Measure. Analyze. Learn.
Measuring temperature is a common lab activity for students,
and Vernier has several different ways of being able to do this.
One of our most popular probes is
our Stainless Steel Temperature Probe.
And, it covers most temperatures that you
probably would use in the classroom.
Going to do melting of ice, or boiling of water, or whatnot.
You can put this in different acids, you can do that.
So, it's one of the reasons it used very commonly in the labs.
But, we have some other choices.
Next is the Wide Range Temperature Probe.
And, the key feature for this one is the fact that it can go to a
higher temperature than our stainless steel temperature probe.
So, the idea is that you might be using this in an organic lab,
and you need to go up to temperatures as high as
330 degrees Celsius, this one can do this.
It's also, obviously, physically larger, and it's designed to have
the same size shaft as a standard alcohol thermometer.
Next would be the Surface Temperature Sensor.
And, this one has a very fine wire,
that is very responsive to temperature.
So, its response time is much faster than
some of the other sensors and probes.
You could tape it to your skin.
And so, it just gives you some options
of other ways of measuring temperature.
Next is the Go!Temp, and this is a temperature sensor
that plugs into the computer via the USB port.
So, the other ones that we've seen actually would
go into one of our data loggers, like a LabQuest 2,
or a LabQuest Mini, or something like that.
This, you actually plug into the computer, the USB port.
And, it's very similar to our Stainless Steel in terms of its ranges.
But, it just gives you that ability to do that.
And it's an inexpensive way to get started
if you already have a computer.
Next would be the Easy Temp.
And, this is a temperature sensor that plugs into
the TI devices, the TI-Nspire, or TI-84 calculator.
So, it has a miniUSB port, that's there.
Now, it turns out that the Easy Temp and the Go!Temp,
are actually very similar electronically.
The main difference is the size of the USB ports.
And, we do sell adapters that allows you to make the
Go!Temp into an Easy Temp, or vise versa.
And so, it's really just the difference in the size of that.
So, depending on what device you have, if you have a TI device,
you probably would go with the Easy Temp for that.
Next would be the Infrared Thermometer.
This allows me to measure temperatures of an object
without having to touch it.
All of these other sensors and probes have to be in contact
with what it is your going to measure the temperature.
This one actually measures the temperature via
the infrared radiation coming from the object.
And so, the radiation comes in here,
and you get the temperature reading.
And then lastly, would be the Extra Long Temperature Probe.
And so, it's the sensor here.
And, the main difference with this one is the length of the cord.
This one is used sometimes to measure, say,
the temperature profile of a pond.
Or, you want to measure the temperature
on the roof of the school without having to go up there.
So, you could put this up there, and be able monitor it that way.
So, there are a lot of different options for
being able to measure temperature.
So, you can check our catalog or our web site,
and see which one is correct for you.