Getting Started with the SPARK

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Getting Started with the SPARK

• PASCO scientific
• Education Solutions

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Your First Probeware Measurement

• Whats Room Temperature (in C)?
• Guess (err, Hypothesize)
• Measure

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Me

• Glenn Starkey
• starkey_at_pasco.com

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Agenda

• Device Overview
• Four Ways to Use the SPARK
• Resources
• QA

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Device Overview
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Four Paths

• monitor

Show
Build
Open


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monitor

• monitor

I just want to see a quick reading.

• easy
• limited
• cant record
• cant change units

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Show
Show
I want to record my measurement and see it in
different displays.

• single measurement shown automatically in four
  displays, one per page

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Build

• more control
• requires thought about best display type(s)

I want to select and customize my displays
Build

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Open

• SPARKlabs
• pre-installed experiments
• engaging, guided inquiry format
• Journals for lab reports

I want a complete experiment.
Open

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Middle School SPARKlabs (12)

• Acid Rain and Plant Growth - pH Sensor
• Are You Speeding - Motion Sensor
• Bright Lights - Light Sensor
• Exploring Environmental Temperatures -
  Temperature Probe
• Mapping the Ocean Floor - Motion Sensor
• Operation Deep Freeze - Temperature Sensor
  (Stainless Steel)
• Recovery Heart Rate - Heart Rate Sensor
• Soil Characteristics - pH Sensor
• Thermoregulation of Body Temperature -
  Temperature Probe
• Varying Lights - Voltage Probe
• Varying Reaction Rates - Temperature Probe
• Why We Brush Our Teeth - pH Probe
• ( 49 more in other Subjects, including 10
  Elementary with Temp Voltage)

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SPARK Resources

• Quick Start Guide
• User Guide (PDF)
• Visual Reference (PDF)
• Quick Start Movie
• SPARKlab Teacher Notes (PDF)
• Teacher Technical Support
• Professional Development

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Questions

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