe the expected results of the activity.
Introduction to planning the stratosphere probe, experiments and collection of measurement data.
Overall, stratosphere balloons provide a versatile platform for scientific research and educational purposes and enable participants to acquire a wide range of skills and knowledge in the fields of engineering, physics, data analysis and public relations.
Recording and evaluating environmental data as well as physical path and time data.
Participants will be familiarized with the programming environment, learn to understand MicroPython code, learn to use the analog and digital pins of the Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller to read data from sensors, learn methods to communicate with the measurement system via the GSM network and the LoRa industrial communication network,
Students will learn the meaning of basic NMEA (GPS) navigation messages.
Prototypes of the measurement system will be created, which will be further improved in the following weeks and during the next international training.
Teaching materials will be created, which will be part of the final