Activities and Curriculum:

5 Minute Activities with Sensors CLICK HERE for Sample

Science at Work with Dataloggers CLICK HERE for Sample

High School Chemistry Investigation with Dataloggers CLICK HERE for Sample

High School Biology Investigation with Dataloggers CLICK HERE for Sample

High School Physics, Light Sound and Pressure Investigations with Dataloggers CLICK HERE for Sample

High School Physicis Motion Momentum and Collision Investigations with Dataloggers CLICK HERE for Sample

Physics Investigations with Dataloggers CLICK HERE for Sample

Motion Sensor Investigations with Dataloggers CLICK HERE for Sample

Physics:

Graphing your own motion
Velocity of carts on an inclined plane
Newton’s second law
Temperature and the speed of sound
Simple Harmonic motion
Elastic and inelastic collisions
Static and Kinetic Energy
Impulse and momentum

The Motion Sensor is a sonar device that emits ultrasonic pulses, which reflect off an object. It measures the time it takes a high frequency sound pulse to travel from the sensor to an object and back. This time data is used, together with the speed of sound to determine the distance of an object from the sensor.

When set in any of the 3 Distance ranges, the Motion sensor uses temperature compensation for greater accuracy. When using the Time range, temperature compensation is not used; therefore the correlation between temperature and the speed of sound can be investigated.

This Motion sensor takes the power it requires from the datalogger.

Works with the following Dataloggers:

VHub4 and VHub8