Enlightening Experiences in Energy and The Physics Front

Be sure to visit the archived program at NSTA Web Seminar Site. It was presented live tonight at 6 pm EST and sponsored by the National Science Digital Libraries Pathways Project, AAPT and NSTA. Many more free and low-cost seminars and short courses are available at the NSTA Learning Center: http://learningcenter.nsta.org/products/symposia_seminars/NSDL2/webseminar12.aspx Also, to support your teaching of physical science and physics as well as some excellent simulations go to the physics front at http://thephysicsfront.org/
Thanks for an excellent experience this week.

To Upload LabQuest Data to the Computer

Hi Folks,
I emailed Vernier to answer the question of how we might get the data stored in LabQuest into the computer. Here is what you have to do:

1) Once data is collected with the LabQuest in standalone mode, the only way to get the data into the computer is through LoggerPro not through the emulator. There are two ways to get the data into Logger Pro, and the method depends upon whether the data is "live" or stored in a file.

2) "Live" means that you can see the graph of the data on the screen from within the LabQuest App. If the data is live, when you attach the LabQuest to the computer and start Logger Pro, Logger Pro will throw a message stating that remote data has been detected and it will ask you if you want to retrieve.

3) If there is no "live" data, but instead the data has been stored in a file, connect the LabQuest to the computer and start Logger Pro. Then in Logger Pro, pull down the File menu and choose LabQuest Browser. Then choose Open. A list of saved files will appear on the screen. Choose the appropriate file.
Be sure you have the latest version of LoggerPro -- 3.6.1
Good luck!

How to Add PowerPoints, Word Docs and Spreadsheets to Your Blog

Hi All,
In order for you to upload PowerPoint presentations and other documents you create in word, excel and other programs, you will need to first upload them to Google docs in order to create a web presence and link to them. The url to Google docs is http://docs.google.com/. You can also create these types of documents right in Google and store them there. Notice that I have listed a link to a help file for Blogger.com.

Hope this helps.
Take care,

How to Solder Effectively

Hi Folks,

Here is a link for the beginning solderer

http://www.aaroncake.net/electronics/solder.htm

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To PAN Underground Summer 2008 Workshop Participants

Hi All,
Welcome to the South Dakota Science Education Blog! I am so glad to meet you all and participate in this great workshop that Dr. McMahan and Dr. Keller have organized for you. Please feel free to contribute links, resources, ideas and questions on this workshop, teaching, learning science, etc. Feel free to share and partake equally.
Cathy.Ezrailson@usd.edu