New Technologies

LabQuest™

This is one of the coolest, most bang for the buck things you could have for your classroom. It is the most engaging tool for science that I have ever seen. It is a computer, editor, contains about 50 built-in instructions for labs, periodic table of elements and you can attach scientific data gathering instruments such as temperature probes, light sensors and photo cells. It is also a stop watch. Students can take the device into the field, lab, etc. to gather data. It is water resistant and durable. Students could use the device to gather and analyze data. They can import data from LabQuest™ into their computers and use it with Logger Pro software for further data analysis.

http://www.vernier.com

If you want to watch a quick movie by David Vernier of the LabQuest in action, go to:

http://www.vernier.com/labquest/video.html