DrDAQ

The Pico Technology library of science projects contains a number of educational experiments suitable for use with our oscilloscope and data logging products.

If you are involved in the teaching of science we would love to hear from you. We are looking for people willing to perform and write up new experiments for this collection. For a limited time Pico Technology is willing to donate either a DrDAQ data logger or an ADC-40 PC based oscilloscope in return for a suitable experiment. For more details on this, please read our guidelines on submitting science projects.

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ADC-10 and ADC-12

Experiments designed for the ADC-10 and ADC-12

Experiments suitable for the ADC-10 and ADC-12

(These experiments may require minor modifications to suit this product.)

Experiments ideas for the ADC-10 and ADC-12

(If you are interested in performing and writing up one of these experiments, please get in touch.)

  • Fruit Power. Make a fruit battery. Experiment with different fruits and electrodes.
  • Capacitor charge/discharge. Experiment with different component values.
  • Infra red remote controls. Use a photo diode to view the invisible.
  • Output of a solar cell. What factors affect the output voltage and power available.

ADC-11 and ADC-22

Experiments designed for the ADC-11 and ADC-22

Experiments suitable for the ADC-11 and ADC-22

(These experiments may require minor modifications to suit this product.)

Experiments ideas for the ADC-11 and ADC-22

(If you are interested in performing and writing up one of these experiments, please get in touch.)

  • Fruit Power. Make a fruit battery. Experiment with different fruits and electrodes.
  • Capacitor charge/discharge. Experiment with different component values.
  • Infra red remote controls. Use a photo diode to view the invisible.
  • Output of a solar cell. What factors affect the output voltage and power available.

ADC-16

Experiments designed for the ADC-16

Experiments suitable for the ADC-16

(These experiments may require minor modifications to suit this product.)

Experiments ideas for the ADC-16

(If you are interested in performing and writing up one of these experiments, please get in touch.)

  • Fruit Power. Make a fruit battery. Experiment with different fruits and electrodes.
  • Output of a solar cell. What factors affect the output voltage and power available.

ADC-40 and ADC-42

Experiments designed for the ADC-40 and ADC-42

Experiments suitable for the ADC-40 and ADC-42

(These experiments may require minor modifications to suit this product.)

Experiments ideas for the ADC-40 and ADC-42

(If you are interested in performing and writing up one of these experiments, please get in touch.)

  • Fruit Power. Make a fruit battery. Experiment with different fruits and electrodes.
  • Capacitor charge/discharge. Experiment with different component values.
  • Infra red remote controls. Use a photo diode to view the invisible.
  • Output of a solar cell. What factors affect the output voltage and power available.

ADC-200

Experiments designed for the ADC-200

Experiments suitable for the ADC-200

(These experiments may require minor modifications to suit this product.)

Experiments ideas for the ADC-200

(If you are interested in performing and writing up one of these experiments, please get in touch.)

  • Fruit Power. Make a fruit battery. Experiment with different fruits and electrodes.
  • Capacitor charge/discharge. Experiment with different component values.
  • Infra red remote controls. Use a photo diode to view the invisible.
  • Output of a solar cell. What factors affect the output voltage and power available.

ADC-212

Experiments designed for the ADC-212

Experiments suitable for the ADC-212

(These experiments may require minor modifications to suit this product.)

Experiments ideas for the ADC-212

(If you are interested in performing and writing up one of these experiments, please get in touch.)

  • Fruit Power. Make a fruit battery. Experiment with different fruits and electrodes.
  • Capacitor charge/discharge. Experiment with different component values.
  • Infra red remote controls. Use a photo diode to view the invisible.
  • Output of a solar cell. What factors affect the output voltage and power available.

ADC-216

Experiments designed for the ADC-216

Experiments suitable for the ADC-216

(These experiments may require minor modifications to suit this product.)

Experiments ideas for the ADC-216

(If you are interested in performing and writing up one of these experiments, please get in touch.)

  • Fruit Power. Make a fruit battery. Experiment with different fruits and electrodes.
  • Capacitor charge/discharge. Experiment with different component values.
  • Infra red remote controls. Use a photo diode to view the invisible.
  • Output of a solar cell. What factors affect the output voltage and power available.

DrDAQ

Experiments designed for DrDAQ

Experiments suitable for DrDAQ

(These experiments may require minor modifications to suit this product.)

Experiments ideas for DrDAQ

(If you are interested in performing and writing up one of these experiments, please get in touch.)

  • Dawn Chorus. Use light and sound level sensors to measure the dawn chorus.
  • Sound waveforms. Use PicoScope oscilloscope to show the sound waveforms produced by someone whistling, speaking or singing. Switch on the spectrum analyser to see the frequency components - who's whistle has the highest frequency, who can whistle the loudest?
  • Sound Decay. Use a sound source with a constant level and plot how it decays with distance
  • Sound Insulation. Use a sound source with a constant level and experiment with different insulating materials
  • Sound waveforms of musical Instruments. Look at the scope waveform and FFT spectrum of different musical instruments
  • Light Insulation. Experiment with different materials to see which cuts out the most light. Does using two bits of insulation have twice the effect?
  • Acid Rain. Measure the pH of collected rain water. Needs careful calibration.
  • Exothermic Reactions. Measure the temperature and pH as sodium hydroxide is dissolved in water.
  • Endothermic Reactions. Measure the temperature as ammonium nitrate is dissolved in water.
  • Day and Night. Plot temperature, light and humidity over a 24 hour period.
  • Fermentation of Grass Cuttings. Measure the temperature of grass cuttings or a compost heap.
  • Fruit Power. Make a fruit battery. Experiment with different fruits and electrodes.
  • Capacitor charge/discharge. Experiment with different component values.
  • Infra red remote controls. Use a photo diode to view the invisible.
  • Output of a solar cell. What factors affect the output voltage and power available.
  • Heat Insulation. Wrap test tubes in different insulating materials. Compare wet and dry insulation.
  • Heat Loss Through Windows. Compare temperature inside and outside a window over 24 hours. If possible compare single and double glazing.
  • Fridges and Freezers. Plot temperature inside a fridge or freezer. Also plot temperature of the heat exchanger on the back. How is temperature affected by opening the door or by adding something hot to the fridge. Can you see the effect of the thermostat?

PicoScope 2202

Experiments designed for the PicoScope 2202

TC-08

Experiments designed for the TC-08

Experiments suitable for the TC-08

(These experiments may require minor modifications to suit this product.)

Experiments ideas for the TC-08

(If you are interested in performing and writing up one of these experiments, please get in touch.)

  • Exothermic Reactions. Measure the temperature and pH as sodium hydroxide is dissolved in water.
  • Endothermic Reactions. Measure the temperature as ammonium nitrate is dissolved in water.
  • Fermentation of Grass Cuttings. Measure the temperature of grass cuttings or a compost heap.
  • Heat Insulation. Wrap test tubes in different insulating materials. Compare wet and dry insulation.
  • Heat Loss Through Windows. Compare temperature inside and outside a window over 24 hours. If possible compare single and double glazing.
  • Fridges and Freezers. Plot temperature inside a fridge or freezer. Also plot temperature of the heat exchanger on the back. How is temperature affected by opening the door or by adding something hot to the fridge. Can you see the effect of the thermostat?

TH-03

Experiments suitable for the TH-03

(These experiments may require minor modifications to suit this product.)

Experiments ideas for the TH-03

(If you are interested in performing and writing up one of these experiments, please get in touch.)

  • Exothermic Reactions. Measure the temperature and pH as sodium hydroxide is dissolved in water.
  • Endothermic Reactions. Measure the temperature as ammonium nitrate is dissolved in water.
  • Fermentation of Grass Cuttings. Measure the temperature of grass cuttings or a compost heap.
  • Heat Insulation. Wrap test tubes in different insulating materials. Compare wet and dry insulation.
  • Global Warming. Show how CO2 can effect warming. Heat two bottles using a lamp. One contains air and the other CO2.
  • Heat Loss Through Windows. Compare temperature inside and outside a window over 24 hours. If possible compare single and double glazing.
  • Fridges and Freezers. Plot temperature inside a fridge or freezer. Also plot temperature of the heat exchanger on the back. How is temperature affected by opening the door or by adding something hot to the fridge. Can you see the effect of the thermostat?