| Overall the Datalogging Seismograph has four major components. Click on the images below for details on construction and use. | |||||||
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| Seismograph The room in NSW moves about 0.1 mm during a strong quake in Indonesia or New Zealand | Detector "sees" the bar move in front of light detecting resistor. Gives 0-5 volt output | Data logger has analogue to digital converter to turn volts into pulses for the computer | Computer allows kids to see the quake as waves on the monitor over several hours | ||||
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