Science and Math Workshop - Day Two

Today was Science day (for the most part) as we got to experiment with CBL's and Logger Pro software. Digital probes hooked up to either a calculator or a computer to take readings and measurements of things that have been traditionally (and painstakingly) taken by hand. It seems like this equipment could go a long way to personalizing the data that Algebra students are asked to manipulate. It would be interesting to see how well they take to it. We were each given the Logger Pro software for our personal computers and some of the things that can be done with it are really astounding. While I was sitting in class I was picturing several former students feverishly plotting points on a video of themselves when they otherwise would have done no work at all.