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Low-cost solutions 2 Go! Link, Go!Temp and Go!Motion connect directly to a computer through the USB port.

logger lite 4 Real-Time Graphing Software This basic data-collection software is included free with the purchase of Go! devices and LabQuest. See page 5 for FREE Software for Netbooks.

LabQuest 6 Vernier’s color, touch-screen interface. This state-of-the-art technology is durable and loaded with features. See what’s NEW for LabQuest on page 6–7.

sensor packages 10 Purchase one package per lab group (2-4 students) or build your own package from the list of recommended . For Elementary School Science, see pp. 12–13. For Middle School Science, see pp. 10–11.

Featured products 14 ProScope USB hand-held microscope/camera. See page 14. InspireData From Inspiration Software, InspireData lets you view data in Venn diagrams, customize graphing icons and more. See page 14. NXT Sensor Adapter With this adapter, you can use LEGO Mindstorms NXT robots with 30 sensors for sensor-based control systems. See page 15.

Collecting temperature data with the Go! Temp temperature probe Logger Pro 17 This is our award-winning software with in-depth analytical features and video analysis.

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uSB TeMPeRATuRe PRoBe uSB MoTion DeTecToR collect temperature data for only $39! Go!Temp plugs • Teach important concepts, directly into your computer’s uSB port without the need such as position, velocity, for an additional interface. This rugged, stainless-steel and acceleration. temperature probe will engage your students in hands- • Study the motion of a ball on science as they explore temperature investigations. tossed in the air or a cart on a ramp. • engage your students with hands-on activities. Read the review online at: http://elementary.vernier.com

Go!Temp ORDER CODE Go-TeMp, $39 Go!Motion Includes Logger Lite Software ORDER CODE Go-MoT, $99 Includes Logger Lite Software Teacher Pack of 8 Go!Temps Teacher Pack ORDER CODE GT-Tp, $299 of 8 Go!Motions ORDER CODE Go-MoT-Tp, $768 Includes Logger Lite Software Includes Logger Lite Software

more online Let’s Go! Investigating Temperature lab book Go! Motion can also be used with Logger Pro software. With the purchase ORDER CODE : eLb-TeMp, $15 of an additional cable, Go! Motion can be used with LabPro, LabQuest®, Includes 10 temperature experiments for use with our Go!Temp. CBL 2, or a TI graphing calculator. Visit our web site for more information at www.vernier.com/gomotion

Included FREE with the purchase of Go!Temp, Go!Link, or Go!Motion Logger Lite® Real-Time Graphing Software

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uSB inTeRFAce Go! Link COMPATIBLE SENSORS A quick and affordable SeNSoR CoDe pRICe way to get started with 25-g Acc-BTA $92 data-collection technology. low-g Accelerometer lGA-BTA $89 BAR-BTA $71 charge Sensor cRG-BTA $75 • Single-channel interface connect most Vernier sensors to your co2 Gas Sensor co2-BTA $249 computer’s uSB port. (See .) conductivity Probe con-BTA $95 • Dozens of experiments from our popular lab books can be current Probe DcP-BTA $39 conducted using Go! link. Differential Voltage Probe DVP-BTA $39 Dual-Range Force Sensor DFS-BTA $109 Go!Link ekG Sensor ekG-BTA $147 ORDER CODE Go-LINk, $61 Flow Rate Sensor Flo-BTA $129 Force Plate FP-BTA $215 Includes Logger Lite Software Gas GPS-BTA $83 Hand Dynamometer HD-BTA $99 Teacher Pack of 8 Go!Links Hand-Grip Heart Rate Monitor HGH-BTA $119 ORDER CODE GL-Tp, $473 light Sensor lS-BTA $55 Magnetic Field Sensor MG-BTA $58 Includes Logger Lite Software McA-BTA $39

o2 Gas Sensor o2-BTA $188 pH Sensor PH-BTA $79 Relative Humidity Sensor RH-BTA $69 Salinity Sensor SAl-BTA $92 QUICK-STArT Soil Moisture Sensor SMS-BTA $95 Sound level Meter SlM-BTA $165 PACKAGe Temperature Probes iRT-BTA $159 Stainless Steel Temperature Probe TMP-BTA $29 Includes: Go! Link interface, Go!Temp USB Temperature Surface Temperature Sensor STS-BTA $23 Probe, Logger Lite software, and Light Probe Turbidity Sensor TRB-BTA $112 uVA Sensor uVA-BTA $106 $ o r d e r CODE uVB Sensor uVB-BTA $107 108 Go-QSp Voltage Probe VP-BTA $12

New Video Training watch new training videos including: low-cost Solutions from Vernier, Go!Motion overview Go!Temp overview, and Go!link overview. Go to www.vernier.com/videos

Go to www.vernier.com/go for more information 3 low-cost solutions Logger Lite® FREE Real-Time Graphing Software Included with the purchase of Vernier LabQuest®, Go!Temp, Go!Link, or Go!Motion Logger Lite makes collecting science and math data easier than ever. Designed for use in grades 2-8, Logger Lite’s simple interface makes learning more intuitive by making science more visual. Logger Lite Learn Visually and Intuitively • Windows XP/Vista Rather than tell students that water changes state at 0°C, let them • Mac OS X 10.4/10.5 see it for themselves! You can also investigate magnetic fields, • Linux netbooks gravity, and force with hands-on exploration and activities to help reinforce scientific concepts. • Ubuntu 8.04 Predict Before You Collect • Included FREE with LabQuest, Go!Temp, The prediction tool allows you to sketch your prediction before the Go!Motion, and Go!Link experiment. Encourage your students to evaluate their assumptions just like real scientists! Animated Real-Time Displays more online Choose between three styles of meters for the most intuitive More information and visualization of live readouts. Customize between analog and FREE download available at digital meters, colors, and more. www.vernier.com/loggerlite Science and Math Analysis Tools Examine details about each data point, calculate statistics on your data, draw a prediction onto the graph, and more!

Right after launch, Logger Lite is ready to go: During and after data collection, students can Do graph matching exercises with Logger You can even perform basic data analysis in click the big green Collect button. read values from the graph, thermometer, Lite’s automatic graph generator. Logger Lite. table, or digital readout.

4 Vernier Software & Technology low-cost solutions Collect Science Data with a Netbook

Choose Choose OUR Choose sensors Add 1 FREE copy 1Your Netbook 2Low-Cost Interface 3 Choose from a wide range of sensors, including 4 of our software Temperature, Motion, Light, and Force. Several companies offer great Go!Link, Vernier’s single-channel FREE Logger Lite deals on these small, lightweight, interface that connects directly to See a list of compatible sensors on page 3, Logger Lite for Linux and low-cost computers, and Vernier a computer USB port, is a great as well as details about our USB sensors, Windows netbooks technology is compatible with solution for netbooks. Compatible Go!Temp and Go!Motion. many models. with 45 Vernier sensors. FREE LabQuest App We recommend one Go!Link and one set LabQuest App for Linux netbooks See www.vernier.com/netbooks o r d e r c o d e GO-LINK, $61 of sensors per lab group (2-4 students). for details. See www.vernier.com/netbooks See page 3 for details. for more details.

Logger Lite fits the small netbook screen.

LabQuest App runs on Linux netbooks, functioning just like a LabQuest.

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Breakthrough data-collection technology OUR MOST POPULAR SENSORS FOR LABQUEST SeNSoR CoDe pRICe SeNSoR CoDe pRICe introducing the most powerful, intuitive award-winning interface for 25-g Accelerometer Acc-BTA $92 Microphone McA-BTA $39 science education. engage your students with hands-on science in your low-g Accelerometer lGA-BTA $89 Motion Detector MD-BTD $79 classroom or in the fi eld. Barometer BAR-BTA $71 o2 Gas Sensor o2-BTA $188 created with today’s classroom in mind, you will love its durability, co2 Gas Sensor co2-BTA $249 pH Sensor PH-BTA $79 conductivity Probe con-BTA $95 Photogate VPG-BTD $45 vivid, color-touch screen, and ease of use. Designed to withstand a fall current Probe DcP-BTA $39 Relative Humidity Sensor RH-BTA $69 from a lab bench and splash resistant, labQuest will be there to teach Differential Voltage Probe DVP-BTA $39 Salinity Sensor SAl-BTA $92 your young scientists about real-world data analysis. Dual-Range Force Sensor DFS-BTA $109 Soil Moisture Sensor SMS-BTA $95 ekG Sensor ekG-BTA $147 Sound level Meter SlM-BTA $165 And, of course, since it was developed by Vernier, it is backed by Flow Rate Sensor Flo-BTA $129 Temperature Probes comprehensive curriculum, a generous warranty, and legendary support. Force Plate FP-BTA $215 iRT-BTA $159 Gas Pressure Sensor GPS-BTA $83 Stainless Steel Temperature Probe TMP-BTA $29 new Vernier GPS Sensor VGPS $64 Surface Temperature Sensor STS-BTA $23 Hand Dynamometer HD-BTA $99 Turbidity Sensor TRB-BTA $112 Hand-Grip Heart Rate Monitor HGH-BTA $119 uVA Sensor uVA-BTA $106

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100 LabQuest Lab Instructions Preloaded LabQuest Lab Organizer These well-designed labs have been tested by Mix and match experiments from more than 400 available Vernier labs from 14 lab science educators and come preloaded for your books. Visit our web site and use our web tool to choose only your favorite labs convenience on LabQuest. from a variety of subjects in the Lab Organizer. Easily transfer labs to your LabQuest Download ALL Student Labs FREE units with a USB Flash Drive or SD Card. Now your students have exactly the labs you teach—customized to your curriculum. See www.vernier.com/mylibrary FREE! Download ALL student labs from Vernier lab books. PDF fi les are available on our web site for LabQuest Lab Creator your evaluation. Create your own experiments with LabQuest instructions using the Lab Creator. With this web-based application, creative control is right at your fi ngertips.

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Color touch screen • 320 x 240 color graphic display • LED backlighting provides you with outstanding clarity in the classroom or in the fi eld Water resistance makes LabQuest the perfect choice for field work. Built-in temperature sensor Collect buttons Rechargeable batteries High quality, lithium-ion rechargeable Navigation keys battery pack usually lets you go Provides quick access a school day before recharging. to key features [note: some sensors and types of experiments require more power Built tough. than others, so a brief mid-day Built to last. charge may be necessary.] Designed with students Rubber molding absorbs the in mind, the rubber shock of everyday drops. overmolding and rugged $ o r d e r CODE environmental specifi cations: mechanical design provide 329 LAbQ protection against everyday 0 – 70°c bumps, falls, and splashes Included with LabQuest: LabQuest unit; power adapter; Splash and moisture resistant USB cable; CD containing Logger Lite software, LabQuest Stylus reference guide, Flash introduction, LabQuest Emulator Rugged enclosure with rubber Software; Quick-Start Guide; 2 Styluses; Stylus tether molding for shock absorption

New LabQuest emulator New Vernier GpS Sensor New Training Videos

Project LabQuest to the entire class Vernier GPS Sensor LabQuest Training Videos want to demonstrate The new Vernier GPS Sensor watch as our teacher an experiment (Global Positioning System) trainers guide you through using LabQuest collects location data, such several Vernier labs. These to an entire class? as latitude, longitude, and seasoned experts offer their altitude, right on your Check out this FREE $ o r d e r CODE favorite tips for collecting software available 64 VGpS labQuest or computer. great data. for Windows. Go to www.vernier.com/videos Free! See www.vernier.com/labquest

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The LabQuest Graphing and Analysis Application gives your students real-time graphing capabilities in a handheld device. It’s powerful—yet beautifully simple. Your students can collect data and view them in a Meter, Data Table, and Graph View.

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IT ALL STARTS purchase the Lab book 1 wITh CuRRICuLuM Middle School SCIENCE WITH VERNIER $ ORDER CODE want to save time? Start with a Vernier 48 MSV NeW Download lab book. Aligned to state and national By Donald L. Volz Vernier lab books are loaded with teacher Sandy apatkaS ALL student labs as PDFs science standards, our lab books contain tips, sample graphs, and more. when you for your evaluation at experiments for labQuest, computers, buy the lab book you will receive: and Ti graphing calculators. www.vernier.com/labs • Essential teacher information. • 38 ready-to-use student versions of computer ChooSe experiments in print; labQuest, computer, ® 2 YouR INTeRfACe calculator, and Palm handheld versions on cD. • A generous site license. Buy one book and Vernier LabQuest® duplicate labs for your class. labQuest is our color, touch-screen • Easily edit labs to meet your personal teaching interface. use it as a stand-alone device style using Microsoft® word® fi les for all versions without a computer or as a computer of the experiments on cD. interface. More details on pp. 6-9. • Suggested answers, sample data, and graphs. Vernier Go!Link • Complete equipment and supplies list. The Go!link uSB interface connects Features listed above are only available when you purchase the lab any one of 45 Vernier sensors to your book. They are not available in the downloadable evaluation PDF. computer. More details on page 3. Middle School Science with Vernier lab book contains the following experiments:

ChooSe uSING uSING A uSING A uSING A 3 YouR SeNSoRS TeMpeRATuRe ph SeNSoR LIGhT SeNSoR GAS pReSSuRe pRobeS • Soil Study • Refl ectivity of Light SeNSoR choose from Vernier’s • A Hot Hand • A Water Field Study • Schoolyard Study • Get a Grip! recommended packages or build • Heating of Land and Water • Fun with Pressure • The Greenhouse Effect uSING A uSING A • Yeast Beasts in Action your own from our list of sensors. • Relative Humidity VoLTAGe pRobe foRCe SeNSoR our Deluxe Package contains all • Absorption of Radiant • Lemon “Juice” • Friction uSING A energy • First-Class Levers hAND-GRIp heART the sensors needed to perform • Schoolyard Study uSING A • Pulleys RATe MoNIToR every experiment in our middle • A Good Sock MoTIoN • Buoyancy • Heart Rate and school lab book. • What Causes the Seasons? DeTeCToR Body Position • Solar Homes • Ocean Floor Mapping uSING A • Heart Rate and Exercise • Boiling Temperature of • Graphing Your Motion CoNDuCTIVITY ADD 1 CopY water • Velocity pRobe uSING A • Freezing Temperature of • A Speedy Slide • Water Hardness Study MAGNeTIC 4 • The Indy 100 • Diffusion: How Fast? fIeLD SeNSoR of LoGGeR PRO water • How Low Can You Go? • Crash Dummies • A Water Field Study • Mapping a Magnetic Field This award-winning software is the best • A Good Cold Pack • Falling Objects • Electromagnets value around! includes a site license for • A Water Field Study all computers in your school, as well as • Cooling Rates: Shaq vs. Susie Starter package Deluxe package Video available online students’ personal computers. See page 17 for details. NeW look FoR TRAininG ViDeoS oF SoMe oF THeSe lABS AT www.VeRnieR.coM/ViDeoS

10 Vernier Software & Technology MiDDle ScHool Science Middle School LabQuest® and Go!Link packages Purchase one package per lab group (2-4 students) or build your own package from the list of recommended sensors. Starter Deluxe package package You will also need: LabQuest Interface & Sensors CODE LQ-MS-ST LQ-MS-DX Middle School Science with Vernier lab book, Vernier LabQuest Interface lABQ $329 $329 ORDER CODE MSV, $48 See previous page. Motion Detector MD-BTD $79 $79 pH Sensor PH-BTA $79 $79 Logger Lite software, fRee Voltage Probe VP-BTA $12 $12 included FRee with labQuest. See page 4. (2) Stainless Steel Temperature Probes TMP-BTA 2 @ $29 2 @ $29 Logger Pro 3 software (optional) light Sensor lS-BTA $55 $55 ORDER CODE Lp, $189 Dual-Range Force Sensor DFS-BTA $109 Buy just one copy—site license for all school and students’ Gas Pressure Sensor GPS-BTA $83 personal computers is included! See page 17 for details. Hand-Grip Heart Rate Monitor HGH-BTA $119 conductivity Probe con-BTA $95 Magnetic Field Sensor MG-BTA $58 Package Price $612 $1,076

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Starter Deluxe package package You will also need: Go! Interface & Sensors CODE MSS-GO-STR MSS-GO-DX Middle School Science with Vernier lab book, Vernier Go!Link Interface Go-link $61 $61 ORDER CODE MSV, $48 See previous page. Go!Motion Go-MoT $99 $99 pH Sensor PH-BTA $79 $79 Logger Lite software, fRee Voltage Probe VP-BTA $12 $12 logger lite is your easy-to-use, data-collection and (2) Go!Temp Go-TeMP 2 @ $39 2 @ $39 graphing software for computers. included FRee light Sensor lS-BTA $55 $55 with Go! products. See page 4. Dual-Range Force Sensor DFS-BTA $109 Logger Pro 3 software (optional) Gas Pressure Sensor GPS-BTA $83 ORDER CODE Lp, $189 Hand-Grip Heart Rate Monitor HGH-BTA $119 Buy just one copy—site license for all school and conductivity Probe con-BTA $95 students’ personal computers is included! See uSB computer interface Magnetic Field Sensor MG-BTA $58 page 17 for details. Package Price $384 $848

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IT STARTS wITh CuRRICuLuM purchase the Lab book 1 want to save time? Start with a Vernier $ ORDER CODE lab book. Aligned to state and national Elementaryscience with Vernier NeW Download 48 ewV science standards, our lab books contain ALL student labs as PDFs experiments for labQuest and Go!link. Vernier lab books are loaded with teacher tips, for your evaluation at sample graphs, and more. when you buy the lab www.vernier.com/labs book you will receive: • Essential teacher information. ChooSe • 43 ready-to-use student versions of Logger Lite 2 YouR INTeRfACe experiments and 1 project in print; LabQuest and computer versions on cD. Vernier LabQuest • A generous site license. Buy one book and labQuest is our color, touch-screen By Marti Moore duplicate labs for your class. interface. use it as a stand-alone David Carter device without a computer or as a Barbara Andersen • Easily edit labs to meet your personal teaching style Tara Windle ® ® computer interface. More details using Microsoft word fi les for all versions of the on pp. 6-9. experiments on cD. • Suggested answers, sample data, and graphs. Vernier Go!Link • Complete equipment and supplies list. The Go!link uSB interface connects Features listed above are only available when you purchase the lab any one of 45 Vernier sensors to book. They are not available in the downloadable evaluation PDF. your computer. More details on page 3. Elementary Science with Vernier lab book contains the following experiments: uSING A uSING A TI uSING A GAS uSING A DIffeReNTIAL TeMpeRATuRe pRobe LIGhT pRobe pReSSuRe SeNSoR VoLTAGe pRobe ChooSe • Learning to Use Go!Temp • Learning to Use • Learning to Use • Learning to Use 3 YouR SeNSoRS • How do Mittens Keep the light Probe the Pressure Sensor the Voltage Probe You Warm? • Distance From the Sun • Get a Grip! • Are All Batteries the Same? choose from Vernier’s • Baggie Mittens • Sunshine on My Shoulders • Under Pressure • Stacked Batteries recommended packages or build • The Sole Purpose • Summer and Winter • Bubbles in Your Bread • All Worn Out! your own from our list of sensors. • Cool Reaction! • Refl ectivity of Light • Cold as Ice uSING A MAGNeTIC uSING A our Deluxe Package contains • Are We Cool or What? uSING A MoTIoN fIeLD SeNSoR DuAL-RANGe DeTeCToR • Learning to Use foRCe SeNSoR all the sensors needed to • Why Do We Need ? • Learning to Use Go! Motion the Magnetic Field Sensor • Learning to Use perform every experiment in our • Celsius and Fahrenheit, • e-Motion • Exploring the Poles the Force Sensor elementary science lab book. What’s the Difference? • Batty About Science • Making Magnets • Lift the Load • Getting it JUST Right! • Spring into Action • Electromagnets • What a Drag! • Go! Temp Spends the Night • Air Ball! • Oh! My Aching Back! How • Hold Everything! • Driving with Energy Ramps Make lifting easier training videos online comparing insulators • Weigh Station: All • Keepin’ it Cool! Design Trucks Stop! watch new training videos and Your own Thermos download FRee activities: go to • I’m Melting! Water changes States Starter package Deluxe package www.vernier.com/videos • Solid, Liquid, Gas: Water can Do it All! NeW look FoR TRAininG ViDeoS oF SoMe oF THeSe lABS AT www.VeRnieR.coM/ViDeoS

12 Vernier Software & Technology eleMenTARY Science elementary Science LabQuest® and Go!Link packages Purchase one package per lab group (2-4 students) or build your own package from the list of recommended sensors.

Starter Deluxe package package You will also need: LabQuest Interface & Sensors CODE LQ-EL-ST LQ-EL-DX Elementary Science with Vernier lab book, Vernier LabQuest lABQ $329 $329 ORDER CODE ewV, $48 See previous page. Stainless Steel Temperature Probe TMP-BTA $29 $29 Logger Lite software, fRee Ti light Probe TilT-BTA $13 $13 included with purchase of labQuest. See page 4. Motion Detector MD-BTD $79 $79 Magnetic Field Sensor MG-BTA $58 Gas Pressure Sensor GPS-BTA $83 Differential Voltage Probe DVP-BTA $39 Dual-Range Force Sensor DFS-BTA $109 Package Price $450 $739

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NEW STEM with Vernier® and LEGO® MINDSTORM® NXT lab book contains the following projects: uSING A uSING A uSING A uSING A uSING A SoIL TeMpeRATuRe uVb SeNSoR CoNDuCTIVITY ph SeNSoR MoISTuRe SeNSoR pRobe • UV Light and Clothing pRobe • Household Acids • Soil Moisture • Heating of Land • UV Light and Sunglasses • Water Quality and Bases • Managing Garden and water • Comparing Sunscreens • A Water Field Study • Acid Rain Soil Moisture • Water Quality • pRoJeCT: • Water Hardness • pRoJeCT: • pRoJeCT: • A Water Field Study Sunscreen Tester • Ocean Water Acidity Tester Plant waterer • pRoJeCT: • Soil pH and Aquarium Monitor water Absorption $ o r d e r c o d e • A Good Sock Video available online • Water Quality 35 STEM • A Water Field Study • pRoJeCT: Aquarium Monitor

SeNSoRS CoMpATIbLe wITh NXT SeNSoR ADApTeR NXT Robotics SeNSoR CoDe pRICe ® 25-g Accelerometer Acc-BTA $92 Enhance LEGO NXT Robotics low-g Accelerometer lGA-BTA $89 Barometer BAR-BTA $71 with Vernier Sensors charge Sensor cRG-BTA $75 colorimeter col-BTA $115 Is your robotics team looking for deeper investigations and more conductivity Probe con-BTA $95 creativity? Now you can expand your options beyond the basic current Probe DcP-BTA $39 sensors included with the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT. Imagine Differential Voltage Probe DVP-BTA $39 the robotics projects your students could create using a Vernier Dissolved oxygen Probe Do-BTA $209 Dual-Range Force Sensor DFS-BTA $109 Magnetic Field Sensor, a Force Sensor, or a Gas Pressure Sensor. electrode Amplifi er eA-BTA $40 The NXT Sensor Adapter can be used with LEGO® Mindstorms® NXT Flow Rate Sensor Flo-BTA $129 Force Plate FP-BTA $215 robots and over 30 Vernier sensors for sensor-based control systems. Gas Pressure Sensor GPS-BTA $83 Some examples of the robots that we have created Hand Dynamometer HD-BTA $99 with our sensors include: Amplifi er inA-BTA $59 light Sensor lS-BTA $55 • A robot that hunts down an acidic solution with a pH Sensor Magnetic Field Sensor MG-BTA $58

(see photo). o2 Gas Sensor o2-BTA $188 oRP Sensor oRP-BTA $79 • A robot that ventures out into the sun with a UV Sensor to pH Sensor PH-BTA $79 fi nd the best sunscreen. Relative Humidity Sensor RH-BTA $69 Salinity Sensor SAl-BTA $92 This robot hunts down an acidic • Go to k8.vernier.com/activities/robotics for Soil Moisture Sensor SMS-BTA $95 solutions using a pH Sensor sample labs, NXT movies and more. Sound level Meter SlM-BTA $165 Temperature Probes infrared Thermometer iRT-BTA $159 NXT Sensor Adapter Stainless Steel Temperature Probe TMP-BTA $29 Surface Temperature Sensor STS-BTA $23 $ o r d e r c o d e Turbidity Sensor TRB-BTA $112 39 NXT-BTA uVA Sensor uVA-BTA $106 uVB Sensor uVB-BTA $107

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