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Plant Pigments and Photosynthesis
In this lab, students will separate plant pigments from a sample using paper chromatography and measure the light reactions of photosynthesis...
09_Plant Pigments
Students analyze spinach pigments and chloroplasts using paper chromatography, a colorimeter, and a spectrometer to understand how plants capture...
Blockly Extension: Acoustic Stopwatch
Students develop Blockly code that uses data from a Wireless Sound Sensor to trigger start and stop timing, effectively creating a stopwatch...
Digital Thermometer
Students use a //code.Node and a wireless temperature sensor to create a device that alerts the user to a fever.
Intruder Alarm
Students use their previous knowledge of coding to create a unique program that will alert them to an intruder. The process will include submitting...
Step Counter
Students will use either the acceleration-y or acceleration-x //code.Node sensor and knowledge of their own gait to create a program that mimics...
Investigating Sound Levels
Students use the //code.Node sound sensor to investigate various sound levels and create a program to alert the user when the music from their...
What's the Origin?
Students take their previous knowledge of plotting ordered pairs and apply it to the layout of the //code.Node 5X5 LED array.
Clap On
Students are introduced to an invention from the 1980's that allows you to turn lights on and off by clapping your hands. Student then use Blockly...
Light Bulb Efficiency
Students apply their understanding of energy transfer and transformation to investigate and compare the efficiencies of two different light bulbs.
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