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The Caliper
Elementary Corner
Easy-to-use, fun, educational, and inexpensive— that’s what elementary teachers are saying about the new Vernier Go! Temp and Go! Link.
Innovative Use
Tracy Kraus of John Osborn Elementary in Leavenworth, Washington raves about using Go!Temp with her students.
“What a great and easy-to-use product! One of the more interesting things that my elementary students have tried was testing a bath gel that claims to keep your bath water warmer four times longer. A student’s mother bought the gel and wanted us to see if it indeed keeps your water warmer. Amazingly enough— it did! It kept the water temperature from dropping as low as regular water in the four minutes that we tested it. However, I wouldn’t want to take a bath in this stuff because it turns the water into a gel that reminded me of runny jello! It was very fun to test a product claim using Go! Temp and Logger Lite, and see that there was some truth!”
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Go!®Temp Receives 5-Star Rating
In a recent review published in Multimedia & Internet@Schools, Vernier’s newest products for elementary school teachers received straight A’s and an overall rating of 5 stars–the highest rating possible.
The reviewer, Sally Finley from Country Hills Elementary, Coral Springs, FL, looked at the Let’s Go! Investigating Temperature Lab Book, Go!Temp, and Go! Link and asked fi rst graders to participate in one of the experiments.
“I used this program with a small group of first graders who reacted with enthusiasm. They were enthralled watching the computer graph their results as they measured the body temperature of their hands. One experiment led to another and another—the students begged me to keep going and not to quit the lesson.”
The full, two-page review may be found in the September/October 2004 issue of Multimedia & Internet@Schools.
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