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Our webinars offer innovative ways to engage students with STEM in traditional classroom or virtual environments. Our experienced educational technology specialists will walk you through experiments that students can do using our free sample data.

Upcoming Webinars

The Fluorescence Files: Exploring Chemistry Concepts through Forensics

March 14, 2024
4:00–5:15 p.m. PDT | 7:00–8:15 p.m. EDT

Turn your classroom into a forensics lab and help your students solidify their understanding of chemistry concepts! Join Vernier chemistry specialist Nüsret Hisim in an NSTA-hosted webinar as he shares his classroom-tested techniques for sparking engagement through hands-on forensics experiments. After discussing tips and best practices, Nüsret will cover an experiment from our new lab book, Forensic Chemistry Experiments, which provides a ready-to-implement forensic investigation into ink pigment identification using Vernier spectroscopy tools.

Getting Ready for the Total Solar Eclipse with Dave Vernier

March 26, 2024
4:00–5:00 p.m. PDT | 7:00–8:00 p.m. EDT

Are you ready for the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024? The eclipse presents a rare opportunity to explore this celestial phenomena with hands-on science and engage your students with real-world learning! Join our Co-Founder Dave Vernier for an informative session to help you prepare to observe this event safely and collect exciting scientific data with Vernier sensors.

Chemistry Essentials: Getting Started with Vernier

April 25, 2024
4:00–5:00 p.m. PDT | 7:00–8:00 p.m. EDT

Looking to bring more engaging hands-on experiences into your high school or college chemistry lab? Join us as we demonstrate three of our most versatile chemistry sensors: the Go Direct® pH Sensor, the Go Direct Gas Pressure Sensor, and the Go Direct Colorimeter. Vernier chemistry experts—and former educators—Nüsret Hisim and Melissa Hill, PhD, will showcase how these sensors can be used by your students to investigate concepts like acid-base reactions, gas laws, reaction rates, and more.

Recent Webinars

Motion Three Ways: Experiments with the New Vernier Cart Fan

Investigate force and motion with the new Vernier Cart Fan accessory! Find out how your students can collect force, acceleration, and velocity data by adding these easy-to-use, modular fans to our wireless sensor carts. This versatile tool offers variable force levels to demonstrate concepts like uniform acceleration and Newton’s second law.  

Engaging Biofuel Exploration Through Cellulose Breakdown with Vernier and Bio-Rad

Wondering how to demonstrate cellulose breakdown and explain how reaction speed relates to biofuel production amounts. Introduce your students to relevant, real-world topics such as sustainability and renewable energy with this hands-on experiment, “Introduction to Biofuels: Enzyme Action”! Get the tools you need to conduct an engaging quantitative enzyme tracking activity with your students using a standards-aligned method for modeling biomass conversion reactions using Vernier spectrophotometers.

Essential Vernier Sensors for CASE APT Courses

Discover simple approaches for collecting reliable, high-quality data across standards-aligned Agricultural Power & Technology (APT) CASE courses with Vernier technology. Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education (CASE) expert Chelsea Bowen and Vernier technology specialists Tom Smith and John Melville, PhD, highlight the sensors and software CASE educators use to promote hands-on exploration of key agricultural concepts from environmental systems to agricultural engineering.

Enzymatic Explorations: Investigating Solutions for Lactose Intolerance

Looking for an alternative to glucose strips when you teach about lactose and lactase? Find out how you can directly track lactose cleavage and metabolism using Go Direct® CO2 sensors. Join Vernier biology expert John Melville, PhD, as he covers a standards-aligned enzymology lesson with an updated real-world application. This phenomenon-driven investigation will allow students to explore lactase enzyme function firsthand by observing lactose breakdown and sugar metabolism.

Physics Essentials: Getting Started with Vernier

Vernier’s Director of Physics Fran Poodry demonstrates our five most commonly used physics sensors and presents several innovative ways to make physics more relatable and engaging for your students. Learn about the sensors your students can use to investigate Ohm’s law in simple circuits, understand the effects of air resistance on falling coffee filters, or learn about Newton’s third law by connecting the hooks of two force sensors with a rubber band. 

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