Category Archives: Science 2.0

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Flatten the Classroom with the iGo Microscope

By Martin Horejsi | Published: May 3, 2013

Although many handheld technologies of Star Trek seem antiquated, or perhaps even steam punkish in todays world, there are still a few pieces of Treknata that we dream of. But that list just got one item shorter with the iGo wireless microscope. While not quite a Medical Tricorder, the iGo does capture the essence of [...]

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Upping the Ante: A Classroom Gas Chromatograph!

By Martin Horejsi | Published: April 19, 2013

The gas chromatograph, until recently, has been a founding member in the exclusive club of scientific instrumentation that lived only in the rarified air of serious scientific laboratories. Other members of the club include the electron microscope, the mass spectrometer, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and of course the cyclotron. Below is a picture of a [...]

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Instant Inquiry with iPad and Hand Dryer

By Martin Horejsi | Published: March 6, 2013

Have you ever wondered how fast the air comes out of those newly designed hand dryers? Or perhaps how loud in decibels the fan is. The iPad is a great device for answering this and many other questions on the fly. In order to explore the above two questions, a Pasco PASPORT Anemometer sensor was [...]

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Russian Meteor Fertile Ground for High Tech Exploration…On Your Classroom Computer

By Martin Horejsi | Published: February 17, 2013

The fall of what is unofficially named the Chelyabinsk Meteor (soon to be meteorite) has produced a staggering number of videos. Whether police dashboard camera, cell phone, ATM camera, traffic camera, parking lot, or just one of hundreds of security cameras, clear video of the event from multiple perspectives, angles, and capture methods has packed YouTube [...]

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iPad Simple Harmonic Motion with Household Parts

By Martin Horejsi | Published: February 12, 2013

Simple harmonic motion is not only a foundational topic in physical science, but also a major player in many different fields from music to engineering to architecture, to sports. The iPad can be used to generate a real-time visual presentation of harmonic motion, both simple and complex, with just a few household parts and your [...]

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Web 4.0: ready or not, here it is

By NSTA Social Media Director | Published: February 7, 2013

Experts say we are now in the Web 4.0 environment (where meaning can be created by the majority; web participation is a necessity; etc.). According to Yahoo! Finance, we’ll be able to purchase the first Web 4.0 tablet on or about March 15th. This isn’t science fiction; it’s here, and it sounds incredible. According to [...]

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A Taste of Augmented Reality

By Martin Horejsi | Published: February 5, 2013

Using the iPad app called StarWalk for augmented reality.

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Does everyone need to be code literate?

By NSTA Social Media Director | Published: January 31, 2013

A recent tweet alerted me to the fact that “we have a choice between two futures, everyone with code literacy or only an elite few.” Coding has been on my radar for a while, but lately I can’t get online without being bombarded with why I should learn (Computers Free Us to Think in New [...]

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Five things you should put on your iPad Camera

By Martin Horejsi | Published: December 4, 2012

The tablet computer like the iPad can be a magic box of inquiry. For instance, it has a camera, and in particular a front facing camera. Why that is important is because students can manipulate objects on the camera and collectively view the results. And of course you can, with the touch of a finger, [...]

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iPad Science Exploration: Visualizing Brainwave Entrainment

By Martin Horejsi | Published: October 24, 2012

Brainwave entrainment or “brainwave synchronization,” is any practice that aims to cause brainwave frequencies to fall into step with a periodic stimulus having a frequency corresponding to the intended brain-state (at least according to Wikipedia). I have a fascinating App on my iPad called simply Headache.  It’s introduction in the App Store reports, “Advanced Brainwave [...]

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