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Science for Everyone PocketLab Experiment

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Middle School Science

PocketLab with curtains diagram

Saving Energy with Curtains

Exploration Does closing blinds or curtains save energy? Often the blinds or curtains in a room are left open when it is cold outside, even when no one is…
Food coloring in different temperature water baths - diagram

What is temperature?

Exploration What does it mean to change temperature? What is temperature? We know what it means to be hot or cold, but what does it mean when you measure the…
Hiking in altitude diagram

Take a hike!

Exploration  As a hiker changes elevation during a hike, the atmospheric pressure will change. The air pressure at sea level, is vastly different than the air…

High School Physics

Half-Atwood Experiment

PocketLab Voyager/LEGO®: A Study of the Half Atwood Machine

A widely used experiment for studying Newton’s Second Law of Motion makes use of a Half-Atwood machine.  In this experiment a cart on a horizontal surface is…
Revolving Air Disk

PocketLab Voyager: Deceleration of an Air Disk

A very popular air disk is the Air Power Soccer Disk, available at a variety of locations including Amazon, Walmart, and Educational Innovations, Inc. at…
Experiment Setup

PocketLab Voyager: Investigating Thermoelectric Generators & The Seebeck Effect

A thermoelectric generator (TEG) is a device that converts temperature differences directly into electrical energy.  In the past several years, there has been…

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PocketLab Improved My Life

A member of the PocketLab community posted to our forum last week, describing a clever way he used PocketLab’s magnetometer to help with a medical condition.…

PocketLab is Ready to Ship!

Fulfillment update After hours of USPS box folding, tiny-screw tightening, and quality assurance testing, we are happy to announce that our manufacturing and…

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