Image logit Who has the most Effective Sunglasses?

Equipment

Sun Glasses investigation Equipment
Sun glasses
Torch
Cardboard tube
Sunglasses
LogIT

 

 

Instructions

 

Layout the investigation ensuring that the LogIT, cardboard tube and the torch remain in the same position when the glasses are changed.

Switch on the datalogger with the Green start button. Image green button

Press the blue menu button twice Image question mark until it says 'Press Green to start snapshot'.

Press Green to start snapshot

Press the Green button immediately Image green tick You should see it say 'Logging started'.

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and then the display returns to normal.

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The 'L' tells you that you are logging.

Image green buttonPress the Green button each time you take a snapshot - when each pair of sunglasses is placed in front of the cardboard tube. The display will display 'Storing readings' for a moment before returning to the normal display.

Storing Readings

REMEMBER to take the reading without any sunglasses in front of the cardboard tube to act as a CONTROL!

Image red button Press the Red button when you have finished - it should then say 'Logging stopped'.

Logging Stopped

Connect the datalogger to the computer, using the white USB cable supplied.

Open the Logit software

Open the software

Press Fetch to see the bar graph.

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The LogIT software then asks you which file you wish to fetch. It saves up to four different logs - always overwriting the oldest log. Make sure A is selected and click OK.

Fetch Screen

Your bar chart of all the snapshots will be displayed.

Graph

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To look at the bar chart of just the light remove the ticks next to 'Sound Level' and Temperature' on the right hand side by clicking on them.

Light bar chart

screenshot You will now need to click on the 'Auto Zoom' to look at the graph in more detail.

Light Zoomed

You can look at the table of results by clicking on 'Display Table' button. Image display button

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The table of results will be displayed.

Table of Results

 | Published: 9-1-09  | TOP