At K4AMG we have used small boxes and tossed around with a person in the middle (earth). The kids make the boxes spin and we talk about the height, spin, and speed. We also talk about how they are launched from earth to ISS and from the bay off the ISS.
God Bless
R W4BUE
-----Original Message----- From: Joseph Spier Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 10:32 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] simple ways to demonstrate orbital mechanics.
Tom,
check out the presentation given at the ARRL Centennial at http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=2914 there may be some things you can use. -73, k6wao
On 2/24/2016 5:47 AM, Tom Schuessler wrote:
Hello all,
Several of us AMSATers in North Texas will again be representing AMSAT at the annual "Moon Day" at the frontiers of Flight Museum at Dallas Love Field this coming July 16. "Moon Day" is a celebration of spaceflight past/present and future and is also a very large STEM fair with exhibits from many different scientific and Engineering organizations. Many young people including Boy and Girl Scouts are in attendance.
Since there is such a large youth component to this event, I have been looking for some fun ways to demonstrate satellites and orbital mechanics to the people who drop by the booth/table. There is a special STEM patch that they can earn by visiting different displays and asking questions/filling out a worksheet. I am looking for simple but creative/fun ways to demonstrate orbital mechanics and also how a satellite like our Fox birds work. I plan to build a big poster with images of different types of orbits, and have already been given an idea on how to demonstrate the different between a geostationary/synchronous orbit and a LEO but would like some more ideas.
If any of you have done some similar outreaches and would like to share ideas, please reply on list or off. I would appreciate it much.
Tom Schuessler, N5HYP
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