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Vernier and Texas Instruments Make Data Collection Affordable with EasyLink™ for TI Graphing Calculators
BEAVERTON, Oregon, June 27, 2005 – Math and science educators have a new, extremely affordable, yet powerful data-collection option. The Vernier EasyLink from Vernier Software & Technology allows students to connect sensors directly to a TI-84 Plus graphing calculator. By plugging EasyLink into the graphing calculator’s USB port, students can connect to 36 individual sensors to collect measurements such as pH, force, dissolved oxygen, light, and more.
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Teaching Science in Grades 2-6 is Easier with ‘Let’s Go! Elementary Science’ Book
Beaverton, OR – June 27, 2005 – With Vernier Software & Technology’s new book, Let’s Go! Elementary Science, it’s easy to get elementary students active in exploratory thinking and inquiry-based learning. The book’s 34 activities explore the topics of temperature, motion, force, magnetism, light, electricity and pressure using scientific probeware.
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Award to Honor Those Who Display Innovative Uses of Data-Collection Technology in Science Teaching
Beaverton, OR – May 31, 2005 – Full-time science teachers from elementary to college level are eligible to apply for the Vernier Software & Technology/National Science Teachers Association Technology Award. Vernier will provide up to seven awards, each valued at $3000, for educators who demonstrate innovative uses of data-collection technology using a computer, graphing calculator, or other handheld device in the science classroom.
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Vernier and NSTA Announce Winners of 2005 Technology Award
Beaverton, OR – April 1, 2005 – Vernier Software & Technology today announced the six winners of the 2005 Vernier/National Science Teachers Association Technology Award: Julia Green of Berry Elementary in Detroit, Michigan; Diane Callahan of Fairfield Middle School in Fairfield, Ohio; Robert Schlichting of Cleveland High School in Portland, Oregon; Stan Wawrzyniak of Bow High School in Bow, New Hampshire; Gillian Winters of Sachem North High School in Lake Ronkonkoma, New York; and James Vesenka of the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine.
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Inexpensive Motion Detector Facilitates
Beaverton, OR – January 26, 2005 – The new Go! Motion from Vernier Software & Technology provides science and math teachers with an inexpensive and easy-to-use motion detector for use with computers. Go! Motion enables students to engage in hands-on collection of real-world data. With Go! Motion students can quickly collect accurate motion data, which helps them better understand advanced concepts such as position, velocity, and acceleration. The ease of use and instant feedback enhances the learning process and generates student enthusiasm.
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Vernier Software & Technology Offers Educators Free Resources
Beaverton, OR – January 26, 2005 – Vernier Software & Technology is offering math and science educators an array of free resources to help them familiarize themselves with data-collection techniques, tools and software.
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Vernier’s Logger Pro Software Earns Special Legacy Award from “Technology & Learning” Magazine
Beaverton, OR – January 26, 2005 – Vernier Software & Technology is honored to announce that its Logger Pro 3 data-collection software was selected as a Legacy Award winner in “Technology & Learning” magazine’s 2004 Awards of Excellence. Logger Pro 3 is the most recent update of the Logger Pro program.
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Vernier and NSTA Partner to Offer Technology Award
Beaverton, OR – July 15, 2004 – Full-time science teachers from elementary to college level are eligible to apply for the Vernier Software & Technology/National Science Teachers Association Technology Award. The organizations will provide seven awards, each valued at $3000, will be given to educators who demonstrate innovative uses of data-collection technology using a computer, graphing calculator, or other handheld device in the science classroom.
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New Kit Brings “CSI” Investigative Technology and Techniques to School Science
Beaverton, OR – June 21, 2004 – Vernier Software &Technology, Bodelin Technologies, and Apple Computer have partnered to bring the excitement of scientific investigation to school age-children. Science CSI (Concentrated Science Investigation), a new science kit for grades 5-12, contains the latest digital tools from Vernier and Bodelin, as well as a science curriculum written by Apple Distinguished Educators. The kit will be released at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), June 21-23rd.
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