 Help needed with educational outreach
AMSAT-UK is looking for people
in the educational field to help develop the educational outreach part of the FUNcube satellite project.
AMSAT-UK's FUNcube is an educational satellite project with the goal of enthusing and educating young people about radio, space, physics and electronics. Additionally it features a 435 to 145 MHz Linear Transponder for SSB/CW operation for use outside school hours.
It will support the many existing educational Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) initiatives including GB4FUN.
The target audience consists of school pupils and young people generally, FUNcube will feature a 145 MHz telemetry beacon that will provide a strong signal for the pupils to receive.
A simple FUNcube dongle SDR receiver has also been developed. This will connect to the USB port of a laptop to display telemetry and messages in an interesting way.
The project commenced in October 2009 and it is anticipated that the satellite will be launched before the end of 2011. More information can be found at http://www.funcube.org.uk/
As the technical work on the satellite itself is now well underway, AMSAT-UK is now looking to develop the educational outreach part of the project. This will include the design and contents of the "ground station" laptop display, the best method of providing the information so that it relates to current curricula, and all the supporting information that will be needed by the teachers. As they have little current educational experience Amsat-UK need additional professional advice as to how to carry it forward.
The FUNcube website now has details of the planned educational aspects of the project.
See www.funcube.org.uk (see the "education outreach" link).
If you are in the educational field and have experience in curriculum matters then please consider helping AMSAT-UK with this.
In the first instance please contact Richard G3RWL (a past chairman of the Southgate Amateur Radio Club) for further information. Email: g3rwl at amsat.org
FUNcube website
http://www.FUNcube.org.uk/
FUNcube SDR Dongle
http://www.FUNcubeDongle.com/
FUNcube Yahoo Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FUNcube/
AMSAT-UK publishes a colour A4 newsletter, OSCAR News, which is full of Amateur Satellite information.
Join online at
http://tinyurl.com/JoinAMSAT-UK
AMSAT-UK
http://www.uk.amsat.org/
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