Education Division
Preparing Students for a Future in Science
The Spec20 -- for decades that workhorse spectrometer soubiquitous to university labs around the world -- is yesterday’s
technology. At least, that’s what you told us way back in 1995,
when we launched the first of our PC-based, full-spectrum
spectrometers for teaching labs. Today, we’ve built a full line of
education-friendly spectrometers, accessories and instructional
resources that take students and teachers beyond the limits of
old-fashioned technology and into the possibilities of the future.
Tools for the Modern Teaching Lab
Ocean Optics offers small-footprint, multi-purpose PC-based
instrumentation -- and more -- to meet most any educational
application requirement: Our fully integrated CHEM4-series
Spectrophotometers come
with light sources and cuvette holders that attach directly to
the spectrometer or connect via fiber. See pages 36-37. The $999 Red Tide is a general-purpose instrument for
budget-strapped teaching labs. It is a good choice for
simple visible absorbance setups. For more, see page 38. For users who prefer to avoid PCs, consider our educational
partner Pasco and its Xplorer GLX, a
datalogger and lab
analysis tool in one. The GLX turns our USB-based
spectrometers into PC-free systems. See page 39.
Our Value Proposition Our modular spectrometers work well with the industry’s
most extensive selection of spectroscopy accessories, from
cuvettes and standards to optical fibers and dip probes. Hardware is just part of the equation. Our SpectraSuiteOperating Software is a powerful yet student-friendly tool that
operates in Macintosh, Linux and Windows. Our educational
system hardware is also compatible with the software of oureducational vendor partners, including PASCO Scientific, VernierSoftware & Technology, and MeasureNet Technology, Inc.
You may have seen our newpromotions featuring “Dr. Q”
Monde Qhobosheane, who
received his Ph.D. from the
University of Florida and taught
chemistry at St. Petersburg
College before coming to Ocean
Optics to lead our Educational
Division. Email Dr. Q at
Education@OceanOptics.com. Curricula and Other Resources
When you invest in Ocean Optics for your teaching lab or
educational application, you’re tapping into the collective powerof 85,000+ spectrometers’ worth of applications know-how.What’s more, we’ve begun to capture that knowledge in a
variety of easily accessible media: Database of curricula from our Educational Spectroscopy
Grant Program awardees Getting the most out of your modular spectrometer -- howone spectrometer design can be easily configured to explain
principles in chemistry, physics or other disciplines The Basics of Spectroscopy Measurements video on CD-ROM. See page 36 for more on the EDU-SPEC-CD. An 84-page handbook, Introduction to Spectroscopy in theTeaching Lab Using Ocean Optics Spectrometers
Multiple Options, Maximum Convenience
, withsample lab exercises, available in print or on CD (page 36). Our low-cost, small-footprint educational spectrometer systems
are now available directly from Ocean Optics or through one of
our educational vendor partners:
”Spectroscopy 101” Educator Training
PASCO Scientific (pasco.com) Our educator seminar is designed for teachers and departmentheads interested in enhancing their science teaching curriculum.(Contact Education@OceanOptics.com for details.) Here are
some of the topics to be covered: Vernier Software & Technology (vernier.com) MeasureNet Technology Ltd. (measurenet-tech.com) MicroLab, Inc. (microlabinfo.com) Nicholl Education (nicholl.co.uk) New approaches to teaching Beer’s Law, kinetics, andabsorbance and transmission measurements SK Science Kit & Boreal Laboratories (sciencekit.com) VWR Education (vwreducation.com) network of brands,
including Sargent-Welch and ScholAR Chemistry Reworking your old single-wavelength spectrometercurricula to labs based on Ocean Optics spectrometers WARD’S Natural Science (wardsci.com)
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