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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.

Native American College and High School Get Vernier Technology Grant

To celebrate 30 years of serving STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) education, Beaverton, Oregon-based company Vernier is donating $10,000 worth of equipment to 30 schools across the country. Two of those schools are Blackfeet Community College (BCC), a tribal college in Browning, Montana and Menominee Indian High School in Keshena, Wisconsin.

Source: Indian Country Today Media Network

Your Online Order History

Ever wondered what you ordered from us last year as you prepare for the next? Now you can see your online order history from your account profile.

If you have placed an order online, just sign in to your account, and you will see your most recent orders and a link to your full order history.

Note that your order history only shows orders placed online and the totals are estimates before any applicable taxes, shipping, and discounts.

Vernier 30th Anniversary Party at Salishan

Over 90 employees and their families enjoyed two nights on the Oregon coast to celebrate Vernier’s 30th anniversary. We shared a dinner, watched a photo slideshow, danced to a live band, and enjoyed a surprise appearance by our own Sonny and Cher singing “We Are Vernier.”

Vernier Goes Backpacking

On September 6th, 20 Vernier employees packed backpacks with school supplies for Schoolhouse Supplies. Our eager team packed 427 backpacks with pouches, folders, rulers, spiral notebooks, pencils, and crayons donated by Vernier Software & Technology.

All the backpacks then were delivered to Creston Elementary in Portland, Oregon to start the students off to a new year with the supplies they’ll use to learn, grow, and succeed.

Vernier Around the Globe

This summer, 42 international representatives from 25 countries and six continents visited Vernier headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. The three days they were here were spent learning more about Vernier products, learning how other countries market Vernier products, and seeing some of Oregon!

The LabQuest mascot shown was created by our South Korean representative. Vernier products can be found in 138 countries around the world. For more information, go to www.vernier-intl.com

Fall 2011 Caliper

In the latest edition of The Caliper, we’re showcasing new products such as the Constant Current System and highlighting innovative uses of Vernier technology. Read it online or join our mailing list to have The Caliper delivered to your school or email twice a year.

Centripetal Force Apparatus Reviewed

Dr. Mark Rosen, a Physics instructor at Gloucester County College, reviewed Vernier’s Centripetal Force Apparatus:

“I am very familiar with the alternatives, including the more recent motorized version of the classic set-up I used as an undergraduate many decades ago. Alignment and proper leveling are important factors in successfully using all these devices. Vernier has solved both with their rigid frame structure, which maintains proper alignment, and a simple procedure to adjust its leveling feet. While it may, at first, seem like a disadvantage, not having the rotating arm motorized makes it much safer to use.

Other pluses for this apparatus are using an encoder wheel on the shaft with a photogate (or rotation sensor) to measure the angular velocity and a carriage design that allows the student to easily read the radial position and to change the mass. All the parameters (velocity, mass, radius) are simply analyzed by collecting data as the rotation of the arm slows down after an initial spin and plotting the measured force versus the velocity squared. All these graphs should be linear with the slopes verifying the relationship between the measured centripetal force and mass, radius and velocity.

It is simple and clever and provides even more versatility by allowing torque, angular acceleration, and moment of inertia to be studied as well — one apparatus that can be used for investigating rotational motion in general.”

Thanks Dr. Rosen and we’re excited to hear how well the Centripetal Force Apparatus works for you and your students!

Learn more about the Centripetal Force Apparatus »