PASCO Adds Google Integrations to Science Gear

  • By Dian Schaffhauser
  • 01/22/20

PASCO Scientific, which supplies schools with science products, has joined a Google for Education integrated solutions initiative. PASCO said it hopes its participation will improve the efficiency of science learning and classroom experimentation with its gear in schools where Google products are being used.

This isn't the first time PASCO has focused on Google integration. According to Richard Briscoe, the company's president and CEO, "teachers and students have been using SPARKvue software to collect and analyze data on their Chromebooks and Android devices for years."

The latest commitment means PASCO will optimize more of its education applications and tools to work with Chrome OS, Google Classroom and G Suite for Education.

The first set of integrations includes the abilities to:

  • Connect PASCO sensors to the Google Science Journal app on Android; for example, users of Science Journal will get the same plug-and-play functionality already available to SPARKvue users when using PASCO wireless sensors;

  • Export data directly to Google Sheets on Android; and

  • Share lab resources — including digital experiments — from PASCO.com through Google Classroom, with the use of a new "share to classroom" button that lets teachers export their experiments to the whole class with a click.

"At PASCO, we are excited to be partnering with Google in our mission to promote accessible science learning and data literacy," said Briscoe in a statement. "We are consistently striving to provide educators with innovative teaching solutions that improve the efficiency of their classroom."

More information about the integrations is available on the PASCO website.

About the Author

Dian Schaffhauser is a former senior contributing editor for 1105 Media's education publications THE Journal, Campus Technology and Spaces4Learning.

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