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Science for Everyone PocketLab Experiment

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Featured Activities

Introduction to the Moment of Inertia Challenge We are going to assume that you have studied the concepts of moment of inertia and physical pendulums in your…
3D Print a PocketLab Mini HotRod The PocketLab Mini HotRod is the perfect accessory for your PocketLab Voyager. It's fun. It's small. And it's jam-packed with…
What's a "Speeder Upper"? As shown in Figure 1, a "Speeder Upper" is a pair of disks that are connected by a short rod of much smaller radius.  The NSTA…

Middle School Science

Light travels in waves, but unlike waves on the ocean, they are much too small for us to see with the naked eye. A polarizer is a light filter that only allows…
Introduction Don't discard your school's empty 3D filament reels.  There's a good chance that you and your students could come up with some interesting…
Introduction to Calibration Sensor-based inquiry is a dominant force in today’s science education, with the calibration of sensors being essential for high-…

High School Physics

Rolling Resistance Rolling resistance is a force that opposes the motion when an object rolls along a surface.There are many examples of objects experiencing…
The Moment of Inertia Challenge Determinig the moment of inertia about the center of mass mathematically of an object with complex geometry is not an easy…
Introduction Empty 3D filament reels are great devices to use in the physics classroom.  There's a good chance that you and your students could come up with…

Scratch

Carnival Games Most everyone enjoys a carnival!  Some like the food--from cotton candy, to funnel cakes, to ice cream.  Others enjoy rides such as the…
A Tactile Sensor ON/OFF ScratchX Switch This lesson provides an example of how to ScratchX program PocketLab Voyager's tactile sensor as an ON/OFF switch.  If…
Introduction A theremin , named after its Russian inventor in the early 1900's, is an electronic musical instrument that is controlled without any contact by…

News

With so many people working from home, and limited travel and industrial activity, many regions are experiencing startling improvements in air quality.…
PocketLab Notebook Webinar: A digital notebook for online science labs //March 25, 2020 // 4:00 PM Pacific Time //      What is PocketLab Notebook? …
No doubt your school is accumulating some empty 3D filament reels!  Why not put them to use with PocketLab Voyager in your school's physics lab?  The table…

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