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There are free, hands-on Vernier workshops coming to the Hawaiian Islands this summer. Vernier trainer and former physics teacher, David Carter, will be conducting a series of workshops to teach you how to integrate data-collection technology (probeware) into your chemistry, biology, physics, math, elementary science, middle school science, physical science, and Earth science curriculum. David is also the co-author of Elementary Science with Vernier and an avid science enthusiast. Look out Hawaii, David’s technology training will jump start your summer!
All workshops will feature Vernier’s state-of-the art interface, the Vernier LabQuest. Participants will have a chance to collect data with LabQuest in stand-alone mode as well as connected to a computer. Looking to collect data with a TI calculator? Just let David know, and he will be happy to show you.
Oahu at the Mid-Pacific Institute
June 12th from 1-5 pm
Join us for four hours of engaging activities. Geared toward high school and college sciences, this workshop will increase your technical skill with sensor technology and spark new ways to develop your students’ data analysis skills. Do you teach elementary or middle school? Feel free to attend and ask for activities appropriate to your grade level.
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Oahu at the Mid-Pacific Institute
June 13th from 8am-12 pm
This four-hour workshop will teach you how to use sensors in your K-8 science studies. You will explore topics including temperature, light, magnetism, force, and motion using Vernier probes. Do you teach high school or college science? Feel free to attend and ask for experiments suited to the subject you teach.
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Maui at Seabury Hall
June 16th 1-5 pm
Liven up your summer plans with a four-hour workshop with Vernier. Science teachers from middle school through college will have the chance to explore data-collection technology specific to the science disciplines they teach.
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Big Island of Hawaii at Hawaii Preparatory Academy
June 19th 1-5 pm
Liven up your summer plans with a four-hour workshop with Vernier. Science teachers from middle school through college will have the chance to explore data-collection technology specific to the science disciplines they teach.
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Mahalo!
Try out the LabQuest App software on your windows computer for free using the LabQuest Emulator.
- Test drive the LabQuest software and try out all the software features like graph analysis, built-in labs, periodic table, stopwatch, and more.
- Explore built-in curriculum including experiments such as Boyle’s law, ball toss, and titrations.
Already own a LabQuest? The emulator includes features that will enable you to:
- Use an interactive whiteboard or projector and demonstrate the functions of the LabQuest to a class or group.
- Create screenshot images of the LabQuest software for use in your own lab instructions.
- Collect data on a computer with a LabQuest and sensors.
We’ve released the latest version of our introductory data-collection software.
What’s new:
- Support for Vernier LabQuest
- Support for Windows Vista and LabPro
- Supports Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and Go! devices (Go!Temp, Go!Link, and Go!Motion)
- Graph Matching
- Linear Fit
- Updated Experiment Files
- Updated Icons
Upgrade your Logger Lite software to version 1.4 for FREE by downloading the update »
From our solar dashboard, you can see a live camera view of the roof solar panels, our weather station data, and a live display of the power production of the panels. There are also tables and graphs you can use to investigate the energy production of the panels over time. It is our hope that you will be able to use this information to facilitate the study of solar energy production with your students.
You can download the background information, complete with data and sample questions from our Solar Dashboard »
Brian Lamore, physics teacher at the Chinquapin School, Highlands, Texas, has his students build a “Beakman’s” Motor to study electromagnetic induction. This simple motor can be built in a single class period and the activity is always a favorite of his students. But nothing makes an activity more interesting than a little competition, so Brian challenges his students to build the motor that will spin the fastest.
10 year-old Ben Carter of Nashville, Tennessee, was curious about the light given off by a firefly. Ben has inherited his natural curiosity and love of science from his father, Vernier consultant David Carter. Ben borrowed his dad’s Vernier Spectrometer and used it to capture the emission spectra of the fireflies.
Ben Carter, a 12-year-old from Nashville, TN, captured a beautiful time-lapse video of a monarch caterpillar pupating into a chrysalis using Logger Pro and a ProScope HR camera.
Continue reading about Capturing Monarch Metamorphosis in Logger Pro…
Clarence Bakken, a retired physics teacher from California, explored insulating capabilities of different wall materials. Clarence used an Infrared Thermometer to study the rate at which heat is transferred through the walls in a model house.
Have you ever seen an LED-based headlamp that has selectable brightness? Sometimes the brightness change is from turning on more or fewer LEDs, but sometimes the individual LEDs seem to change brightness. How does this work? Usually when you reduce the voltage across an LED, it just goes out. We looked into this question using a Vernier Light Sensor and a LabQuest.
Peter O’Connor, a teacher from Boonsboro High School in Maryland, described a situation facing many teachers—lots of students and only a few computers.
“Having used Logger Pro for many years dating back to the ULI days, my school has been happy using it in our labs. However, as class size increased, we have had issues with maintaining a small lab group size for each lab. This is a large issue when it comes to doing Vernier labs with computers.”
Our latest edition of The Caliper showcases the NEW Vernier LabQuest App software version 1.1! Read it online or join our mailing list to have The Caliper delivered to your school twice a year.
Whether you are preparing for spring experiments, or planning summer budgets and fall classes, your LabQuests are ready to ship immediately.
Having an array spectrometer is now affordable for each of your lab stations! Connect SpectroVis to a LabQuest or to a computer running Logger Pro using a standard USB cable (included) and see the results in full color.
Brian Friedlander from Inclusion Times gave a great review of the LabQuest:
It is really plug and play with the LabQuest- there is nothing to configure or adjust. This is huge, considering that students will be able to concentrate on the task at hand and not to worry about the device recognizing the sensor that is plugged in. The LabQuest does all of the heavy lifting for you so that you can concentrate on your experiment. In today’s day and age it is extremely important for students to be able to visualize data and in fact this is what the LabQuest does extremely well.
Read the full review (876 KB PDF)
With the recent writers’ strike, there have been a rash of new reality programs, and Vernier Software & Technology has even gotten involved. We were selected to participate in the new Fox television series “Please Help Me!” The show matches the technical support teams of different companies in a five-week competition. The technical support teams come from many different types of industries.
Continue reading about Vernier Tech Support on National TV Series!…
We are pleased to announce the 2008 Vernier/NSTA Technology Award Winners. The winners are awarded for their innovative use of data-collection technology using a computer, graphing calculator, or other handheld in the science classroom.
Read the synopsis of the winners’ submissions »
Elementary
Allison Needham
5th Grade Teacher
J. B. Watkins Elementary School
Midlothian, VA
Middle School
Mary Cook
8th Grade Science Teacher
Roosevelt Middle School
Glendale, CA
Sherlynn Davis
Science Teacher
Crossroads Second Chance-North
Roswell, GA
High School
Steve Ahn
Science Teacher
Watauga High School
Boone, NC
Rebecca Runnels Morrison
Science Teacher/Administrator
Runnels High School
Baton Rouge, LA
Danielle Spaete
Physics Teacher
Pleasant Valley High School
Bettendorf, IA
College
Irina Lyublinskaya
Associate Professor
College of Staten Island
Staten Island, NY
We have breakthrough data-collection technology to showcase at NSTA’s National Conference on Science Education in Boston from March 27-29, 2008.
Come see us at booth #2332 to see what’s new and enter to win a free LabQuest!
Visit our NSTA event page for highlights and workshops schedule »
Vernier consultant, Walter Rohr, came across an article published in the February 1989 Journal of Chem Ed that described a method of resolving mixtures with overlapping spectra without determining molar absorptivities or complicated mathematics. The method developed by Blanco called Multi-Wavelength Linear Regression Analysis, or MLRA, allows the composition of a binary mixture with overlapping spectra to be resolved with only three measurements—the absorbance of a standard solution for each component, and the unknown mixture itself.
Continue reading about Spectrophotometric Analysis of the Metals in a U.S. Five-Cent Coin…
Brillion Middle School teachers Ryan Peterson and Matt Van Thiel have their 8th grade Earth Science students do a fun and engaging activity on topographic mapping. The activity is based on the Earth Science with Vernier activity “Ocean Floor Mapping.” Using plastic utility tarps, they create a simulated lake in their classroom.
Continue reading about Creating a Topographic Map with Motion Detectors…
In the Best Places to Work in Oregon competition for 2008, we were awarded #29 on the list of small companies. This is our 9th straight year on the list. We were tied for 4th place in benefits among small companies.
We are proud and excited to receive such an award. It is a great compliment to our founders and employees.
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Beaverton, OR 97005-2886