We are excited to announce a new sensor for physics—Go Direct Photogate. With our first-ever wireless photogate, you get better-than-stopwatch timing accuracy of a cart traveling eight or more meters without having to run wires between the gates. ...

STREAM Girls, a new outdoor STEM program for girls, is a partnership between Trout Unlimited and the Girl Scouts of America. Using water quality testing equipment donated by Vernier Software & Technology, this watershed experience combines STEM e...

Nüsret Hisim is an Education Technology Specialist at Vernier and a former science teacher. Watch his webinar, Using Technology to Excite Students About Hands-On Science. It can be challenging to engage students in science activities, despite how e...

Darwin Day is coming up on Wednesday, February 12th. It presents an excellent opportunity to introduce or discuss the concept of evolution by natural selection with your students. While I’m now part of the Vernier Biology Department, I previously ...

Martin Horejsi, from NSTA Recommends, has collected data with Go Direct Sound just about everywhere on campus. In his review, “The Vernier Go Direct Sound Sensor: See Sounds in a New Light (Bluetooth),” Martin discusses the importance of sound s...

“Computer science empowers students to create the world of tomorrow.”- Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO What is Hour of Code? The Hour of Code™ is a global movement introducing tens of millions of students worldwide to computer science, in...

NSTA Recommends recently featured the Go Direct® O2 Gas Sensor. In his review, Martin Horejsi used the wireless sensor to collect data during various investigations, including an out-of-the-classroom experiment on an airplane. He highlighted the ...

Photosynthetic organisms such as plants and algae use electromagnetic radiation from the visible spectrum to drive the synthesis of sugar molecules. Special pigments in chloroplasts of plant cells absorb the energy of certain wavelengths of light, ...

In July, more than 100 students from 35 countries used our Go Direct sensors to test the water in Ireland’s Killarney National Park as part of the 2018 GLOBE Learning Expedition (GLE). This event is part of the GLOBE Program and is held every few y...

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...