Beyond the engagement the launch day will create, the planning phase and the post launch phase will be events as well. Pre-launch, all students planning for the launch or their own displays and demos will be engaged in weather science. Our club is working closely with Stratostar to spearhead the testing and development of new technologies for our SeaCom unit, a weather balloon launched set of instruments meant to be landed in the ocean for further data collection. Together, we are developing a new type of mission that blends ocean and atmospheric data collection, which can then be shared with other schools, connecting us across the nation. Post launch, our SeaCom unit will be collecting and communicating data about the atmosphere and ocean in near-real time from our sensors. We will set up a mission control page that students and community can follow using a website url and contribute to on social media through a hashtag. Using the data collected from the SeaCom unit launch as a springboard, students from Concord-Carlisle Weather Services will create and teach lessons regarding atmosphere-ocean topics to be included in the meteorology class curriculum. This multi-stage learning experience surrounding a community weather expo and launch will improve student and community-wide engagement in weather science in the Concord-Carlisle area.
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