Probeware

1. Guidelines for Best Practice

 * Use the tool when it will give you the best data.
 * Use probeware when finding a mathmatical relationship among measured variables is desired.
 * Use probeware when short data collection time is an issue, and incorporate digital video when a view of the event with the data is essential for understanding of the phenomena.

2. Examples of Best Practice

 * [|Free Vernier Labs] from the Vernier lab books entitled "...with Vernier."
 * [|Free Pasco Labs] from the Pasco lab books.
 * [|TI Explorations Labs]: **ENTIRE** lab books for Vernier sensors with TI calculators! (High school, middle school, math, forensics!)
 * [|Innovative Uses of Probeware] more great lab ideas!
 * [|Vernier Success Stories] real stories from real teachers.
 * [|Eeps Media] has great activities for math and physics. Check out the Data Zoo.
 * Jerel Welker's Math Activites use probeware for data collection and modeling.
 * [|Lesson Plans>>]
 * [|Resources>>]
 * [|Lab Activities]

3. Additional Resources

 * [|The Caliper] is Vernier's newsletter featuring great ideas for using probes in the classroom.
 * [|Vernier Probeware]
 * [|Pasco PASPORT probeware]
 * [|Vernier Go! Probes] are lower cost temperature probes and motion sensors that interface directly with computer or calculator.
 * [|Vernier Lab Books] have tons of lab activities which include a CD with the handouts so you can edit them.
 * [|Vernier Discussion Forum] includes sections for lab ideas and for tech support.
 * [|Upcoming Vernier Workshops and Training]

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