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Let There Be Light -- Investigating the level of light intensity over a 24-hour period.

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More Experiments:

Terrain Mapping -- Construct an artificial "land mass" and mapping the surface features of its terrain using a Motion Sensor.
Exploring Evaporation -- Investigate the phenomenon of evaporation under a variety of conditions.
Turbidity Trouble -- Measure the cloudiness of water samples to determine correlation between weather events and local water quality.
Noise Pollution -- Measure the intensity of various sound sources.
Exploring Temperature -- Eight investigations using the Temperature Sensor.
Indoor CO2 Build-Up -- Measuring the amount of CO2 in a classroom and observing the changing levels during a class period.
Acid Mine Drainage and Dissolved Oxygen -- Students will analyze how sulfites and related chemical compounds affect the availability of oxygen in waterways exposed to acid mine drainage.
Salinity in Soil -- Measuring the conductivity of water samples to determine if water "runoff" from soil is more or less likely to conduct electricity.
Under Pressure -- Measuring atmospheric pressure over a 24-hour period.
Terrarium Humidity -- Measuring air temperature, dew point and relative humidity in a plant terrarium.
Acid Rain Simulation -- Creating samples of "acid rain" in the laboratory, using a pH sensor to quantify the change in acidity of the "rain water".
Running Hot & Cold: Convection Currents -- Using a pair of Temperature Sensors to investigate convection currents in a water tank.