Go!Motion

Go!Motion is used to collect the position, velocity and acceleration data of moving objects. Go!Motion connects directly to a computer or Chromebook USB port making it fast and easy to set up experiments and start collecting a wide range of real-time motion data.

Go!Motion can track objects as close fifteen centimeters and as far away as six meters. The sensor also features reduced noise and temperature compensation to ensure accuracy.

• Analyze the motion of a ball, a cart on a ramp, or a pendulum
• Adjust sensitivity to track the motion of objects close to Go!Motion or up to six meters away
• Attach Go!Motion to a track like the one included in the Vernier Dynamics Cart and Track System to study velocity and acceleration

Versatile Data Collection Options

• USB Port: Connects to a computer, Chromebook, or LabQuest 2. Go!Motion can also connect to a TI-84 Plus calculator or TI-Nspire handheld (requires a different USB cable).
• Digital Sensor Port: LabQuest 2, LabQuest Mini, LabPro, CBL 2, and TI-Nspire Lab Cradle through the digital port (additional cable required)
• TI Calculator I/O Port: Go!Motion can also connect directly to the I/O port of TI graphing calculators (requires a specialized cable).

Teacher Pack of 8 Go!Motions

Save money when you purchase the Go!Motion Teacher Pack, which includes eight Go!Motion USB motion detectors.

• Go!Motion Overview

  Vernier Go!Motion is a USB motion detector that includes free Logger Lite software. It's designed for activities about position, velocity, and acceleration.

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• Range: 0.15 to 6 m
• Resolution: 1 mm
• Temperature Compensation: Automatic
• Accuracy: 2mm
• Ultrasound Frequency: 50 kHz
• Power Consumption: 51 mA
• Power Source: USB/DIG (Computers, LabQuest) or 4 AA batteries (Calculators)

“Between the interface to the software and the number of possible applications, this is one of the most modular and versatile tools of scientific investigation a physics teacher is likely to encounter…. Putting it all together, if you want a device that just works for you, no questions asked, I would strongly recommend the Go!Motion sensor from Vernier.”

Read the full review from NSTA Recommends »

Select a lab book to see a list of experiments and more information.

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  Real-World Math with Vernier (18)

  Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.

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  • 1 Walk the Line - Straight Line Distance Graphs
  • 7 Spring Thing - Newton's Second Law
  • 8 Stretch It to the Limit - The Linear Force Relation for a Rubber Band
  • 9 What Goes Up - Position and Time for a Cart on a Ramp
  • 10 That's the Way the Ball Bounces - Height and Time for a Bouncing Ball
  • 11 Walk This Way - Definition of Rate
  • 12 Velocity Test - Interpreting Graphs
  • 13 From Here to There - Applications of the Distance Formula
  • 18 Bounce Back - The Pattern of Rebound Heights
  • 20 Swinging Ellipses - Plotting an Ellipse
  • 22 Tic, Toc: Pendulum Motion
  • 24 Up And Down: Damped Harmonic Motion
  • 25 How Tall? Describing Data with Statistical Plots
  • 27 Meet You at the Intersection: Solving a System of Linear Equations
  • 29 Clock Design: Period and Length of a Simple Pendulum
  • 30 Graph It in Pieces: Piecewise Defined Functions
  • 31 Stepping to the Greatest Integer: The Greatest Integer Function
  • 32 Crawling Around: Parametric Plots
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  Physics Explorations and Projects (13)

  Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.

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  • 1 Constant Motion and Changing Motion
  • 2 Balanced Forces and Unbalanced Forces
  • 4 Newton’s Second Law
  • 6 Impulse and Momentum
  • 7 Equilibrium of Forces
  • 9 Conservation of Momentum
  • 11 Springs Making Things Move
  • 12 Kinetic Energy and Mass
  • 13 Work and Kinetic Energy
  • 14 Work Done by Gravity
  • 15 Energy in Collisions
  • 33 Oscillations
  • 34 Heat as Energy Transfer
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  Physics with Vernier (13)

  Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.

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  • 1 Graph Matching
  • 2A Back and Forth Motion
  • 2B Back and Forth Motion
  • 3B Cart on a Ramp
  • 4B Determining g on an Incline
  • 6 Ball Toss
  • 12 Static and Kinetic Friction
  • 13 Air Resistance
  • 15 Simple Harmonic Motion
  • 16 Energy of a Tossed Ball
  • 17 Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion
  • 18B Momentum, Energy and Collisions
  • 19B Impulse and Momentum
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  Middle School Science with Vernier (7)

  Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.

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  • 12 Ocean Floor Mapping
  • 33 Graphing Your Motion
  • 34 Speeding Up
  • 35 The Indy 100
  • 36 Crash Dummies
  • 37 Falling Objects
  • 38 A Speedy Slide
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  Elementary Science with Vernier (7)

  Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.

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  • 20 Learning to Use Go! Motion
  • 21 e-Motion
  • 22 Batty About Science
  • 23 Spring into Action!
  • 24 Air Ball!
  • 25 Driving with Energy
  • 26 Weigh Station - All Trucks Stop!
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  Physical Science with Vernier (6)

  Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.

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  • 35 Graphing Your Motion
  • 36 Speeding Up
  • 37 It's Race Day
  • 38 Crash Lesson
  • 39 Newton's Second Law
  • 40 Falling Objects
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  Advanced Physics with Vernier - Mechanics (6)

  Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.

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  • 1 Motion on an Incline
  • 3 Newton's First Law
  • 10A Impulse and Momentum (Motion Detector)
  • 11A Momentum and Collisions (Motion Detectors)
  • 15 Simple Harmonic Motion: Mathematical Model
  • 16 Simple Harmonic Motion: Kinematics and Dynamics
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  Forensics with Vernier (3)

  Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.

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  • 2 Bouncing Back
  • 6 Speeding Up
  • 12 Hit and Run
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  Earth Science with Vernier (1)

  Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.

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  • 19 Mapping the Ocean Floor
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  Engineering Projects with NI LabVIEW and Vernier (1)

  Includes student instructions, teacher tips, safety information, and sample data.

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  • 12 PID Ping Pong Ball Levitation

Lab Ideas and Innovative Uses

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  LabQuest 2

  Full Support

  The Go!Motion is fully supported with LabQuest 2 (version 2.8.5), a standalone data logger with built-in graphing and analysis software.

  Learn more about LabQuest 2 »

  Compatibility Notes

  1. Requires a Motion Detector Cable to connect to a DIG port on the interface

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  Computers

  	Software
  Interface	Graphical Analysis 4 for ComputersVersion 4.9	Logger ProVersion 3.15	Logger LiteVersion 1.9.2
  No interface required	Full support	Full support	Full support
  LabQuest Mini	Full support 1	Full support 1	Full support 1
  LabQuest 2	Full support 1	Full support 1	Full support 1
  LabQuest Stream	Full support 1 2	Full support 1	Full support 1 3
  Original LabQuest(discontinued)	Full support 1	Full support 1	Full support 1
  LabPro(discontinued)	Incompatible	Full support 1	Full support 1

  Compatibility Notes

  1. Requires a Motion Detector Cable to connect to a DIG port on the interface
  2. Connect LabQuest Stream via USB. Future software updates will support connection via Bluetooth^® technology
  3. Connect LabQuest Stream via USB. Wireless connection is not supported.

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  Chromebook

  	Software
  Interface	Graphical Analysis 4 for ChromeVersion 4.9
  No interface required	Full support
  LabQuest Mini	Full support 1
  LabQuest 2	Full support 1
  LabQuest Stream	Full support 1 2
  Original LabQuest(discontinued)	Full support 1

  Compatibility Notes

  1. Requires a Motion Detector Cable to connect to a DIG port on the interface
  2. Connect LabQuest Stream via USB. Future software updates will support connection via Bluetooth^® technology

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  iOS

  	Software
  Interface	Graphical Analysis 4 for iOSVersion 4.9	Graphical Analysis GW for iOSVersion 4.0.5
  LabQuest Stream	Full support 1	Full support 1
  LabQuest 2	Full support 1 2	Full support 1 2

  Compatibility Notes

  1. Requires a Motion Detector Cable to connect to a DIG port on the interface
  2. iOS and Android^™ devices can only connect to LabQuest 2 via Wireless Data Sharing.

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  Android

  	Software
  Interface	Graphical Analysis 4 for AndroidVersion 4.9	Graphical Analysis GW for AndroidVersion 3.2
  LabQuest Stream	Full support 1	Full support 1
  LabQuest 2	Full support 1 2	Full support 1 2

  Compatibility Notes

  1. Requires a Motion Detector Cable to connect to a DIG port on the interface
  2. iOS and Android^™ devices can only connect to LabQuest 2 via Wireless Data Sharing.

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  Additional Platforms

  You can also use the Go!Motion with these platforms:

  • Arduino
  • Scratch
  • LabVIEW
  • Original LabQuest
  • Texas Instruments