Wind turbine support:
To support the motor/generator for the Wind Power event, either the KidWind Basic Wind Experiment Kit (KW-BWX) or the KidWind Advanced Wind Experiment Kit (KW-AWX) includes a tower and nacelle that can be used to support the...
Logger Pro will no longer receive updates. Logger Pro v3.16.2 was the final release.For more information, see Logger Pro will no longer receive updates.
To install Logger Pro with the silent installer via Group Policy, you need to have your compu...
The Pasco CI-6538 Rotary Motion Sensor is made to work with Pasco interfaces and can not be adapted to work with Vernier interfaces.
In contrast, there is a similar version marked CI-6625 can be used with a LabPro or LabQuest using the Rotary Moti...
Dave Vernier in the Australian Outback collecting data during a 2002 total solar eclipse with a very old laptop and a Palm Pilot
Tip Number 1: Eye Safety
Never look directly at the sun, except if you are in a place where the eclipse is total an...
VEX Robotics is a robotics platform used by Project Lead the Way (PLTW) and some other engineering education curricula. Additionally, VEX has a popular robotics competition.
VEX EDR:
With some hardware and software work, you can use our sensors w...
If LabQuest 2 is in sleep mode for a long time (such as over a summer vacation), sometimes when you turn it back on the screen will flash repeatedly.
Use the AC adapter that shipped with the LabQuest unit and carefully follow the below se...
The following PDF document shows how to use a multimeter to measure current or voltage in a KidWind setup. Two multimeters are needed to measure current and voltage at the same time.
Multimeter Instructions
A multimeter is an inexpensive way to...
It is recommended that you wash the Nalgene bottles by hand. This includes 250 mL Nalgene Bottle w/Lid (CO2-BTL) and the BioChamber 250 (BC-250).
The bottles are made of Polyethylene terephthalate G copolymer (PETG). The maximum temperature the bo...
This information pertains to LabQuest 2.
If you have a LabQuest 3, see this article.
The original LabQuest does not support this feature.
These instructions are for LabQuest 2s that have been updated to 2.7 or higher. If you have not updated your ...
In February of 2017, Go Direct® SpectroVis® Plus Spectrophotometer (GDX-SVISPL) replaced the SpectroVis Plus (SVIS-PL, discontinued).
There are very few differences between the Go Direct SpectroVis Plus and the SpectroVis Plus (SVIS-PL) when...