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March 2008 Issue
In this Issue:
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Probe of the Month: Temperature (
-25 °C to 110 °C)
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This month's Probe of the Month is the
Temperature probe (-25
°C to 110 °C), DT029. This simple, durable,
stainless steel probe can be connected to the Nova5000, MultiLogPRO or
TriLink data loggers. Due to the sensor's wide range, it can be used as
a thermometer for experiments in Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Earth
Science, Environmental Science and is mostly suitable for water and
other chemical solution temperature measurements.
The probe is the ideal tool for
introducing Elementary School students to the processes of data
measurement and data analysis. We recommend temperature experiments as
one of the first introductions to science experimentation because it
builds understanding around a common and basic human experience of hot
and cold sensations. Typical experiments include:
- Specific heat experiments
- Measuring freezing and boiling points
- Monitoring endothermic and exothermic
reactions
- Investigating the Combined Gas Law
- Exploring loss of heat thought sweat on the
human body
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Using the Nova5000 for Educating Science
Beginners
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Integrating data measurement and
analysis into the minds’ of young scientists must be achieved in
clear stages, which start from understanding change in data and build
up to understanding measurement over time. The MultiLab CE data
analysis education software on the Nova5000 has been modified to aid
Elementary School Science teachers to achieve this. The software
introduces bright Bar, Clock, Digital and Color meters to represent
data and bring immediacy in understanding a measurement. In this
article we explore the different stages of initial data collection and
analysis understanding through each of the meters as experienced during
the temperature experiment.
Click here to read the full article
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Tell Me the Temperature - Free Experiment
Activity Download
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The initial activity described in Using
the Nova5000 for Educating Science Beginners has introduced the
basic premises of data logging. For instance, how one collects data and
displays this data, and then reads the data while connecting it to an
action in the experiment. Having laid this groundwork in the minds of
their student, teachers can move on to the next stage. This
month’s free download experiment activity is an ideal next step.
The activity involves two children working together; one student sees only
the graph results and must guess whether the second student is placing
the Temperature sensor in hot or cold water.
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here to download Tell Me the Temperature PDF
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Brenda Raker,
CEO for Fourier US Operations interview in Education Week:
‘Probeware' on Increase in Schools' Science Labs
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This month Andrew Trotter interviewed
Brenda
Raker, CEO for Fourier US Operations for an article
in Education Week, entitled: ‘Probeware’ on Increase in
Schools’ Science Labs.
"...Educators and company officials
also attribute a recent surge in interest in probeware to a push to
blend together instruction in the so-called STEM fields of science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics in an applied context, an
approach that business and political leaders have been talking up as a
key to the nation's future economic competitiveness. ...Fourier
Systems, an Israeli company with U.S.
headquarters in New Albany,
Ind., has distinguished
its offering for K-12 by combining, in one device, a basic, low-cost
laptop computer - the Nova 5000 - that provides access to Office software
and the Web as well as attachable probes for data collection. Brenda Raker, the company's chief executive
officer of U.S.
operations, said Fourier's U.S. customer list is
growing. Recent activity, she said, includes a contract with West Virginia to provide the $499 devices to 60
high schools, and a sale of 400 to the San Antonio schools. Like other
probeware vendors, Ms. Raker said she seen an uptick in inquiries
lately from school districts looking for technology to enhance their
curricula in STEM."
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Nova5000 gets a Five Star "Excellent"
Rating by Chris A. Butlin in the UK-based, Physics Education, March 2008
Review
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Chris Butlin, in his Physics Education
March 2008 Review of Nova5000, gives a Five Star "Excellent"
rating saying that he is not surprised "The Nova5000 was the
winner of the Worldidac Award in 2006 and its data logging software,
MultiLab, received an Eddie (Education Software Review Award) in
2007". He adds "If you do not already have lots of laptops or
tablet PCs available for use in science, both in the laboratory and
outside, then Nova5000 EXs would be worthy purchases."
Click here to read the entire
article (PDF file)
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Nova5000 Voted a Hardware Winner by Angela
Pascopella, District Administration, February 2008
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Fourier's 9 1/2 x 7 1/2-inch, 2.7-pound.
student computer comes with word processing, spreadsheet, and Portrait
4 graphing and calculator software, and Web browsing is via Ethernet or
built-in WiFi 802.11g. It uses the Windows CE 5.0 operating system with
built-in Flash memory. It features a bright LCD screen, eight-hour
battery life, remote desktop connection, built-in speakers, and VGA
external connection for monitors and projectors. The Nova5000
interfaces with sensors for data logging and analysis, making it a
portable science lab.
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We're always happy to receive your feedback.
For any further information regarding
marketing collateral please contact Rebecca Posen, Marketing
Communications Manager at Fourier: Rebecca@fourier-sys.com
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