Thanks to a generous grant from the Bronxville Foundation, the high school science labs will be introducing new probeware technology into the classroom. Each lab table will now be equipped with a Labquest2 Probeware Tablet. The table interfaces with data collection probes, stores lab protocols for students to follow during the gathering of data, collects data in both tabular/graphical formats, enables statistical analysis of the data collected, allows students to take and save notes, and most importantly being WiFi equipped, the tablets can transmit all the data as it is collected in real time to each student's mobile device (IPads, IPods, Laptops, Android devices) when equipped with the proper APP. Completed experimental data maybe collected using a USB thumb drive, it can also be sent to each student's e-mail address for analysis on their home computer.
The following is a promotional video describing the system from Vernier:
The grant has enabled the department to equip each science discipline's lab with probes that can carryout basic investigations (for use in Core Bio, Core Chem, Core Earth Science and Core Physics courses) and advanced inquiry investigations that align with AP and IB curricula (for use in the Honors Biology II, Honors Chem II, Honors Earth Science II, Honors Physics II, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, and AP Physics courses). This system will allow our teachers to adapt included labs/customize included labs/create new labs /and upload the lab protocols to the tablets using a Lab Creator and Lab Organizer Programs/Websites provided by Vernier.
The system is completely portable, so students will be able to take the tablets and probes into the field to collect data for analysis. The following is a list of probes that will be available as classroom sets (one for each lab table, tablet). One set of probes will be assigned to each of the six high school classrooms.
Biology Probes - Temperature Probe, Hand Grip Heart Rate Monitor, Gas Pressure Sensor, CO2 Sensor
Inquiry Biology Probes - Temperature Probe, Hand-Grip Heart Rate Monitor, Gas Pressure Sensor, CO2 Sensor, Spectrovis Plus Sensor
Chem Probes - Temperature Probe, pH Sensor, Gas Pressure Sensor, Voltage Probe
Inquiry Chem Probes - Temperature Probe, pH Sensor, Gas Pressure Sensor
Earth Science Probes - Temperature Probe, Light Sensor, pH Sensor, UVB Sensor
Physics Probes - Motion Detectors, Dual-Range Force Detectors, Microphone, Differential Voltage Probe, Photogates, Rotary Motion Sensors.
The Bronxville Daily Voice ran an article about the grant: Bronxville HS Grant for New Technology
