Campsmount

S.T.E.M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) Club at Campsmount is this year aiming higher than ever. We are hoping to launch another weather balloon to over 100,000ft and get some fantastic video.

Other plans are to get a live video feed as it goes up into the Stratosphere and in the future launch an unmanned drone from 50,000ft to return to home.

If you want to be part of S.T.E.M at Campsmount we will be now running evening sessions in R4 and the workshops from 3:10-4:10pm on a Thursday.

We have some great support from Sheffield Hallam University, Rejus Facilities Management and the Bishop of Doncaster.

STEM: http://www.shu.ac.uk/research/cse/sp_richard_walton.html

Rejus: http://www.rejus.co.uk/

You can follow the project on our Blog: http://campsmountinspace.blogspot.co.uk/

For more information please see Mr Huntridge.

Here is a little taste of what goes on with S.T.E.M based activities at Campsmount.

STEM Club at Campsmount Promo Video. from Simon Huntridge on Vimeo.

Liam Baker in Year11 brought his awesome helicopter to show us how it flies on Wednesday night. His flying skils are simply awesome!!!

Check out this video, slight vibration as the video camera was held on with zip ties, not the most secure way.

We will be devloping a more secure mount and should soon be able to get some better quality video.

I am extremely pleased to announce that the Campsmount Technology College S.T.E.M (Science, Technology, Engineering an Mathematics) Club has managed to send up a weather balloon with a GoPro Camera and GPS unit to 100,000ft, nearly 20 miles high, and then recover it again.

The flight lasted nearly 2 hours and was tracked throughout by one of our students, Joe Lindley in Year 9, in his “Mission Control”. For nearly 40 minutes we lost the GPS signal due to how high it was but it thankfully came back on and the balloon popped at 100,000ft and the system came down on a parachute. The unit landed in Caunton Near Newark and had travelled 50 miles down South from School. Two Sixth Form students Andrew Wigglesworth and Rebecca Smith jumped in the Mini with me and chased the balloon down the A1 only stopping for a quick refuel at McDonalds. Joe guided us with pinpoint accuracy to the exact spot where it had landed. After asking a rather surprised and slightly confused cattle farmer if we could go and get it from one of her fields we set off for a walk for a mile or so and found the system sitting happy with everything working fine still in the middle of a field.

The video is nearly 60mins long and was only cut short due to the vacuum inside the camera casing collapsing one of the buttons down. It is a simply outstanding view and you can see our school and all surrounding villages. At some points you can see the River Ouse snaking towards the Humber and just on the horizon the North Sea.

A simply amazing achievement and a massive WELL DONE to all the S.T.E.M. Club students, staff and Smartassess who have made this project possible.

The sky is no longer the limit!!

Mr S. P. Huntridge.

A quick fly over the new Campsmount Technology College using the S.T.E.M Clubs DJI F450 Quadcopter and a GoPro camera. The school is looking simply outstanding.

Mr Huntridge.

Using a DJI F450 NAZA Quadcopter with a GoPro sportscam Campsmount S.T.E.M Club has yet again managed to get some fantastic aerial footage. We will soon be setting free our weather balloon to 100,000ft and the footage from that should be outstanding. If you want to know more please feel free to pop along to S.T.E.M Club on a Tuesday evening in D2.

If you live in Campsall village can you spot your house in the video below?

Mr Huntridge.

On Thursday 19th January Campsmount S.T.E.M Club will be looking to the stars and with a powerful telescope to see what we can find. At the moment Jupiter and the Andromeda Galaxy are clearly visible on a clear night and make for simply stunning viewing. The pictures below have been taken through the telescope we will be using, click on them to make them bigger. Viewing it with the naked eye is an experience that will leave you speechless.

We will be running this from 6:30pm WEATHER PERMITTING till 7:15pm. If there is a thick covering of cloud or raining it will not be possible to view anything.

The telescope will be set up on the parish field and parents and students will be more than welcome to come along and have a look. If anyone has a telescope and wants to bring it along feel free to do so as guidance can be given on what to look at and how to set it up.

Mr S. P. Huntridge.

The Moon.

Jupiter and to the left one of her moons.

Video footage from the test flight.

At S.T.E.M club we have managed to perform a tethered launch using the weather balloon that we are planning to send up to near space, 100,000ft. We sent it up to about 200ft with twin lines holding it so we could safely test all the systems. The balloon and all the systems worked perfect as did the whole team with each member having their own specific and very important job to do. The GPS pinpointed where the system was using Google Maps and the video camera took some great quality video and stunning pictures which you can see below.

You can keep up to date with the project at:

http://www.campsmount.com/category/students/campsmount-in-space/

The project is open to all students and staff and we would love to see more pop along and join this exciting project.

Mr Huntridge and the S.T.E.M Team.

A link to a Youtube video on how to tie the balloon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiWyBXtLE5A&feature=player_embedded#!

Well the build has started for the payload system which is going to carry the equipment up to Space.

Students have been looking at insulation for the extreme temperatures and various ways to connect the cameras and GPS.

It is nearly ready and will soon be tested on a tethered flight with 1000m of line! Hopefully it will not snap and the balloon will be able to be winched back down and we will be able to recover some awesome photos and video.

We now wait for a clam day!