SBI 3013

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY IN BIOLOGY

DATA LOGGER

Najat Binti Md Muhtar

(D20152071966)
Noor Nadia Binti Alias
(D20152071973)
 What is data logger?
Data logger is an instrument that capable of
picking up and storing signals from sensors.

Data logging is the measurement and recording of

physical or electrical parameters over a period of
time.

Common measurement: temperature, pressure,

transpiration, current, velocity, etc.
 Scientific Concept

Transpiration is a process loss of water in the form of

water vapor from part of plant especially leaves but
also in stems, flower and roots.
Leaves transpiration occur through stomata.
Transpiration cools plants and enable mass flow of
mineral nutrients and water from roots to shoots.
 Problem statement

To study which condition either present or absent of

light will cause the plant loses water most?
 Objectives

To determine which condition cause the plant lose

water most.

To understand the transpiration phenomenon.

To examine the phenomenon by using data logger.

 ENGAGE
I Need To Cool Down

During a hot and sunny day, it seems that, sitting under a tree is much
cooler compared to the surrounding that is exposed to sunlight. Why
this phenomenon occur? Explain.
EMPOWER (Planning experiment)
 Procedure

Done the experiment in the laboratory (presence of

light)
Set up the apparatus as diagram above.
Place the humidity sensor inside the plastic bag
and wrapped around a branch of plant.
Set the data logger.
Set the data logger and record the result for a few
hours.
Repeat the experiment by place the plant at
different place that are inside the cupboard
(absence of light).
 Result:

Table of humidity outside the cupboard

Graph of humidity outside the cupboard
Table of humidity inside the cupboard
Graph of humidity inside the cupboard
 PBL Discussion

Question:

1. What cause the plastic bag to turn cloudy at the end of

the experiment?
2. What triggers the water to be expelled from the plant?
3. Where does the water which has been expelled come
from?
4. Which structure in the leaf helps to draw water out?
5. Which structure helps to control the opening and
closing of stomata?
 PBL Answer

There were water droplets in the bag. The bag may

appear cloudy because of water vapour in the bag.
The inner side of the plant is in hot condition. Thus
to make it cooler the plant has to expel the water out
from its body.
The water comes from the soil. The uptake of water
from the soil is via osmosis, then the water enters
neighbouring cell until it reached the pore.
 Enhance

Why it is not advisable to

water the plant during
mid-day?

Explain the
phenomenon.
 UNIQUE FEATURES

Experiment can be
repeated or stopped at
any time as most of the
work is taken over by
the data logger

It can save our The pattern of

time since the temperature and
experiments do Unique
Features humidity changes
not take a long can be observed on
period. the same graph

More than one sensor can

be used simultaneously
(humidity and
temperatures sensor)
 Conclusion

Data logger is an electronic device that records data over

time or in relation to location either with a built in instrument
or sensor or via external instruments and sensors. It really
gives a lot of advantages. For example measurements are
always taken at the right time when using data logger.
Unlike a human, the computer will not forget to take a
reading or take a reading too late or too early. Mistakes are
not made in reading the results. Humans can make errors.
Data logging devices can be sent to places that humans
can not easily get to. Such as to the planet Mars, into the
bottom of a volcano, or onto a roof of a tall building to get to
a weather station. Graphs and tables of results can be
produced automatically by the data logging software.