Cal State L.A. biology students are breeding fruit flies to learn how mutations, such as white eyes or curved wings, are passed to future generations. On other campuses, subjects on treadmills are ...

Schools in all 50 states are supplementing or even replacing the beaker and Bunsen burners found in traditional lab settings with a simulation program that teaches science through gamification — ...

When I enter the lab, I see an open flame on an unattended Bunsen burner. The fume hood is open and a pile of explosive chemicals sits in the middle of the floor. In a fit of devilish abandon, I take ...

Students will learn how to categorize matter as either pure substances or mixtures. Students will apply tests, based on physical properties of matter samples, to determine whether a mixture is ...

What’s a budding scientist to do when he/she can’t gain practice doing science in an actual lab? Why, take advantage of virtual labs, of course! The Virtual Labs: Using a Microscope app is one of a ...

The rapid transition from college classrooms to online classes in the wake of COVID-19 has given faculty members little to no time for planning and preparation. Challenging pedagogical issues must ...

The laboratory looks like a cross between a classroom and a tech pavilion at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. There are virtual-reality headsets everywhere, and large flat screen 3-D ...

As you know, I am a big fan of the Virtual Classroom since it saves us time, energy and money. It also keeps us out of the airports and off the roads. It’s a big part of education for the future. It’s ...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of education, online schools have been at the forefront of transforming how students learn, especially in the field of science. With the integration of virtual labs, ...

Virtual reality (VR), which replaces the physical world with an entirely computer-generated one, is finding use beyond gaming. VR has been gaining acceptance in the lab, where it enables researchers ...