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October 2008 Issue
In this
Issue:
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"In 25 years
of teaching, I've never had anyone say dream big to me before, and come
through." Physics teacher Rick Light, on the Nova5000
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 Read the full transcript from the Woodbury
Bulletin, Minnesota: Technology's in the hands of Physics students, by
Louise Ernewein, October 8, 2008
Click here to read
the full article
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Nova5000 joins
latest technology in Tulsa,
Oklahoma classrooms. View
the ABC KTUL News Channel 8 Report
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Having
purchased and received 265 Nova5000 units, another 250 units next
month and 250 more in late Spring 2009, Yamilette Williams, Director
of Instructional Technology at Tulsa
describes how the Nova5000s "will allow students the opportunity
to do research, to collaborate, exchange information to go through a
writing process and to capture in a digital format, rather than
written framework."
Click here to read the Web report
Click
here to view the video news report
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Key Curriculum
Press: Geometer’s Sketchpad, as bundled in the Nova line, has won
the EdNET 2008 Impact Award
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Key Curriculum Press® has published and
continuously developed The Geometer’s Sketchpad® for almost two
decades. Sketchpad has revolutionized the teaching of geometry
worldwide, with more than half of all U.S. high schools using the
dynamic mathematics software, and an even larger international
following. In recognition of the company’s achievements in
mathematics, Key Curriculum Press has been honored with the EdNET 2008
Impact Award. The EdNET Impact Award is presented yearly to the company
that has made the most significant impact on education through its
excellent educational support and instructional resources.
Click here to read the full article
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Probe of the
Month: Microphone DT008
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This
month's Probe of the Month is the Microphone DT008 sound sensor, giving
an output of ±2.5 Volts. The DT008 is not a noise level sensor. It was designed
to study the properties of sound waves. The frequency range of the
DT008 is 35 Hz to 10000 Hz. Typical experiments that use the probe
include measuring the speed of sound, measuring sound beats, comparing
the wave forms from various musical instruments or animals, and investigating
how the wave pattern changes when the amplitude and the frequency are
changed.
Click here to learn more about the Microphone probe
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Free Experiment
Download
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 This
month's free experiment download is: Measuring the Speed of Sound with the DT008 Sound Sensor (Microphone).
In this experiment we measure the time it takes
a sharp sound to travel the distance between two microphones. The speed
of sound is then calculated by dividing the distance between the two microphones
by the time it took the sound to travel the distance between them. In
this manner the speed of sound in air, wood and metal can be measured
Click here to
download the experiment PDF file
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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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