Activities+in+the+Classroom

=== Here are some activities you can do in the classroom using these tools. While they are made to be used by science and math classrooms, we have come up with some creative ways to use them in other subject areas as well. We have also put links to Vernier and other sites that have ideas of how to use the tools. But do not let this hold you back though, be creative and use these tools to your advantage! Check it out! ===

**__ Art: __**
** Flow Rate Monitor/pH Sensor: ** Have the students make an awareness poster. Have them use the data they collected as part of it. This could also work using the Go!Motion, if they get data of people driving too fast in the school parking lot.

Have the students make a pictorial documentation of their heart (emotionally or physically), and have them include data from the monitor, whether it be a graph, or maybe the actual data collected.
 * Heart Rate Monitor:**

__** English: **__
Use this data collected as part of an environmental unit. Have them find the data and use it to write a formal letter of concern or a persuasive essay.
 * Flow Rate Monitor/ph Sensor:**

Have a student wear and record their heart rate while watching an emotional short film(s). Then have them write, while including this data of change, how the movie used tone/music/scenery to make their audience feel. They could also write of their feelings toward the climax and afterwards. You could also have the students write a poem or short story of their inner heart along the lines of scientific explanations for it.
 * Heart Rate Monitor:**

Have the students study people walking. Use the Go!Motion to see how fast they move, and along with that, record in the audio or notes section how the person looks as they walk (Head up/down, anxious face, happy, sad, skipping, etc). Then have them write a character framework based off that person.
 * Go! Motion:**

Have the students create a how to speech/paper on how to work one of the sensors.
 * Any Sensor:**

__** Mathematics: **__
Here is a lesson distances and straight lines. []
 * Go!Motion:**

Greatest interget problem useing Go!Motion: []

Have the students collect data. Change a variable and collect the new data. Have them compare graphs. Or if it is a Calculus class, have them look at the graph and find the derivative of the graph and state what that means in terms of the experiment. Have the students plot the points from the Table Screen, is it the same as the graph LabQuest shows? Have them calculate the rates and distances. There are many ways to use these tools to benefit a math classroom because these tools set them up to record and see math in a real world context. [|Here]is a link to some of Vernier's books filled with ideas.
 * Any Sensor:**

** __Science:__ **
This is a lesson that is about testing the differences between hyperventilation and hypoventilation. This would be great for a health or biology class. You need to scroll down a little. []
 * Heart Rate Monitor:**

This is a list of lessons that deal about the heart and quite a few with the Heart Rate Monitor: []

Here is a YouTube video that has a Chemistry lesson using th pH Sensor. []
 * pH Sensor:**

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 * Temperature Probe:**

Here is a list of activities you can do in a Chemistry class. []

Here is a lesson about velocity. This could also be a potential math activity too. []
 * Go!Motion:**

This is an activity to learn about velocity. It also does a great job going through the scientific process, which would be great for middle school. []
 * Flow Rate Sensor:**

There are many science lessons created by Vernier to use with these tools. If you go to the site you will find many lesson plans, and also how they can correlate to Indiana State Standards. Here is a link to some science activities for
 * Any Sensor:**

__** Social Studies: **__
An interesting all month project, or year, would be to use the temperature probe to take the temperature of earth or water out side, and then compare the variations with past weather statistics in the past (from sources like this []) and then discuss if and how there are significant changes. This would be interesting for Geology or Current Events.
 * Temperature Probe:**