LabPro UVA and UVB

Two of the LabPro sensors I'm nmost interested in seeing operate are the UV sensors. They're mounted inside a thin tube, so I suspect they're direction sensitive. I'll recommend my students mount them inside a ping pong ball (acts as a diffuser) and point them up through the top of the BalloonSat.

LabPro Dataloggers

The latest datalogger I'm playing with is the LabPro by Vernier (http://www.vernier.com/). The logger/programmer is smart, it detects the sensors plugged into it. After collecting data, the programmer then processes the data appropriately for the sensor and displays the results in a chart. You can export your data into a text file for processing in a spreadsheet. That's great for incorporating GPS data. I'll post my notes on using the datalogger on my website alogn with some pictures on making a LabPro BalloonSat.

Vernier is popular in science classrooms.