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High School / Biology

Digital Microscopes and Slide Preparation (Compound Microscope)

Students learn how to use PASCO software to analyze images captured from a compatible digital compound...

High School / Biology

Digital Microscopes and Slide Preparation (Single Lens Microscope)

Students learn how to use PASCO software to analyze images captured from a compatible digital single...

High School / Biology

Comparing Plant and Animal Cells

Students use a digital microscope compatible with PASCO software to compare cheek cells and onion cells, then use their observations to determine whether...

High School / Earth SciencePhysical SciencePhysics

Weird Weather: Solar Eclipse Weather Study

Strange things happen during a solar eclipse! In this lab, students uncover local changes in weather...

High School / Earth SciencePhysical SciencePhysics

Solar Eclipse Light and Temperature Study

In this lab, students use Wireless Light and Temperature Sensors to investigate a solar eclipse and...

High School / ChemistryPhysics

Radioactive Decay and Half-Life

Students measure the counts coming from a sample of Ba - 137m with a Geiger counter. They answer questions about radioactive decay and half-life during...

High School / Biology

Muscle Stretch Reflex

Students use an EKG sensor along with a force sensor to determine the average time for the calf muscle to respond to the Achilles reflex.

High School / Biology

EKG: Electrical Waves of the Heart

Students use an EKG sensor to learn about the relationship between electrical impulses in the heart and atrial and ventricular contractions by monitoring...

High School / Biology

EKG: Heart Rate Recovery

Students use an EKG sensor to investigate how an EKG waveform changes in response to a brief period of exercise.

High School / Biology

Gene Expression in Yeast

Students use a carbon dioxide sensor to investigate whether yeasts can immediately metabolize a sugar or if the genes required to metabolize the sugar...

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