Vernier+Probes



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This project will require you to design an experiment where you will collect data using a Vernier probe that is hooked up to either a LabQuest, LabPro or directly to a computer. The first two devices may either collect data on their own or hooked up to a computer. You will need to use one of the following probes:

Motion Detector Super Pulley Barometer Radiation Monitor Thermocouple Turbidity Sensor Temperature Probe pH Electrode--Claire Heart Rate Monitor - **Bo and Victahh** Low-g Accelerometer Force Plate Pressure Sensor Magnetic Field Sensor Light Sensor Relative Humidity Sensor Photogate <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Microphone <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Flow Rate Sensor <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dual Range Force Sensor <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nitrate Ion Probe <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Student Force Sensor <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Differential Voltage Probe <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Conductivity Probe <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Electrical Current Probe

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Once you decide which probe to use, you need to design an experiment using it. For instance, if you decide to use the Flow Rate Probe, you might measure the speed of water flow in various water fountains or sinks throughout the building. Your idea must be approved by me before proceeding. Your data must be collected and shown in both table and graph form. You then need to write up your lab in PHEOC form (or something similar) as follows:

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Problem: Sum up your experiment in question form in one or two sentences.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hypothesis: Use your previous knowledge to take an educated guess on what will happen BEFORE you do your experiment.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Experiment: Describe exactly what you did from the lab setup (diagrams or pictures may be used), which probe you used, how you collected your data and any other pertinent information.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Observations: This will include your data table(s), graph(s), photos, video and any other information involved with your lab.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Conclusion: This will include whether your hypothesis was correct, but should also include any other factors that affected your data. If something didn’t work the way you thought, why not? If things did work out, try to explain your results.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The final product may be in various formats: printed document, presentation software (Powerpoint, Prezi, etc...), podcast or any other approved method.