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We were honored to be presented with the “Business Partner Conservation Leadership Award” by The Nature Conservancy at a ceremony held on October 29, 2009 in Portland, Oregon. In presenting the award, it was said about Vernier Software & Technology:
“In a state renowned for green business, this software company raises the bar not only by making products that connect teachers and students with nature, but also by practicing a conservation ethic that includes sustainably designed facilities, green commuting, employee volunteerism for the environment, and nearly 15 years of supporting the work of The Nature Conservancy.”
Have a safe and festive Halloween! We were scared, surprised, and laughing at the costumed employees this year.
Various Costumes at Vernier for Halloween.
Vernier Chain Gang Crew were unlocked from their cells.
Beaver Fans – Bring Beaver Baseball to Beaverton!
Columbia River Crossing Project – A proposed 12-lane bridge between Oregon and Washington.
Marketing’s Worst Nightmare – inspired by 3 births in the marketing department in 2009.
Vernier Ceiling Fans.
Seventeen professors of physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics recently spent four days at Vernier for in-depth, hands-on training on the latest tools for data logging in the science teaching laboratory. They represented several different universities throughout Brazil. They were joined by representatives of Hiperlab, Vernier’s Brazilian representative, and hosted by Jake Hopkins, Verle Walters, and Gerard Ezcurra. They even provided a Brazilian serenade at the Vernier Oktoberfest celebration!
Application deadline is November 30th, 2009!
The Vernier Technology Award is your opportunity to be honored for an innovative use of data-collection technology with your students.
Seven awards are offered annually: three high school (grades 9-12), two middle school (grades 6-8), one elementary (grades K-5), and one college.
The award consists of $1,000 in cash, $1,000 in Vernier data-collection technology, and up to
$1,000 for expenses to attend the 2010 NSTA national conference in Philadelphia.
In the latest edition of The Caliper, we’re unveiling the Vernier Mini GC, measuring electricity usage with Watts Up Pro, and much more! Read it online or join our mailing list to have The Caliper delivered to your school or e-mail inbox twice a year.
We’ve revamped the training video library to make it easier to find, view, and share videos. Download any video to play on your computer offline or your iPod. Check back regularly for more tutorials, tips, and training with e-mail notification or the RSS feed.
Physics with Video Analysis contains 32 new video analysis activities for introductory physics at either the high school or college level. Topics include kinematics, dynamics, circuits, sound, thermodynamics, electrostatics, and more. The activities are centered on a collection of ready-to-go videos created for this book. Collecting good videos for analysis can be challenging, and the provided videos are a delight to work with.
Measure real-time electricity usage with the Watts Up Pro with Logger Pro or LabQuest. Collect data such as real power, potential, current, and apparent power. The Watts Up Pro also calculates a wide variety of data, including maximum watts, frequency, and cumulative costs.
Coming Soon! Go!Tweet is free software for Vernier Go! sensors to a Twitter account, making it easy to share sensor data to the internet from anywhere!
STEM 2 with Vernier® and LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT has activities using a Force Sensor, Magnetic Field Sensor, Voltage Probe, and Gas Pressure Sensor. It covers topics in physical science and engineering, including mechanics, pressure, electricity, and magnetism. Students are challenged to build and program robots for testing batteries, finding land mines, and controlling a Cartesian diver. Twelve classic labs done with these same sensors and the NXT are also included.
The White Digital Bioimaging System allows you to view non-fluorescent, visible stain gels, capture the image digitally on a computer and analyze the data using Logger Pro software, making gel analysis less tedious and produce better results.
As part of the Irish Leaving Certificate Senior Physics syllabus, students from the Christian Brothers Boys’ Secondary School, in Dungarvan, Ireland, study the contributions of Ireland’s two greatest scientists: Robert Boyle and Ernest T. S. Walton. It just so happens that these two giants in science have a local connection – they were both born in the southeastern coastal county of Waterford, not too far from the school.
Continue reading Investigating Ireland’s Greatest Scientists with Vernier…
We decided to do some home testing of a standard basement freezer with the Watts Up Pro power meter. How much energy is used, and how cold does the freezer get when the compressor is running? To find out, we used a LabQuest and a Watts Up Pro to log the data over a 48-hour period.
If you have ever wanted to introduce your students to the study of human biomechanics, we have found a great product for you. While attending the Annual Meeting of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS), we came across two excellent interactive models that use Vernier sensors and our LabQuest to study human biomechanics.
Enzymes are molecules that regulate the chemical reactions that occur in all living organisms. Almost all enzymes are globular proteins that act as catalysts, substances that speed up chemical reactions. Enzymes catalyze reactions by reducing the activation energy for a specific reaction to occur and yet are neither destroyed nor altered during this process. Understanding how enzymes work in biological systems is a critical and difficult concept for students to comprehend.
Our newest environmental project at Vernier is composting with a worm bin. Our worm bin is a large, locally made, unfinished cedar chest with about 60 cubic feet of capacity. The bin is located in a shady spot on the side of our building, and contains a colony of red wiggler worms. We collect food scraps and coffee grounds, along with coffee filters, in a compost pail in our kitchen. Volunteers, called the “worm wranglers,” empty the pail into the worm bin several times a day. We also add paper towels and grass clippings to our composting worm bin. The worms turn this portion of our garbage into nutrient-rich compost that we can use on plants around our building.
Casio recently developed a set of high-speed cameras. These cameras are actually still digital cameras, but they have the ability to capture high-speed video. The capture rates vary from 210 frames per second (fps) to 1200 fps. The price range is from $300 to $1000 per camera.
hese cameras open exciting opportunities to explore science that is difficult to see at normal speed, such as golf swings and baseball pitcher throws.
We’re please to release the latest update for LabQuest. The version 1.3 update is free and recommended for all LabQuest users.
Top New Features
- Vernier Mini GC support
- Watts Up Pro support
- Power Amplifier improvements
- Peak Integration analysis feature
- GPS (Global Positioning System) strength display
- 14 languages
Logger Pro 3.8 is now available for download. Version 3.8 new features include support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit), Vernier Mini GC Gas Chromatograph, Watts Up Pro, and more.
Logger Pro 3.8 is a free update to all Logger Pro 3 users.
David Vernier’s co-workers and friends would like to congratulate him for being named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young for the Pacific Northwest Region.
David’s creativity, vision, and dedication to science education won him this honor in the software category. Congratulations, Dave!
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