Vernier Offers Summer Institutes on Data Collection Technology
Vernier
Software & Technology will offer 19 Summer
Institute
workshops over the next few months to help science,
technology,
engineering and math (STEM) teachers integrate probeware and
data-collection
technology into their curricula. Led by training specialists, the
workshops
will allow science teachers to use Vernier technology in classroom-ready
experiments that they can take back to their students.
As examples, physics teachers will be able to collect position, velocity and acceleration data
with a motion
detector in the "Cart on a Ramp" experiment while chemistry teachers can
use a colorimeter to determine the concentration of a nickel
sulfate solution in the "Beer's Law" lab.
Meanwhile, biology teachers can learn how to measure concentrations of carbon dioxide during cell
respiration with a CO2
gas sensor
and earth science teachers may explore classroom applications for a GPS
sensor.
The
six-hour one-day and
12-hour two-day institutes are intended to meet the needs of teachers
from a
wide variety of grade levels and STEM disciplines. Students have the
option of
earning two credit hours through the Portland State University Center
for
Science Education.
"Our
institutes provide
educators of all experience levels with a great opportunity to continue
their
professional learning over the summer," said David Vernier, co-founder
of
Vernier and a former physics teacher.
One-day
institutes will be
held at a variety
of locations throughout the United States beginning June 22
in Houston and wrapping up in Seattle August 8. Five two-day sessions will
be
held in July at Vernier's headquarters office in Beaverton, OR.
The one-day
$99 registration
fee includes training, lunch, lab handouts and a lab manual.
Registration
fee for the
two-day
institutes is $199 and includes more in-depth study on a specific
science subject.
Vernier
provides software and
scientific data-collection technology for STEM classrooms.
About the Author
Michael Hart is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer and the former executive editor of THE Journal.