Software Defined Radio – SDR
I have written about the advantages of a ham (amateur) radio license and the experimental opportunities that such a license leads to. Probably one of the easiest starting points with beginning to understand radio...
Tagged: sensors
Arduino Environmental Sensor Systems
In partnership with the University of Oregon STEMCORE program and the Oregon Science Teachers Association, the Price Science Commons hosted a workshop on building environmental sensors. I led the session with the help...
SCGIS & Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station
OK, so the only part of this entry that is related to me is that I worked to schedule this behind-the-scenes tour with colleagues that works at the Marine Station. It’s not much,...
Shake Alert
Although, it might be too late to attend today’s Shake Alert confernce for educators, you might want to track on the link and consversation. The University of Oregon’s Earth Science Department is a...
Caribbean Earthquakes and Slinky Seismometers
In an early post we wrote about a project where we helped science teachers from around our community build sensitive, yet inexpensive, seismometers based on a kid’s slinky and some neodymium magnets. Here...