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Website: Lab Book Table of Contents by Product
We added a new tab for each Vernier book that shows the table of contents grouped by product. You can use this information to help determine which sensors you need for the experiments you will do.
To create a customized recommendation of Vernier products for your experiments, be sure to check out our purchasing guide »
SpectroVis Plus Wins Tech & Learning Best Upgraded Product Award
Tech & Learning magazine named Vernier SpectroVis Plus as a winner in its prestigious 29-year-old recognition program. Winners break new ground as well as those that added significant enhancements to proven education tools.
“Tech & Learning’s readers aren’t looking for bells and whistles,” says Kevin Hogan, Editorial Director for NewBay Media’s Tech & Learning Group. “Our readers are looking for rigorous edtech products that improve teaching and learning, inspire teachers and students, as well as meet today’s assessment and standards requirements. This year’s Award of Excellence judges put over 160 products to the test, and chose only those that met these criteria. These companies can be proud that their products were selected as winners by this prestigious team of judges.”
Stillwater Middle School Using Probeware from Technology Grant
“…students are using temperature probes to look at how the tilt of the earth affects temperature at certain points. Students can also use the devices to test the pH of solutions where they had been using less-precise pH paper strips.
‘We’re doing the things we already did in a more high-tech way,’ she said.”
Happy Halloween!
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Terra Bella Middle School Tests the World with Vernier Technology
From Terra Bella Middle School, one of our winners for the 30th anniversary technology grant:
“When I read that we had been awarded a Vernier grant, I was delighted,” Helmstetler said. “This will allow the paradigm shift I have hoped for — kids testing the world around them rather than being tested to oblivion.”
$10,000 Equipment Grant Gives Sioux Valley Science A Boost
Just the day before Tucker sent in her application, her chemistry class had hosted the school’s fourth-graders for lab-testing the concept of force, using Vernier technology. The older students were leading the younger in discovering how a graphing line would move up or down depending on which data they gave it. In just a few seconds, the high-schoolers had turned into teachers.
David and Christine Vernier Awarded Distinguished Service Award
The University of Oregon’s 2011 Distinguished Service Awards were presented to Robert Berdahl, retired president of the Association of American Universities, and Christine and David Vernier, co-founders of Vernier Software and Technology in Beaverton.
The awards are given annually to as many as three people “who by their knowledge and skills have made a significant contribution to the cultural development of Oregon or society as a whole.” They are the UO’s highest awards for service.
Vernier Awarded Sixth in Healthiest Oregon Employers Awards
On October 13th, Vernier ranked 6th in the 2-99 employees category for healthiest employers in Oregon. The Healthiest Oregon Employers Award from the Portland Business Journal recognized organizations that are committed to creating a healthy workplace. Thanks to our health and fitness committee for our health-promoting activities.
Visit healthiestemployers.com for more information.
Enter to Win the Bio-Rad and Vernier Technology Package!
Take a short survey to be entered to win a biotechnology package worth over $1,600 from Vernier and Bio-Rad!
From Bio-Rad:
- 1 Forensic DNA Fingerprinting kit
- 1 Mini-Sub. Cell GT cell with tray and combs
- 1 PowerPac™ Basic Power Supply
- 1 Classroom Digital Micropipet, (2-20 μl)
- 1 TBR-35 Pipet tips, Pkg of 1,000, (2-200 μl)
$858.60 value
From Vernier:
- 1 White Digital Bioimaging System
- 1 Logger Pro Software
- 1 Advanced Biology with Vernier Lab Manual
$806.00 value
Enter to win by October 17, 2011 at: www.surveymonkey.com/s/vernierandbioradsweepstakes
Web Store: Create Wish Lists with Saved Carts
Use saved carts to create your wish list of Vernier products. Saved carts are great for preparing an order that needs to go through an approval process, a wish list for grant money, and comparing different equipment configurations.
You will see two new buttons at the bottom of your cart to let you save your cart and load previously saved carts. Try them out and let us know what you think.
