Activities & Experiments suitable for the DRDAQ data logger

Please note that this is not a complete list of the activities that can be performed with the DrDAQ. Many of the experiments can also be carried out with our PC based oscilloscopes. If you require any further advice, have any suggestions, or additional helpful notes please e-mail tech@picotech.com.

Prior to the start of the course in September 2000, we are hoping to add written up examples of these activities to our library of science experiments. If you are interested in performing and writing up one or more of these activities, please e-mail experiments@picotech.com in return for writing up a suitable experiment we will donate a FREE DrDAQ data logger to your school / college.

Worksheets describing of some of the activies below can be found in our library of science experiments, if the experiment name is underlined, simply click on it to be taken to the written up versions complete with teachers notes.

Unit Title : Technology in Space

Activity	Name	suitable product
22	Heating	DrDAQ data logger
23	A model space radiator	DrDAQ data logger

Unit Title : The Sound of Music

Activity	Name	suitable product
2	Exploring waves with an oscilloscope	DrDAQ Data Logger or PC based scope
5	Seeing the pressure change	DrDAQ Data Logger
11	Can your recorder tell you the speed of sound?	DrDAQ Data Logger
12	What factors affect the note produced by a string	DrDAQ Data Logger
13	A note abaout notes	DrDAQ data Logger
16	Overtones in a recorder	DrDAQ Data Logger
17	Analysis of many sounds	DrDAQ Data Logger

Unit Title : Good Enough to Eat

Activity	Name	suitable product
9	Calibrate a flowmeter	DrDAQ Data Logger

Unit Title : Spare Part Surgery

Activity	Name	suitable product
18	Speed of Sound	DrDAQ Data Logger
19	Acoustic lens	DrDAQ Data Logger
22	The Doppler effect	DrDAQ Data Logger

Unit Title : Transport on Track

Activity	Name	suitable product
17	Sensing the speed and acceleration of a train	ADC40/42 PC based oscilloscope
36	Runaway tain	DrDAQ Data logger or PC based oscilloscope

Unit Title : The Medium is Message

Activity	Name	suitable product
5	Amplitude modulation	DrDAQ Data logger or PC based oscilloscope
6	Frequency Modulation	DrDAQ Data logger or PC based oscilloscope

Build or Bust?

Activity	Name	suitable product
18	Wave Speed in a solid	DrDAQ Data logger or PC based oscilloscope
24	How loud does it sound?	DrDAQ Data Logger
27	Sound insulation	DrDAQ Data Logger
32	Sound investigation	DrDAQ Data Logger