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Dynamic Signal Analyzer

Dynamic Signal Analyzer

Subject(s):	Physics
Grade Level(s):	Undergraduate
Device:	Dynamic Signal Analyzer
Status:	Available
Description:	This lab allows users to perform frequency domain measurements on electronic circuits and control systems.

ELVIS

ELVIS

Subject(s):	Physics
Grade Level(s):	Undergraduate
Device:	ELVIS
Status:	Available
Description:	This lab is based on the National Instruments Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (NI ELVIS) hardware platform and is used to perform measurements on a variety of electronic devices and circuits.

Force on a Dipole

Force on a Dipole

Subject(s):	Physics
Grade Level(s):	Undergraduate
Device:	Force on a Dipole
Status:	Available
Description:	This lab consists of a small magnet suspended vertically by a spring in the center of two horizontally mounted coils, which can be manipulated by users to demonstrate magnetic oscillations.

Heat Exchanger

Heat Exchanger

Subject(s):	Chemistry, Physics
Grade Level(s):	Undergraduate
Device:	Heat Exchanger
Status:	Unavailable to Public
Description:	This lab allows users to study the dynamics of heat transfer between fluids.

Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometer

Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometer

Subject(s):	Biology, Chemistry, Physics
Grade Level(s):	9-12 , Undergraduate
Device:	Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometer
Status:	Coming Soon
Description:	This lab allows students to detect trace metals in solutions through optical emission spectroscopy.

Inverted Pendulum

Inverted Pendulum

Subject(s):	Physics
Grade Level(s):	Undergraduate
Device:	Inverted Pendulum
Status:	Unavailable to Public
Description:	This lab is a well known control theory experiment whereby control laws are derived and tweaked in order to balance a pole much like one balances a broom on their finger.

Microelectronics Device Characterization

Microelectronics Device Characterization

Subject(s):	Physics
Grade Level(s):	Undergraduate
Device:	Microelectronics Device Characterization
Status:	Available
Description:	This lab allows users to measure the current-voltage characteristics of various microelectronics devices.

Neutron Spectrometer

Bragg Diffraction and the DeBroglie Wavelength

Subject(s):	Physics
Grade Level(s):	Undergraduate
Device:	Neutron Spectrometer
Status:	Available
Description:	This lab allows users to demonstrate neutron diffraction using a crystal monochromater, demonstrating the Bragg Diffraction and the DeBroglie Wavelength.

Maxwell Boltzmann Distribution

Subject(s):	Physics
Grade Level(s):	Undergraduate
Device:	Neutron Spectrometer
Status:	Available
Description:	This lab measures the Maxwell Boltzmann Distribution of thermal neutrons from a nuclear reactor.

Neutron Beam Absorption

Subject(s):	Physics
Grade Level(s):	Undergraduate
Device:	Neutron Spectrometer
Status:	Available
Description:	This lab demonstrates thermal neutron behavior in the presence of various absorption materials.

Polymer Crystallization

Polymer Crystallization

Subject(s):	Chemistry
Grade Level(s):	Undergraduate
Device:	Polymer Crystallization
Status:	Unavailable to Public
Description:	This lab involves heating a polymer above its melting point and then let it cool down to several controlled temperatures, in order to draw conclusions about the characteristics of the crystal formation.

Radioactivity

Curriculum and Assessment Available

Advanced Research Methods Using Real Radioactivity Data (New)

Subject(s):	AP Physics
Grade Level(s):	11 - 12
Device:	Radioactivity
Status:	Available
Description:	This curriculum is based upon the Radioactivity iLab. The curriculum is organized into 5 modules - the first module is a more concise and advanced version of the cell phone radiation curriculum, and the latter four modules explore error analysis, writing a research proposal, and understanding iLab engineering and technology.

Curriculum and Assessment Available

Cell Phone Radiation: How Close is Too Close?

Subject(s):	Introductory Physics
Grade Level(s):	8, 9 - 12
Device:	Radioactivity
Status:	Available
Description:	This curriculum is based upon the Radioactivity iLab. The curriculum sets the lab in the context of cell phone radiation, and asks students to think about the risk of using cell phones at close proximities to their bodies.

Curriculum and Assessment Available

Investigating the Safety of Nuclear Energy Using Real Radioactivity Data (New)

Subject(s):	Chemistry
Grade Level(s):	9 - 12
Device:	Radioactivity
Status:	Available
Description:	This curriculum is based upon the Radioactivity iLab. Students investigate nuclear energy, storage of nuclear waste, and the controversy surrounding using nuclear power as a source of energy for our country.

Curriculum and Assessment Available

Mathematical Modeling Using Real Radioactivity Data (New)

Subject(s):	Algebra, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, Statistics
Grade Level(s):	9 - 12
Device:	Radioactivity
Status:	Available
Description:	This curriculum is based upon the Radioactivity iLab. Students study families of functions and mathematical modeling.

Curriculum and Assessment Available

Radiation and Cancer: Cure or Cause? (New)

Subject(s):	Biology
Grade Level(s):	9 - 12
Device:	Radioactivity
Status:	Available
Description:	This curriculum is based upon the Radioactivity iLab. Students learn about radiation as therapy for cancer, but also as a cause for cancer.

Radioactivity

Subject(s):	Physics
Grade Level(s):	Undergraduate
Device:	Radioactivity
Status:	Available
Description:	This lab examines the intensity of radiation as a function of distance, demonstrating the effects of the inverse square law.

Shake Table

Shake Table

Subject(s):	Physics
Grade Level(s):	Undergraduate
Device:	Shake Table
Status:	Unavailable to Pubilc
Description:	This lab allows users to study the behavior of building model structures when exposed to ground vibration.