Innovative Uses of Vernier Technology

In addition to our large variety of experiments offered in our curriculum, teachers use their creativity to bring excitement to the classroom. Find out how our sensors have made the ordinary into the extraordinary!

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Title	Excerpt	Products Used
Exploring Animated Vector Displays in Logger Pro	There are so many powerful features available in our Logger Pro software, it is easy to miss one. One such feature is the ability to display vectors using an Animated Display meter. Data from accelerometers, force sensors, and motion detectors are perfect for creating a 2-D animated vector display. You can even display an animated vector right on a video used in video analysis. Vectors displayed on a swinging pendulum video To help get you started, we have created a Logger Pro file t... [more] Science Subjects: General Science, Physics	Logger Pro 3 25-g Accelerometer Low-g Accelerometer 3-Axis Accelerometer Dual-Range Force Sensor Force Plate Motion Detector Vernier Wireless Dynamics Sensor System Go!Motion
Studying Acceleration at Amusement Parks	Richard DeLombard of NASA�s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has come up with a unique way to get students to analyze acceleration graphs from amusement park rides. Over the past six years, he has had a booth during Physics Day events at a couple of amusement parks. In the booth, he displays a poster that challenges students and teachers to match the graphs of the 3-axis acceleration data to various rides. The poster contains eight graphs that show the three independent axes and the sca... [more] Science Subjects: Physics	3-Axis Accelerometer Vernier LabQuest Logger Pro 3
Flying with Vernier	Students from the University of Akron regularly enter the SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) Aero Design� Competition. The Aero Design Competition challenges engineering students to conceive, design, fabricate, and test a radio-controlled aircraft that can take off and land while carrying the maximum cargo. This gives students the opportunity to apply the knowledge learned in the classroom on a practical problem. This year, Brian Czapor and his fellow students used our LabPro and 3-Axi... [more] Science Subjects: Physics	3-Axis Accelerometer LabPro Interface
Student Rocket Launch	Three different high school groups launched LabPros in rockets as part of the NASA Student Launch Initiative Program this spring. The teams were given the mission of building a rocket that would go one mile high carrying a scientific payload, take data, and then return safely. A team from University School of Milwaukee, WI launched two LabPros with an Accelerometer, UVA, UVB, and CO2 sensors. A team from Skyline HS, Sammamish, WA, launched a LabPro with a UVA, UVB, and Light Sensor. A th... [more] Science Subjects: Physics	25-g Accelerometer 3-Axis Accelerometer CO₂ Gas Sensor Light Sensor Surface Temperature Sensor UVA Sensor UVB Sensor LabPro Interface
On the Halfpipe	The halfpipe used by skateboarders and BMX bike riders allows for some spectacular tricks. Given that the riders can rise nearly two meters above the top of the pipe, which is itself about three meters high, the forces and accelerations must be fairly large. It is the magnitude and timing of those forces that we studied. The Discovery Channel held a competition for middle-school-aged kids who won their regional science fairs. The kids went through several challenges, among them the skateb... [more] Science Subjects: Physics	3-Axis Accelerometer LabPro Interface Logger Pro 3
Vomit Comet	The March 30 issue of USA Today featured a story on students of Jim Jordon and George Irwin (Lamar University) flying on the KC-135, known as the "Vomit Comet." This plane flies in a pattern of 40 flight parabolas to produce periods of "weightlessness." It is used to train astronauts and was used for filming Apollo 13 capsule scenes. The students took along our 3-Axis Accelerometer, a ULI, and a laptop computer to take the data shown here. The accelerometers that were orien... [more] Science Subjects: Physics	3-Axis Accelerometer LabPro Interface
Accelerations in Snowboarding	I've often wondered about the magnitudes of accelerations as I ride my snowboard at Mt. Hood in Oregon. Last summer I did some experiments, and here is one data set from those trials. (And yes, I did say summer- we have snow year- round on the glaciers of Mt. Hood.) While this discussion is about snowboarding, it also illustrates how you can take data in the field for any experiment. When making deep, carved turns on skis or snowboard there is a significant feeling of co... [more] Science Subjects: Physics, Physiology, Technology	Logger Pro 3 LabPro Interface 3-Axis Accelerometer
Sky Dive with LabPro	Marvin Giesting (Connersville HS, IN) arranged to have one of his former students, Rusty Ammerman (who works for "Jumpin' Indiana"), skydive with our LabPro, 3-Axis Accelerometer, and Barometer. Graphs of a sample jump are shown below. ... [more] Science Subjects: Physics	25-g Accelerometer 3-Axis Accelerometer Barometer LabPro Interface Logger Pro 3