Data Logging and Control

A compendium with numerous ideas for using sensors to teach science.

Lesson idea. A book of ideas showing the scope for using sensors to measure in science. Drawing on many sources, it catalogues the sensors available and suggests what they might be used for. There are not only classic and novel school experiments but also ideas to investigate, such as ‘which fabric keeps us warmest?’ Though this manual appeared at a time when teachers were asking ‘what do I use the technology for’, it also aimed to show how sensors can enhance science teaching. Some of the ideas from this book are collected on our page with data logging ideas.

Teaching approach. This book provides a set of resources and lesson ideas with ICT⁽ⁱ⁾ as a key focus for use in inquiry^(ta) based learning and the scientific method^(ta). It offers opportunities for use of group work^(ta) and collaboration^(ta) as well as whole class^(ta) questioning^(ta).

Resource details
Title	Data Logging and Control
Topic	[[Topics/ICT|ICT]]
Teaching approach	[[Teaching Approaches/Questioning|Questioning]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Whole class|Whole class]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Group work|Group work]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Inquiry|Inquiry]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Collaboration|Collaboration]],  [[Teaching Approaches/Scientific method|Scientific method]]
Learning Objectives	Predicting the kind of graph their experiment will show. Evaluating their results and redo their work if needed - more so than in a traditional experiment. Analysing their graph data, such as compute areas or plot a differential of a change. Stating what a graph shows about a change. Saying how a graph tells them what is happening. Seeing ways to take their experiment further.
Format / structure	Online book - licensed to ORBIT
Subject	[[Resources/Science|Science]]
Age of students / grade	[[Resources/Secondary|Secondary]],  [[Resources/KS4|KS4]],  [[Resources/KS3|KS3]]
Useful information	Book data: ISBN 095202571X 132pp spiral bound. First published in 1993, revised x 11 to 2004. Copies 9,000. Price £16.50, see Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Roger-Frost/e/B0034PHJ5M. Author: Roger Frost
Related ORBIT Wiki Resources	List of experiments in Data logging & Control, Sensors
Files and resources to view and download	The resource is available in a number of formats: as a printable PDF format - 134 pages as an editable Word format - 150 pages File:Data Logging and Control.doc Use to extract individual pages. Please note that this is a large file. in HTML web format available on this wiki http://orbit.educ.cam.ac.uk/resources/books/Data_Logging_and_Control/index.htm in Flash web format http://rogerfrost.com/dcbook.html
Acknowledgement	This resource was created by Roger Frost, and is under the ORBIT's CC licence.

This resource was created by Roger Frost, and is under the ORBIT's CC licence.