Dataloggers and Solar Cooking Workshop Notes

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Dataloggers and Solar Cooking Workshop Notes

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Here are links to documents relevant to my workshop on dataloggers and solar cooking.
"Fresh Data in the Classroom: Student-owned data for studying the environment":
http://energyteachers.org/ETODocuments/ ... mWkshp.pdf
Purchase Agreement for Participants (limited offer)"
http://energyteachers.org/ETODocuments/ ... eement.txt
Newsletter about my refrigerator demonstration of datalogging temp, light, humidity, and electricity-use:
http://energyteachers.org/ETODocuments/ ... TONews.pdf
Solar cooking technical brief, and other related technical briefs:
http://practicalaction.org/practicalans ... p?cPath=21
Solar-Cooking Frequently Asked Questions in Spanish (solarcooking.org has the most useful research documents on solar cookers in many languages):
http://solarcooking.org/espanol/solarco ... q-span.htm
Dairy and Livestock Research Report: California Dairy Energy Project:
http://www.energy.ca.gov/process/pubs/c ... energy.pdf
HOBO dataloggers. If you contact them, please ask for Kory and mention EnergyTeachers.org:
http://www.1800loggers.com/
A whole store of dataloggers of all types, MicroDAQ (ask for educational pricing and mention EnergyTeachers.org; you can get a starter kit for temperature for $54 and then each extra temp logger is $25):
http://thedataloggerstore.com/
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Possibility of free datalogger

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Workshop participant John Kelly wrote me a note about a company that awards a free datalogger to teachers who submit a winning application:
http://www.dataq.com/science-fair/sciencefair.php
"Not all applicants get one after reading the smaller print... The projects need to be vetted and a photo provided," writes John. The logger is apparently a versatile attachment to a serial port on your computer, allowing your computer to record multiple channels of information provided by transducers you supply. The logger comes with software.
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Vernier recommendation from a math teacher

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I just got a note from a Mr. A who teaches math in California:
Vernier's new data logger is exceptional. It dispenses with the need of a calculator (which I appreciated, but is actually a problem). The Vernier radiation detector worked well for me.
This teacher keeps a web site with some interesting notes:
http://www.orangemath.com/
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