In-Person Professional Development
For K-12 Teachers & Informal Educators
Classroom CubeSat Flight Experiments Training
Albuquerque, NM 2-Day training registration is now open!!!
When: January 24th & 25th, 2026
Where: Explora Science Center & Children’s Museum
Register Here
*Registration will not be complete until after you fill out the above form and receive a follow-up email with instructions to submit the $35 registration fee. Upon completion of the training, you will get back the $35 fee.
Learn to build a working CubeSat with onboard sensors and Arduino Microcontroller. This introductory course will teach you everything you need to know in order to build a CubeSat experiment with your students. No prior experience with electronics is required. You will also have the opportunity to send us your student-made experiment for flight as a payload aboard one of our various missions.
Participants will be able to…
– assemble an Arduino microcontroller and sensors.
– program an Arduino and collect data from the sensors.
– solder basic components for CubeSat builds and future electronics projects.
– assemble a CubeSat frame containing an Arduino microcontroller and sensors.
– understand & use the Engineering Design Process to develop future CubeSat experiments with students.
– track and receive data from orbital satellites.
In-Person CubeSat Build
The primary purpose of our in-person training is to provide educators with an accessible, step-by-step program to introduce them to working with CubeSats in the classroom. With the training and resources from this course, educators will be able to work with their students to build flight-ready CubeSats and experiments that can be flown on multiple launch platforms.
This training will strengthen the understanding of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) studies and careers through guided work in spaceflight experiments and engineering. It introduces affordable, easy-to-use flight experiment equipment and flight opportunities to educators across the US. Through our programs, we enable communities of learners to participate in authentic, hands-on exploration in STEM tied to actual spaceflight missions.
Online Resources
The training is delivered in-person but all participants will receive access to our online version as well, which is provided using the Pathwright learning platform. You will be able to see all parts of the workshop online and at your own pace. After the in-person training, you will have access to weekly office hours as well as direct email, video, and telephone support from Teachers in Space in order to ensure that you and your students have all the assistance you need to build a flight-ready CubeSat
Training Program Evaluations
2024/2025 Training & Ongoing Support Program Evaluation
2022/2023 Training & Ongoing Support Program Evaluation
Enrollment Includes
Free laptop for all participants in our school-year support program
Breakfast and Lunch for each day of training
Access to the online course materials through the Pathwright Online Learning platform
Two (2) CubeSat kits, which include all of the parts necessary to assemble a working CubeSat emulator during the training as well as in class with your students
Access to regular office hours and troubleshooting with TIS staff after the workshop is over, throughout the 2025/2026 school year support program
The opportunity to fly a student-built CubeSat aboard a High Altitude Balloon or other Stratospheric flight platform
The opportunity for your students’ experiments to be built into a professionally made CubeSat that will fly aboard a suborbital rocket flight.
Participants will receive certificates of completion for 16 hours of professional development credit.
Daily Training Schedule Overview
Day 1
Introductions
Working with Arduino
Intro to Sensors
Soldering
MicroSD Module
Day 2
Sensor Install
CubeSat Frame Assembly
Collecting Data
Data Analysis
Presenting Data