Science for Everyone

Science for Everyone PocketLab Experiment

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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

PocketLab Mini HotRods

The PocketLab Mini HotRod

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…
Harmonic motion graphs with audio feedback

Listen to your PocketLab graphs with audio feedback

Listen (literally) to your PocketLab graphs with audio feedback   There are two ways to hear the data collected by PocketLab graphs with audio feedback. …
Two Voyagers on carts sending data to phyphox

Use the data collecting app Phyphox with external sensors like PocketLab

Phyphox App Can Connect with PocketLab Voyager for Interesting New Experiments and Use Cases The public phyphox beta for connecting Bluetooth Low Energy…

Middle School Science

Screen Print

PocketLab Voyager/Wonder Gears: An Experiment on Gear Ratios and Angular Velocity

Gears date back many centuries and are extremely useful since they can change the direction imposed by a source of power, as well as torque and speed.  This…
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Color and temperature of objects

Introduction:On a hot, sunny day, would you rather wear dark or light-colored clothes? Have you ever walked across dark pavement barefoot on a hot day? How did…
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Temperature changes in sand versus water.

Introduction: Objective: The objective of today’s lab is to determine if water or sand heats up more quickly and “keeps” its heat longer. You will then use…

High School Physics

Helmholtz Science Lab Setup

Science Lab: Helmholtz Coils Magnetic Field

Helmholtz Coils These coils come in pairs with the same number of turns of wire on each of the two coils. In "true Helmholtz" configuration: (1) the coils are…
Setup for the Magnetic field from a current-carrying wire experiment

The Magnetic Field Around a Long Current Carrying Wire

Magnetic Fields from Electric Currents One of the classes of problems dealing with magnetic fields concerns the production of a magnetic field by a current-…
Magnetic Field on a Current Loop's Axix

Magnetic Field on a Current Loop's Axis

Introduction In this lesson students will find that a current-carrying loop can be regarded as a dipole, as it generates a magnetic field for points on its…

Scratch

Scratch Teapot

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…
Voyager/Cubelets Setup

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,…
LIDAR Project Setup

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…

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Donorschoose.ord and PocketLab

PocketLab on DonorsChoose.org

Can I get PocketLab on DonorsChoose.org? We hear this question often: Can I request PocketLab on DonorsChoose.org? The answer is a definite yes! We are proud…
PocketLab Air

Update: PocketLab Air - Measure What's in Your Air

What is PocketLab Air? PocketLab Air is an all-in-one science lab for investigating climate change and air pollution in your environment. With PocketLab Air…
Exploring with the PocketLab Light Sensor

Explore with the PocketLab Light Sensor

Use the PocketLab Light Sensor in your Classroom Our community site is full of interesting and creative ways to use the PocketLab Voyager or PocketLab Weather…