Laser Doppler Anemometry (LDA) for high school students
The LDA high school experiment is introduced in the context of medical applications: the use of LDA to study the flow rate of blood to detect arterioscleroses. Students are introduced to LDA through a manual that introduces the relevant theory step-by-step. The materials includes a set of exercises for students to determine whether they have mastered the content.
After covering the basics students are exposed to the experiment interface and operation of the remote lab. From there students are challenged to decide for themselves what they would like to investigate. The tools available to them are similar to that of undergraduate students. However, at introducing the concepts of LDA simplifications are made to make it accessible to high school students and in the analysis of experimental data student cannot go as much into depth as what is required of undergraduate students.
High school students will spend roughly 18 hours on the LDA experiment in total (including report writing). In the Netherlands students have to conduct advanced lab experiments which corresponds to this time-investment.
The LDA manual for high school students is (still) in Dutch.
