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Find lessons, activities, and programming applications suitable for everyone from 4th grade Earth Science students to college-level engineering students.

 

Featured Activities

Heat lamp adding thermal energy to gas for NGSS MS-PS1-4

How to teach NGSS MS-PS1-4: Particle motion and states of matter

Using barometric pressure to teach about particle motion and states of matter In a few simple experiments, temperature can be related to the the kinetic…
Crash Cushion Activity MS-PS2-1

How to teach NGSS MS-PS2-1: Newton's Third Law

Using PocketLab to Teach MS-PS2-1: Engineering Design and Newton's Third Law NGSS Standard MS-PS2-1: What's in the standard? Teaching NGSS Standard MS-PS2-1…
Pressure sensor membrane deflection

How does a Pressure Sensor Work - Physics of Probeware

Introduction to Pressure Sensors Pressure sensors are one of the most widely used sensors and can be found in probeware for lab measurements, but more…

Middle School Science

Crash Cushion Activity for Newton's Third Law

Investigating Newton's Third Law with Crash Cushion Engineering

Engineering Crash Cushions to Learn Newton's Third Law Background Information Car crashes are a dangerous example of Newton's Third Law. The car exerts a…
Crash Cushion Activity MS-PS2-1

How to teach NGSS MS-PS2-1: Newton's Third Law

Using PocketLab to Teach MS-PS2-1: Engineering Design and Newton's Third Law NGSS Standard MS-PS2-1: What's in the standard? Teaching NGSS Standard MS-PS2-1…
Egg Drop Experiment with Data

Egg Drop Experiment with Data

Egg Drop Experiment with Data We can take an egg drop further by adding sensor data collection. Normally an egg drop is a “pass or fail” activity, and…

High School Physics

Rotational Motion Cover Image

Rotational Motion: Moment of Inertia

Rotational Motion and Moment of Inertia Lab Setup Figure 1 shows a ramp and three distinctly different objects that you will release from rest at the top. …
Croquet Mallet Equipped with PocketLab Voyager

Physics from a Croquet Mallet and Ball

Introduction Various forms of the sport now known as croquet have been around for centuries.  Plastic or wooden balls are struck with a mallet through hoops,…
PocketLab Voyager lab setup for Newton's Law of Cooling

PocketLab Voyager: Newton's Law of Cooling

Newton's Law of Cooling In this experiment students will use PocketLab Voyager to collect data related to the cooling of a container of hot water as time goes…

Scratch

A Voyager/ScratchX Theremin

Theremin Music Simulation: Voyager/ScratchX

What is a Theremin? A theremin , named after its Russian inventor in the early 1900's, is an electronic musical instrument that is controlled without any…
Wireless Controller Game for Scratch

A Wireless Controller for a Scratch Game

Let's create a game in Scratch that is controlled by a wireless controller using the PocketLab accelerometer. PocketLab can connect directly and wirelessly to…
Reading External Temperature Sensors in Scratch

Programming with Sensors in Scratch

This lesson will show you programming in Scratch with external sensors. We can read sensor data directly into Scratch and use it to write programs that make…

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Web App Source Selection Screen Guide

PocketLab on Windows 10

Beta version of the PocketLab Web App available now The PocketLab Web App is now available on Windows 10 devices as a beta version. The PocketLab Web App…
PocketLab Air on lab bench measuring indoor air quality

PocketLab Air Office Data

As we get PocketLab Air prepared for manufacturing, we are doing lots of sensor testing in the PocketLab offices. Here is data from Friday, November 30th…
Model of planet transit of star

Explore Earth's Systems and Outer Space with your PocketLab

Engaging NGSS Earth and Space Science Activities with PocketLab Explore Earth's systems and discover other planets with these two NGSS aligned Earth and Space…