Science for Everyone

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Featured Activities

Convert the PocketLab HotRod to an Inertia Cart

The PocketLab Inertia Cart This cool inertia cart dates back to the early 1900's, but hasn't seen much action since, primarily due to a lack of ease in…

It's Simple. PocketLab and Harmonic Motion Just Go Together

Creative Ways to make Simple Waves PocketLab Voyager and PocketLab One are great tools for investigating simple harmonic motion. There are literally dozens of…

How does a Rangefinder Work - Physics of Probeware

Introduction to Rangefinders Rangefinders, sometimes called motion sensors or motion detectors are commonly used in probeware, camera autofocus, and robotics…

Middle School Science

intelino/PocketLab: Relative Velocity Lab Grades 6-9

Introduction Here is a physical science lab for junior high students that brings out the S, T, E, and M in STEM -- S for the science of relative velocity, T…

intelino smart train/PocketLab: Match-made-in-heaven

Introduction Are you looking for some great physical science activities for 4th grade through junior high school students? If so, it would be well worth…

intelino smart train/Voyager: Angular Velocity

Introduction In a previous lesson the "intelino® smart train" was introduced, and an activity on speed for 4th grade through middle school students was…

High School Physics

Damped Simple Harmonic Motion

Introduction Damping causes oscillatory systems to dissipate energy to their surroundings. Frictional losses are quite common in mechanical systems and…

The Negative Exponential Nature of Damping

Introduction Damping causes oscillatory systems to dissipate energy to their surroundings. Frictional losses are quite common in mechanical systems. For…

Resonance and Damped Harmonic Motion

Introduction Resonance can be defined in a number of ways. The most common definition is that resonance occurs at the frequency at which forced oscillations…

Scratch

Programming Exercise:Voyager Temperature Probe Controlled Scratch Teapot

Here is a project that will challenge your students’ skill in interfacing PocketLab Voyager with Scratch Programming. The challenge is to program the five…

Interfacing PocketLab Voyager with Modular Robotics Cubelets Maker Space

The maker revolution has grown by leaps and bounds during the past four years. With dozens of robotic toys for learning and discovery now in the marketplace,…

PocketLab Voyager Study of LIDAR Basics

LIDAR—an acronym for Light Detection and Ranging—is a method for remote sensing to measure distances. While LIDAR commonly uses reflected laser light to…

News

TurboTrack Dynamics Cart for Physics

We've turbocharged some of the most classic (boring?) physics experiments with the brand new PocketLab TurboTrack. It's a fast, fun, physics playground for…

Air Quality Matters!

Globally, seven million premature deaths each year result from air pollution (WHO, 2012). Recent air quality events such as the forest fires in Western North…

State of Global Air: A Report on Air Quality Parameters and their Health Effects

The State of Global Air report is an annually updated peer-reviewed document providing the most up to date information possible on global air quality and its…

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