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My husband got me a Labquest for my birthday (well, that’s what HE says – I say it was to settle a bet that I won).  It arrived on Tuesday, we worked to get it set up on Wednesday (new software for the computer had to be installed, and, by the time the Labquest arrived, it had an update to the OS).  On Thursday, we had parents visiting classes at our school.

It took some coaching and tweaking to get them working with the colorimeters, but, once we had them set up, they worked a charm.  The new Spectrovis from Vernier worked well, also.  In all, a very impressive first trial.

I’m at the North Carolina Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers this weekend. Lots of interesting presentations, and good interactions with other Physics teachers.

Not enough high school teachers are members – I really don’t understand that. It’s relatively inexpensive, there are multiple benefits (association with other science teachers, exposure to cutting-edge physics, giveaways, etc.), and many school districts will reimburse for meeting expenses.

I’ll get some pictures, and post again later.