An eddy current brake is a non-contact braking system, most commonly used in trains and roller coasters. In an eddy current brake, magnets are used to induce eddy currents in a metal rotor or another metal part of the vehicle. According to Lenz’s...
A new LabVIEW installer is now available for LabVIEW versions 2016 and 2017, which makes it possible for you to collect data with LabQuest Stream connected to a computer via Bluetooth. So now, in addition to being able to create LabVIEW programs th...
One of the best features of Vernier sensors is that they have built-in auto-ID capability. We have created an Arduino library for our sensors that takes full advantage of this powerful feature. The programming required to automatically detect the s...
The 2017 AAPT Photo Contest, sponsored by Vernier, was held at the summer meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers in Cincinnati, Ohio. Students submitted photos that demonstrate physics concepts, along with essays that explain them....
Like most people, I have heard the buzz about "fidget spinners", so I could not resist buying one and taking some data with it. Here is a graph of data collected using Logger Pro, LabQuest Mini, and a Photogate.
A fidget spinner slowing down
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To encourage hands-on learning and student innovation, Vernier is sponsoring the 2017 National KidWind Challenge in which students will create and test hand-crafted wind turbines. For the challenge, teams of students in grades 4–12 will compete at ...
More than Meets the Eye – Infrared Cameras in Open-Ended University Thermodynamics Labs
Emil Melander, Jesper Haglund, Matthias Weiszflog, and Staffan Andersson; Uppsala University, Sweden, The Physics Teacher, Vol. 54, No. 9, December 2016....
Doug Anderson of Brentwood High School in Nashville, Tennessee, was the 2016 recipient of the National Association of Biology Teachers’ NABT Ecology/Environmental Science Teaching Award. This award, sponsored by Vernier, was presented at the 2016 N...
Video analysis experiments have strong potential to reinforce student learning and build intuition; however, in the intro physics lab, students often find experimental values that are substantially different from the expected results (e.g., a curve-f...
Our award-winning lab books are now available as eco-friendly electronic downloads in addition to the traditional print format.
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