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Help In Using the EA100 Data Collector Quick Look Reference to Using the EA100 Data Collector: A valuable document to get you started. Manual Setup of the EA100: Another document to help you get started with the EA100. Demonstration Packet: The Quick setup guide along with 5 very simple activities. This is a perfect document if you are doing a quick training for a group of teachers for staff development. Ea100 Workshop Manual: A complete overview of the EA100, using it as a multimeter, datalogger, as well as transmitting to a calculator The format is setup for a full days worth of activities. And should be used with the "Bringing the World to Your Fingertips" document which is also listed on the site. (Set of 16 labs by Joe Schumaker). Informal Uses for the EA100: A resource document which brainstorms for interesting things to measure with various probes, as well as listing for websites that have valuable activities.
Activities for EA100 Data Collection Device
EA100 Activities Developed by Gloucester High School Workshop
1. RADAR Racers re-design: Use a car, a track, and a motion detector to calculator velocity and acceleration created by an incline plane. 2. Cool Cans: Use rock salt to influence the rate of cooling on a can of soda, measure this compared to a can cooled with just ice. An EA100, calculator, cans, rock salt, and ice are needed. 3. The Electric Eggplant Shirt: To use different colors of material to see the rate of heat absorption. Dfferent Shirts are used for this experiment, an EA100, 9850G, and Temperature probe. 4. The Lighter Side of Velocity: Use an incline plane, a car, and light probes to calculate velocity as it is rolling. This incorporates sampling from two channels simultaneously. 5. Sea Cell: The student will be able to: (1) determine the relationship between electrolyte concentration and voltage within a cell (2) accurately record, organize, and analyze data (3) demonstrate proper and safe use of chemicals and equipment (4) mathematically manipulate data to graphically display it using a graphing calculator. (EA100, voltage probe, and chemistry lab equipment are required) 6. Tri-Bubbles: You will measure and analyze the dissolved oxygen (DO) content in varying salinity water samples at 5°C temperature intervals using temperature and dissolved oxygen probes. 7. Hot Hosts in the Composts: Compare how temperature and depth of placement affects the rate of decay of items in a compost pile. EA100 & Temperature probe is used. 8. Absorption and Radiation of Heat Energy: Compare how light vs dark, and soil vs water affect the rate of temperature change from radiation energy. 9. Penny Power: With a few simple materials we will make a simple battery called a voltaic pile. We will use our EA-100 data collector and voltage probes to Asee@ how much electricity we can generate. This movement of electrons will be measured in volts (v) or millivolts (mv). Materials: Copper coins (at least 10 the same size); Cup; Salt; Water; Aluminum foil or zinc washers; Kitchen paper towels; Two pieces of insulated Cu wire (~6 in. long); Adhesive tape; Scissors; Pencil; EA-100 data analyzer; voltage probe. (pennypower.doc) 10. Jussst Right: Santa is always in a hurry on X=mas Night. Wouldn=t it be nice to leave him a recipe for hot cocoa that=s not toooo hot and not toooo cool, but jusssst right ! With a thermos of hot water, a thermos of cold water, a packet of cocoa mix, and a little mathematics you can do just that. EA100 and temperature probes are used. 11. Potato Polarity Tester: Electrolysis is the passing of an electric charge through certain conducting liquids called electrolytes to produce a chemical change. The current is conducted by the migration of positive ions (cations) to the cathode (negative electrode) and negative ions (anions) to the anode (positive electrode). Reactions take place at the electrodes by transfer of electrons to or from them. The electric current generated by the battery used in this experiment will cause electrolysis of the water in the potato. 12. Walk That Line: Graphs are used to describe everyday problems or events. The ability to see and understand this information is your key to the world of technology. Moving back and forth in front of the motion detector will generate a graph describing your movement. Our objective is to be able to describe someone=s motion by interpreting their graph. EA100 and motion detector are used with Realtime programs.
16 Labs Using the EA100 and Temperature, Light, Voltage, and Motion Detector (Bringing the World to Your Fingertips, translated by Joe Schumaker, December 1997)
Light at the End of the Tunnel, Cold Rid-Exothermic Reactions, Getting Specific About Specific Heat
More Activities with Various Probes for the EA100
Water or Soil: Using two temperature probes compare the temperaturer change of two different substances under a light source. Drinking Acid: Compare the acidity level of diet coke as compared to regular coke. Power Reflects: Compare the intensity of reflected light as compared to from a direct source. Under Pressure: Use a pressure probe to investigate the effects of water depth to pressure. Electrified Fruit: Is there a relationship between electrolytes of a fruit and PH? Surviving UV Rays: Students will observe the relative spectrum of light. Cool IT!: Explore the rate of cooling of a liquid as compared to ambient temperature. Inclined Rail Experiment: To plot position vs time of a ball rolling down a ramp. Extension for the Inclined Rail Experiment!: Use the calculator to find the instantaneous velocity of the car. Two Italian Guys and a Piece of Fruit: Using various pieces of fruit, a copper penny and a zink washer, make a battery. Falling Objects and Terminal Velocity: Calculate the terminal velocity of many objects by using a motion detector. On the Beach: Determine which kind of soil heats up the fastest. Twinkle Twinkle: Determine the relationship between distance and brightness with a fixed light source. Weather or Not to Play: How does humidity and temperature affect the "bounce" of a tennis ball? Trigger that Trolley: Keystrokes for a program that uses a light prog to trigger the experiment. A second probe is used to calculate velocity of a car rolling down a track.
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