{"id":22669,"date":"2025-01-29T09:40:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T17:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/?p=22669"},"modified":"2025-01-29T09:40:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T17:40:03","slug":"can-the-tools-for-scientific-thinking-labs-be-done-using-vernier-graphical-analysis-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/22669","title":{"rendered":"Can the Tools for Scientific Thinking labs be done using Vernier Graphical Analysis Pro?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the labs in the two Tools for Scientific Thinking books were originally written to use Logger <em>Pro<\/em>, all of the experiments from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/product\/tools-for-scientific-thinking-motion-and-force\/\">TST Motion and Force book<\/a> can be done with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/product\/graphical-analysis\/\">Vernier Graphical Analysis Pro<\/a> using the setup files linked below. However, most of the activities<sup data-fn=\"c480a34d-8cf6-492c-b991-ae055fd2c2bf\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#c480a34d-8cf6-492c-b991-ae055fd2c2bf\" id=\"c480a34d-8cf6-492c-b991-ae055fd2c2bf-link\">1<\/a><\/sup> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/product\/tools-for-scientific-thinking-heat-and-temperature\/\">TST Heat and Temperature book<\/a> make use of a Heat Pulser, which is not supported in Graphical Analysis. (The files for this book are included for reference.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Tools for Scientific Thinking books were written generically.<\/strong> No changes to the books\u2019 written instructions are needed to support Graphical Analysis Pro. The books are no longer sold by Vernier and book text files are not included with the downloads. Download the files for the Tools for Scientific Thinking books you own. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">TST \u2013 Motion and Force<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/product.tstm-lp._hero.001-scaled-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/product.tstm-lp._hero.001-scaled-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/01\/product.tstm-lp._hero.001-scaled-1-600x337.jpg 600w, 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The TST \u2013 Motion and Force files also include files for using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/product\/gomotion\/\">Go!Motion Motion Detector<\/a> (prefixed with &#8220;GoMot&#8221;). 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