Webinar & Event Recordings

Extend your SPARKvue software skills beyond the fundamentals with specialty features and displays.

Join us for a live webinar to learn how you can leverage specialized features in SPARKvue to enhance student studies of science and STEM topics.

In this 60-minute session, we'll demonstrate how to:

• Build your own SPARKlab files and save them for student use
• Record sensor measurements alongside user-entered data
• Transform sensor data with the built-in calculator
• Measure and visualize fast-changing phenomena, such as sound waveforms
• Configure Wireless Sensors for long-term data collection and field studies

Participants are expected to have a foundational understanding of data collection and analysis with SPARKvue software. If you need a refresher, we recommend that you watch this tutorial video (10 minutes) or watch the Introduction to SPARKvue webinar recording (57 minutes) before the session.

Can't make it live? Register anyway, and we'll provide a link to the recorded webinar.

Registrants have the opportunity to earn a certificate by completing a brief quiz provided in the session's follow-up email.

Learn how to utilize the advanced capabilities of PASCO Capstone™ software in your labs.

In this live 60-minute session, we'll demonstrate how to:

• Analyze fast signals such as sound waves in scope and FFT displays
• Control interface outputs using the signal generator
• Generate data by tracking moving objects through video analysis
• Transform measurements using calculations

Participants are expected to have a foundational understanding of data collection and analysis with PASCO Capstone™ software. If you need a refresher, we recommend that you watch this tutorial video (14 minutes) or watch the Introduction to PASCO Capstone webinar recording (58 minutes) before the session.

Can't make it live? Register anyway, and we'll provide a link to the recorded webinar.

Registrants have the opportunity to earn a certificate by completing a brief quiz provided in the session's follow-up email.

Learn about the potential of the PASCO Smart Cart for intermediate, secondary, and university-level courses during this one-hour webinar. Tailored for both current and prospective users, this session will showcase the Smart Cart's ability to transform classroom learning through hands-on investigations.

We'll demonstrate Smart Cart activities you can do in your own classroom on core mechanics concepts from kinematics to conservation. We'll also show you how the Smart Cart effortlessly integrates with PASCO's data collection software, PASCO Capstone and SPARKvue.

Can't attend live? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the session.

Registrants will receive a certificate after completing a brief quiz following the webinar.

Learn the essentials of PASCO Capstone™, our software for data collection and analysis in advanced high school through college physics and engineering labs.

In this 60-minute session, we'll demonstrate the fundamentals of data collection, display, and analysis, including how to:

• Connect and configure Wireless Sensors
• Select appropriate sampling options for recording data
• Manage runs and displays to visualize data
• Analyze data with graph tools
• Save and share files and data

Can't attend live? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the session.

Registrants will receive a certificate after completing a brief quiz following the webinar.

Learn the essentials of SPARKvue®, our software for data collection and analysis across subject areas, grade levels, and platforms.

In this 60-minute session, we'll discuss SPARKvue's cross-platform support and demonstrate key features, including how to:

• Connect Wireless Sensors to record live data
• Configure sampling options appropriate for the experiment
• View and manage data in a variety of displays
• Analyze and interpret data
• Save files and share data

Can't attend live? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the session.

Registrants will receive a certificate after completing a brief quiz following the webinar.

Solar eclipses are truly magical events that provide insight to phenomena far greater than what happens to sunlight down here on Earth. Beyond planning to watch the occurrences (October 14, 2023 annular solar eclipse | April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse), prepare to engage your students with interactive activities that highlight the importance of the sun.

We invite you to join us for this 60-minute session to plan for the upcoming eclipses with methods to interest students in the world around them (even if it is a bit out of this world).

Activities include:

• Measuring how much cooling an eclipse provides
• Modeling the change in light from the sun during an eclipse
• Using a pinhole camera to image the sun

Can't attend live? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the session.

Registrants will receive a certificate after completing a brief quiz following the webinar.

Learn how to easily and effectively integrate hands-on experiments using PASCO Wireless Sensors, SPARKvue software, and Essential Chemistry curriculum.

Designed for those who are new to PASCO’s Essential Chemistry curriculum, this 90-minute training session helps educators learn how to effectively integrate both sensor-based investigations and supporting resources from the Essential Chemistry e-Book.

To get started, we'll demonstrate a hands-on investigation with PASCO sensors and SPARKvue software. We'll use a Wireless Temperature Sensor and Molecular Model Set to illustrate essential experiment skills such as:

• Connecting sensors to class devices and collecting data
• Plotting and displaying sensor data
• Using data analysis tools

Next, learn how to engage students in a demonstration of stoichiometric ratios using the Wireless Pressure Sensor while we explore relevant resources from the Essential Chemistry e-Book.

Finally, get answers to frequently asked questions about pH sensor use and care as we investigate how pH data can add a quantitative dimension to the distinction between a physical or chemical change.

Throughout the session, participants will also learn about resources for accessing free, student-ready labs, see how to save and share data in SPARKvue, and gain familiarity with online resources designed to help continue their learning.

Can't attend live? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the session.

Registrants will receive a certificate after completing a brief quiz following the webinar.

Learn how to easily and effectively integrate hands-on lab investigations using PASCO Wireless Sensors, SPARKvue software, and Essential Physics 3rd Edition curriculum.

This 90-minute session provides educators with a detailed introduction to PASCO’s Essential Physics 3rd Edition curriculum and equipment. We'll explore various parts of both the student and teacher e-Books, including:

•  Navigation tools
• Accessibility features
• Digital interactives and simulations
• Formative assessment tools
• Resources for lab investigations
• Infinite test bank

Throughout the session, we'll demonstrate Essential Physics investigations that focus on the fundamentals of collecting and analyzing data with SPARKvue software. Using a patented Smart Cart, dynamics track, and accessories, we'll cover the essential skills needed to:

• Access experiment files
• Connect sensors to class devices
• Graph live data from PASCO sensors
• Use data analysis tools

Can't attend live? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the session.

Registrants will receive a certificate after completing a brief quiz following the webinar.

Learn how to maximize the PASCO Wireless Spectrometer (Vis) and UV-Vis Spectrometer in advanced biology and chemistry applications.

Join us for a live, interactive webinar as we explore the advanced capabilities of PASCO spectrometers. Receive a guided introduction to both the PASCO Wireless Spectrometer (Vis) and the UV-Vis Spectrometer, while learning about  the unique features available in PASCO’s free Spectrometry software.

First, learn how PASCO spectrometers enhance classic studies of advanced biology topics as we:

• Explore enzyme activity in a peroxidase-catalyzed reaction between hydrogen peroxide and guaiacol
• Analyze chlorophyll absorption and relate these measurements to both pigment color and photosynthetic activity

Next, discover how specialized Spectrometry displays empower students by clarifying advanced chemistry concepts.

• Develop a Beer’s Law curve to determine the concentration of an unknown solution using the Concentration screen.
• Determine the order of a redox reaction from its absorbance curve.
• Learn how UV absorption in transparent solutions can inform us about solution concentration and molecular properties. 

Finally, explore an application of the accessory Fiber Optic Cables with an investigation into emission spectra.

• Take a look at the emission spectra of an unknown gaseous element.
• Determine its identity from a list of known references.
• Use the Fiber Optic Cables to study electron transitions.

Can't attend live? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the session.

Registrants will receive a certificate after completing a brief quiz following the webinar.

This Earth Day, engage your students in a local investigation of a global phenomenon using Wireless CO2  and Temperature Sensors.

Rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, a product of respiration and combustion, are a leading cause of global climate change. While chemically non-reactive in most environments, carbon dioxide acts as a heat trap in the atmosphere, preventing heat that rises from the earth’s surface from escaping in the form of infrared radiation. This phenomenon is known as the greenhouse effect. 

In this interactive webinar, we will explore methods for modeling the greenhouse effect in your local environment.

• Learn how to quantitatively demonstrate the heat-retaining effects of atmospheric carbon dioxide by collecting data with the Wireless CO2 Sensor.
• Explore a hands-on Earth Day activity designed to develop students' knowledge of the greenhouse effect through hands-on data collection, visualization, and analysis.

Can't attend live? Register anyway and we'll send you a recording of the session.

Registrants will receive a certificate after completing a brief quiz following the webinar.