John Wheeler, our CEO, first worked for Vernier as a consultant. For his first project he designed a photogate timing device, for which we paid him with one Macintosh computer. In 1993, he became a full-time employee, when we had fewer than 10 empl...
Jessie Diggins, who won a gold medal in the recent Winter Olympics, allowed Pivot Interactives to use the medal in a version of the Archimedes experiment. A new activity challenges students to identify the real gold medal from an inexpensive copy ...
You already know that Go Direct sensors are the most versatile sensors around—they can be used via USB or Bluetooth® wireless technology on Chromebooks™, computers, iOS®, and Android™ devices. But did you know that they can now be used with L...
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...
Vernier Science Education won the Tech & Learning Best of Show Award for the new Sensor at the 2018 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference last month. The judges recognized Vernier's newest addition to the Go Direc...
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...
Are you a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS)? I’ve been a member for 10 years and currently serve as the Secretary for the local Portland Section. ACS is a scientific society of chemistry professionals that includes students, educato...
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 ...