Probe loan program
January 9, 2007
Below is a list of probes available from
Eric Lewis
Secondary Science Content Specialist
SFUSD - APD - Office of Teaching & Learning
1098 Harrison Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 355-7688
(415) 355-7611 (fax)
lewise2@sfusd.edu
Pasco probes Vernier probes
13 absolute pressure probes 9 motion detectors
1 Biology lab manual 9 dual-range force sensors
3 Chemistry lab manuals 6 Extech digital DC power supply
3 Earth Science lab manuals 8 microphone probes
8 Xplorer data collection devices 9 magnetic field sensors
12 USB data links 9 light sensors
11 CO2 probes 10 LabPro interface
13 colorimter probes 9 circuit boards
7 conductivity probes 1 EKG sensor
12 temperature probes 1 excercise hear rate monitor
21 pH sensors 1 gas pressure sensor
6 dissolved oxygen probes 1 conductivity probe
7 light sensors 1 dissolved oxygen probe
8 barometers 1 current and voltage probe
8 humidity / dew point probes 1 colorimeter
8 turbidity probes 1 oxygen gas sensor
10 multimeters 1 temperature probe
1 loggerPro user manual 2 photogates
1 low-g accelerometer
1 BioRad UV lamp 1 respiration monitor belt
1 PASCAR
1 multimeter
updated: Jan 2008
The Use of Probes in the Chemistry Laboratory
January 7, 2007
SFUSD Professional Development Workshop [Jan 2007]
Temperature probes
- Determination of the molar mass of a compound: boiling point elevation [H]
- Determination of the molar mass of a gas using the ideal gas law (brief use; ap)
- Calorimetry: enthalpy & Hess’ law [ap; H; Chem]
- Bolye’s law (brief use; H)
Pressure probes
- Boyle’s law [H]
- Determination of the molar mass of a gas using the ideal gas law (brief use) [ap]
colorimeter probes
- Beer’s law [ap]
- Reaction stoichiometry [ap]
- Reaction kinetics [ap]
pH probes
- acid - base titration [ap]
- Determination of the Ka [ap]
additional information
calibration: colorimeter, pH probe
Inquiry-Based Experiments in Chemistry [available at Amazon.com; review]
