Using ThePhysicsFront Digital Library

Hi All,
Here is a link to a just released article on using The Physics Front K-12 digital library for K-12 physics, physical science and astronomy. It takes you step by step through signing up and using the features. Try it and let me know what you think.
http://www.ncsu.edu/meridian/sum2008/ezrailson/02.htm

Take care.

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!