Vernier LabQuest in the Classroom

Before the first Vernier LabQuest shipped to customers, we decided to test the product with real science experts—the students at the School of Science and Technology in Beaverton, Oregon. Within five minutes, students were collecting data in real time, navigating the LabQuest App effortlessly with the stylus, and seeing their graphs displayed on its sharp color screen.

Hector Morales, a chemistry teacher at the school of Science and Technology, led the students through an acid-base titration using a pH Sensor, a Vernier Drop Counter, and the new Vernier LabQuest.

According to Mr. Morales, "Once the students had a LabQuest in their hands, they were able to explore the menus and options very easily. It was intuitive to them, and they had fun. As a teacher, it allowed me to spend more time actually answering questions about the experiment itself, and it let me concentrate on the science they were learning."

What were the students' favorite features?

• The colorful graphs on the touch screen
• Built-in graphing and analysis software
• Features such as curve fit, linear fit, and statistics
• On-board applications, including stopwatch, periodic table and scientific calculator
• Built-in microphone for voice annotations
• On-board lab instructions and a place to write experiment notes

According to one of Morales' students, "I liked the fact that we could actually see the rate of change occur as we were doing the experiment. And with the periodic table and built-in calculator, we had everything we needed."

See a short video fo the LabQuest in action at the School of Science and Technology in Beaverton, Oregon. Watch the video »

Vernier LabQuest | Order Code LABQ | $329