SENSE IT Resources


Sensors

• Vernier Adapter(Web link)
  
• Vernier NXT Downloads(Web link)
  

Equipment

• SENSEIT Materials List (updated) (PDF) (Word)
  
• NXT Compatible Plugs(Web link)
  
• NXT Debugging Tips (PDF) (Word)  
  

LEGO Competitions

• FIRST(Web link)
  

Environmental Sensor Networks

• Beacon Institute Rivers and Estuaries Observing Network (REON)(Web link)
  
• Rutgers Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory(Web link)
  
• Hudson River Environmental Conditions Observing System(Web link)
  
• Urban Ocean Observatory (Stevens Institute of Technology)(Web link)
  
• Interactive Oceans(Web link)
  

Sensor Resources

• Sensors for Environmental Observatories (National Science Foundation Report)(Web link)
  
• Sensor Revolution (National Science Foundation Special Report)(Web link)
  

Classroom Resources

• Sensors and Electricity(PowerPoint)
• StriperTracker(Web link)
• Tufts University LEGO projects(Web link)

Newspaper and Journal Articles

• Dallas Morning News (Sunday, April 6, 2008)
  "Sensors may revolutionize everyday life"(Web link)


• Star Tribune (May 20, 2009)
  "Underwater sensors help scientists monitor water"(Web link)


• The Press-Enterprise (Sunday, June 7, 2009)
  "New earthquake sensors installed along Inland area's San Andreas fault line"(Web link)


• United Press International (Aug. 20, 2010)
  "Scientists 'sniff out' new sensing aid"(Web link)


• New Straits Times (June 21, 2010)
  "Don’t leave farming to chance"(Web link)


• The Economist (Nov. 4, 2010)
  "A Sea of Sensors"(Web link)


• The New York Times (Nov. 30, 2011)
  "A Thermostat That's Clever, Not clunky"(Web link)(Word)