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Digital Microscopes and Slide Preparation (Compound Microscope)
Students learn how to use PASCO software to analyze images captured from a compatible digital compound...
Digital Microscopes and Slide Preparation (Single Lens Microscope)
Students learn how to use PASCO software to analyze images captured from a compatible digital single...
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...
Weird Weather: Solar Eclipse Weather Study
Strange things happen during a solar eclipse! In this lab, students uncover local changes in weather...
Solar Eclipse Light and Temperature Study
In this lab, students use Wireless Light and Temperature Sensors to investigate a solar eclipse and...
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...
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.
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...
EKG: Heart Rate Recovery
Students use an EKG sensor to investigate how an EKG waveform changes in response to a brief period of exercise.
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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