Every day, my students cross 112th Street outside our high school—a busy, four-lane corridor with a 40 mph speed limit that often feels more like 50. When I asked my class how they feel when they walk home or cross that road, most of them had...
Effective and Inexpensive HPLC Analogue for First-Year Students: Buret Chromatography of Food Dyes in Drinks
Brian Stankus, Rosemary White, and Binyomin Abrams (Boston University, Massachusetts);
J. Chem. Educ., 96, 2019, pp 739−744.
The authors...
A Second Look at the Kinetics of the Iron−Oxygen Reaction: Determination of the Total Order Using a Greener Approach
A. M. R. P. Bopegedera (The Evergreen State College, Washington);
J. Chem. Educ., 95, 2018, pp 1897−1899.
The author demonst...
Improved Gay-Lussac Experiment Considering Added Volumes
Nelson Kilmer and Joel D. Krehbiel (Hesston College, Kansas);
The Physics Teacher, 57, January, 2019, pp 21-25.
Pressure sensors are often used to estimate absolute zero. This article expl...
Physics Meets Art in the General Education Core
Marta L. Dark and Derrick J. Hylton; Journal of College Science Teaching, 2018, (47) 3.
If you take the Physics and the Arts course at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, you will be exposed to many a...
Collect sound data wirelessly with the snap of your fingers. With sound-triggered data collection, Go Direct® Sound provides students with an easy way to capture and evaluate waveforms. Measure wave amplitude and sound intensity level at the s...
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...
Where Does The Energy Go?
Marta R. Stoeckel (Tartan High School, Oakdale, MN); The Science Teacher, Vol. 85, No. 1, January, 2018.
This article explains how to use evidence-based reasoning to study the bounce of a ball. It is linked to NGSS ...
The Vernier Go Direct family of sensors recently received an ‘Outstanding’ review from The EdTech Roundup. In the article, “Vernier Go Direct Sensors: Collect Data Wirelessly in the K-12 Science Classroom,” editor Mike Karlin discusses the ...
The Go Direct O2 Gas Sensor measures gaseous oxygen concentration levels and air temperature. It is useful for a variety of biology and physiology experiments. It connects via Bluetooth® wireless technology or via USB to your device.
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