written by Fu-Kwun Hwang
edited by Loo Kang Wee and Wolfgang Christian

The Vernier Caliper model shows the principle of operation and the physical parts of a Vernier Caliper.

The Vernier calipers model has

• an object (Blue) for the internal jaws to measure width of an object with slider to control width of the object and simple drag action to control position of object.
• an object (Green) for external jaws to measure internal diameter of a cylinder for example with slider to control dimensions of the cylinder.
• checkbox for answer to show the meaning of reading on the main scale and the vernier scale with zero error calculations if any.
• drop down menu of the various common vernier scales for sense making and additional testing out by learners their ideas of how vernier works.
• fine <> control buttons for learners to manipulate the model with single incremental precision
• slider control for fast changes in the vernier measurement
• reset button to bring simulaton back to original (default)
  setting.

The Vernier Caliper model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling tool.  It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive.  Double click the ejs_ntnu_VernierCaliper.jar file to run the program if Java is installed.

• Download ejs_ntnu_VernierCaliper.jar - 1451kb Java Archive File

Last Modified June 13, 2014

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The source code zip archive contains an XML representation of the Vernier Caliper model.   Unzip this archive in your EJS workspace to compile and run this model using EJS.

• Download ejs_ntnu_VernierCaliper.zip - 17kb Compressed File

Last Modified June 13, 2014

This file has previous versions.