STEMLabs

I've linked a PDF copy of Dr. Suzanne Sumner's workshop presentation on using Vernier Sensors to align Math and Science.  Suzanne provides several good examples and helpful links.  To see the presentation, click here .

I've posted a PDF of the Hummingbird Workshop Power Point here: Hummingbird Workshop The Power Point has a number of links to helpful documents and tutorials on the Hummingbird workshop as well as some ideas for using the boards for SOL activities and lessons.

      TeacherGeek is an online site for Makerspace/STEMLab materials, components, activities, and ideas.  I'll be doing a post just about this site in the next week or so, but they also provide an excellent guide for determining if your STEM activity is really STEM, allowing for a lot of student creation and innovation, or an activity that simply has students following a set of instructions.  The guide is available on their website under the Documents and Videos tab, but I've provided a link to the PDF here as well:   TeacherGeek STEM Check

     Vernier has a free software download named Graphical Analysis that does the curve fitting that Logger Pro does, but Logger Lite doesn’t.      The options are listed in the attached screenshot:  Proportional, Linear, Quadratic, Power, Inverse, Inverse Squared, Natural Exponent, Natural Log. Suzanne

Photos from the 3D Printing and Vernier Sensor Workshop at St. Clare Walker Middle School.  Lots of creative 3D design and printing and lots of practice with Vernier sensors. 3D Printed Carbon Atom Wind Turbine 3D Printed Mantis Sign for Spanish Class Dr. Sumner Working with Vernier Sensors Vernier Motion Sensor House Design in Tinkercad                                                              Energy Sensor Chicken or the Egg? 3D Printed Race Medals Dr. Sumner talking about Vernier Sensors

Links for the Workshop Presentations 3D Printing Vernier Sensors

These photos are from the Sept. 23rd Hummingbird workshop at Montross Middle School.  Lots of creative inventing - angle indicators, trash sensing and removal machines for drains, rubber band launchers, dump trucks with flashing lights and backup signals, and more.