Last spring break, I came back to school ready to run my usual momentum lab, the classic egg drop, only to be met with an unexpected obstacle: egg prices. Breaking 80–100+ eggs over 5 class periods was going to be far too expensive.So I decid...
Candace Biggerstaff is a lab manager at the University of Florida, where she supports more than 3,000 general chemistry students each week across multiple lab sections and uses Vernier tools to help them conduct hands-on experiments with real-life a...
There are two questions that can really give some insight into complicated physics concepts. However, I want to do more than just ask the questions. I want to SHOW these situations using the Vernier Cart Fans.
OK, let me start off with the easier...
When it comes to innovation, CASE educator Jamie Christiansen and her agricultural science students are bringing home the bacon—and the data—to help local pork farmers thrive. Christiansen, who teaches in the Midland Community School District ...
At my school Archbishop Hoban High School in Akron, Ohio, I teach a semester of organic chemistry as an advanced science elective. Students who choose this course learn about carbon-based compounds, from alkanes to arenes, and use a range of Vernier...
Dr. Ann Nalley, a chemistry professor at Cameron University in Oklahoma and former president of the American Chemical Society (ACS), has dedicated her career to empowering both students and teachers through hands-on science education. With more than...
Physics Is Everywhere
British mathematician Roger Penrose once stated, “Sometimes it’s the detours which turn out to be the fruitful ideas.” I am always searching for innovative ways to connect what students are learning in my physics c...
“What’s going on here?” our principal asks, eyebrows raised, as a foam baby in a car seat attached to a dolly races down a ramp, straight into a brick wall.
“Oh you know, Mr. Watkins shoved an acceleration sensor in the baby's head....
Vernier Science Education is proud to spotlight one of our Trendsetters, Cecelia Gillam! The Vernier Trendsetters Community offers educators a forum to enhance their teaching skills through the use of Vernier technology and to engage in meaningful c...
After 30 years of teaching science at East Palestine Schools in Ohio, Dr. Lisa Bircher is confident about one thing: students deserve to be involved in experiences that expand beyond the classroom. Whether that’s monitoring water quality in local ...