Notes
Slide Show
Outline
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Technology-Rich
Science Show & Tell
  • Gary L. Ackerman
  • Technology Teacher & Coordinator
  • West Rutland (VT) School
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Proposed Outline:
  • Introduction & A Few Ideas
  • What I Brought
    •  Digital Microscopes
    •  Vernier Lab Interfaces
    •  MindStorms Robotics


  • Play Time!
  • (make sure we start by 10:50)
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A Few Ideas
  • Funds– each demo requires hundreds of dollars of equipment
    • Grants
    • “Technology Integration”
    • Gifts (parent groups, class donations)
    • Fundraiser
  • Use kids as “technicians”
    • Middle School CS classes
    • Technology Clubs
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Motic DigiScope 300
  •  Elementary School Model
    • $160
    • MoticPlay (?)
    • USB
    • PC Win98 or better (?)
    • Mac 9x or better
    • Edmund Scientific’s
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Boreal Digital Skope
  •  High School Model
    • $550
    • MoticImage
    • USB
    • PC Win98 or better (?)
    • Mac 9x or better
    • Edmund Scientific’s
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Vernier Lab Pro
  •  Necessary Equipment
    •  LabPro
    •  Probes
    •  Handheld/ PC/ Mac/ TI Calculator
    • Logger Pro (PC/ Mac)
    • Data Pro (Handheld)
  • Plan $1000.00 + Handheld or Win98 Class PC
  • Vernier Software & Technology
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MindStorms
  •  Necessary Equipment
    •  Robotics Invention System
    •  PC/ Mac


  •  ~ $250.00 for kit… Win98 class PC/ System 8 Mac
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Gary L. Ackerman’s
Contact Information
  • School Contact:


  • West Rutland School
  • 713 Main Street
  • West Rutland, VT 05777
  • (802) 438-2288 ext. 299
  • gackerman@westrutlandschool.org
  • http://www.westrutlandschool.org