By Janey Camp, Vanderbilt Engineering Faculty Member and Education Outreach Chair for the Nashville Branch ASCE On March 3, 2018, the Nashville Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) hosted its 10th Music City Bridge Competition wi...

When it comes to bringing data collection to the classroom, knowing where to start can be tricky. The team at Vernier Science Education compiled a list of our favorite experiments from our lab books—from elementary school science to college-level e...

You don’t have to spend much time on education websites, blogs, or social media before you run into the term coding. Why is coding, or computer programming, getting so much attention right now? Coding engages students in new ways, providing pract...

NSTA Recommends’ Edwin Christmann recently reviewed the Go Direct® Respiration Belt. In his review, Edwin demonstrates using the Go Direct® Respiration Belt during different exercises, including boxing, jumping rope, and weight lifting. H...

Our new Go Direct® Sound Sensor is an all-in-one sound sensor capable of capturing waveforms and measuring sound levels. Like many of our other Go Direct sensors, it packs a variety of sensors into a single unit and connects to any device you m...

Do you teach environmental chemistry? Are you looking for lab experiment ideas and equipment? Students taking environmental chemistry will learn basic techniques for chemical analysis of environmental samples, including air, water and soil. Many o...

In an effort to help you and your students better understand spectrometer absorbance readings, we’ve collected a few commonly asked questions: Why don’t absorbance readings have units? Absorbance readings are unitless because they are calculate...

Did you know that you really can’t calibrate a Vernier Drop Counter? Instead, you are actually calibrating the tip of the titrant reservoir. The Vernier Drop Counter is a modified photogate designed, through the software, to monitor drops of ...

NSTA Recommends recently featured the Go Direct® Motion Detector in the article, "The Vernier Go Direct Motion Detector: A Modern Twist on a Timeless Design," Reviewer Martin Horejsi provides interesting background and history on ultrasonic mot...

To inspire students to learn about renewable energy and hone their engineering skills, Vernier supported the 2018 KidWind Challenge, hosted by the KidWind Project. The challenge consists of dozens of local and regional competitions across the country...