Go!Motion
Recommended for College, High School, and K-8. No interface needed and data-collection software included.
Go!Motion is our next-generation motion detector that connects directly to a computer’s USB port—eliminating the need for an additional data-collection interface.
Description
Go!Motion is used to collect position, velocity and acceleration data of moving objects. Go!Motion’s USB port allows for direct connection to a computer’s USB port, which simplifies experiment set up.
- Students learn experientially as they graph the motion of a ball, a cart on a ramp, pendulum motion, or themselves. Go!Motion is easy to use, allowing students to focus on learning scientific concepts instead of setting up the lab.
- Go!Motion’s head pivots to match the needs of your lab. Flip the head halfway for monitoring the motion of a cart on a track, or flip 180° to record motion data from a tripod.
- Use the metal screw mount to attach the Go!Motion to a track, such as the Vernier Dynamics System, for studies of velocity and acceleration.
- Go!Motion features reduced noise and automatic temperature compensation to ensure motion readings are continuously accurate.
- The sensitivity switch lets you customize settings to your experiment.
- Measure motion data as close as 15 cm and as far away as 6 m!
Multiple Connection Options
Go!Motion can be used with:
- Windows and Macintosh computers or a LabQuest through the USB port.
- LabQuest, LabQuest Mini, LabPro, CBL 2, and TI-Nspire Lab Cradle through the digital port (additional cable required).
- Go!Motion can also connect directly to TI graphing calculators (additional cable required for TI-84 Plus/TI-Nspire or other calculators).
Teacher Pack of 8 Go!Motions
Save money when you purchase the Go!Motion Teacher Pack! Includes 8 Go!Motion USB motion detectors and a site license of Logger Lite software.
Specifications
- Range: 0.15 to 6 m
- Resolution: 1 mm
- Temperature Compensation: Automatic
- Accuracy: 2mm
- Ultrasound Frequency: 50 kHz
- Speed of Ultrasound Used: 343 m/s
- Power Consumption: 51 mA
- Power Source: USB or 4 AA batteries
Experiments and Lab Ideas
Select a lab book to see a list of experiments and more information.
Real-World Math with Vernier (18)
Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.
Go to Book Page- 1 Walk the Line - Straight Line Distance Graphs
- 7 Spring Thing - Newton's Second Law
- 8 Stretch It to the Limit - The Linear Force Relation for a Rubber Band
- 9 What Goes Up - Position and Time for a Cart on a Ramp
- 10 That's the Way the Ball Bounces - Height and Time for a Bouncing Ball
- 11 Walk This Way - Definition of Rate
- 12 Velocity Test - Interpreting Graphs
- 13 From Here to There - Applications of the Distance Formula
- 18 Bounce Back - The Pattern of Rebound Heights
- 20 Swinging Ellipses - Plotting an Ellipse
- 22 Tic, Toc: Pendulum Motion
- 24 Up And Down: Damped Harmonic Motion
- 25 How Tall? Describing Data with Statistical Plots
- 27 Meet You at the Intersection: Solving a System of Linear Equations
- 29 Clock Design: Period and Length of a Simple Pendulum
- 30 Graph It in Pieces: Piecewise Defined Functions
- 31 Stepping to the Greatest Integer: The Greatest Integer Function
- 32 Crawling Around: Parametric Plots
Physics with Vernier (12)
Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.
Go to Book Page
Middle School Science with Vernier (7)
Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.
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Elementary Science with Vernier (7)
Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.
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Physical Science with Vernier (6)
Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.
Go to Book Page
Advanced Physics with Vernier - Mechanics (6)
Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.
Go to Book Page
Science with TI-Nspire Technology (4)
Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.
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Forensics with Vernier (3)
Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.
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Earth Science with Vernier (1)
Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.
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Engineering Projects with NI LabVIEW and Vernier (1)
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Lab Ideas and Innovative Uses
What’s Included
- Vernier Go!Motion
- Standard USB cable
- Logger Lite software
- User manual
Sensor Requirements
Go!Motion is a USB sensor and can plug directly to your computer USB port without the need of an interface.
You can also plug a Go!Motion directly into the USB port on a LabQuest interface.
Go!Motion includes Logger Lite data-collection software.
Reviews
“Between the interface to the software and the number of possible applications, this is one of the most modular and versatile tools of scientific investigation a physics teacher is likely to encounter…. Putting it all together, if you want a device that just works for you, no questions asked, I would strongly recommend the Go!Motion sensor from Vernier.”
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