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Sensors help us to appreciate experiments in a different way. They allow to data to be collected over long or very short periods of time. They also visualise changes that we don't normally see. The benefit is not really to do with getting a machine to do the work: it's more to do with gaining data we can use to make some learning happen. On the left are experiment ideas (with pupil questions) to adapt to suit your objectives.
On a page nearby is data from experiments that we've collected over many years. You can use the data in Excel or your data logging program. Go
here - Data handling.
These experiments were contributed by
- Laurence Rogers, Leicester University, the author of Datalogging Insight (Logotron). This software works with all sorts of data logging hardware.
- Roger Frost, writer and consultant on using computers in school science.
- Martin King, consultant and former head of science.
- The Schools Online project that originally commisioned them.
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This activity was adapted by from The IT in Science book of Data logging and Control. This page is © IT in Science. It may be reproduced for use within your school. |