Alternative Ways to Conduct Lab Activities in Your Classroom

Here are some ways to engage students in your science classroom and make it as hands-on as possible.

Get Creative With Lab Report Alternatives - Edutopia

If the lab follows the structured inquiry format—in which students follow prescribed steps—the teacher can give the class the lab procedures a day or two before ...

5 Creative Ways to Teach Introductory Lab Without Lecturing - Labster

1. Use Interactive Models and Simulations · 2. Learning with Games and Activities · 3. Infusing Technology into Study Plans · 4. Inspiring Learners by Connecting ...

Creating a Mini Stem Lab in the Classroom - The Applicious Teacher

It all starts with a little space in your classroom. For your STEM Lab area, be sure there's tabletop space for building and floor space ...

Improving the Lab Experience for Students AND Teachers

For other labs, I have tried a second method that is a little less time consuming. For this one, instead of just having students read the lab ...

Planning Lab Activities for Middle School Science Class

Do you love taking classes outside? Here is a way to go on a fun scavenger hunt that involves students bringing their devices that have cameras ...

8 Ways to Make Lab Safety Activities More Engaging

Have students pair up to hunt for all of the lab safety equipment in your classroom. You can make a checklist they need to complete or leave clues around the ...

20 Ways to Adapt the Science Lab - Inclusion Rules | Paula Kluth

Be explicit about what you want students to know and do in each lesson and model what you want to see (e.g., language, behaviors, techniques) in the lab. Post ...

6 Simple Ideas for Running a Successful Science Lab

Students working collaboratively in groups? ' · On-topic discussions and idea sharing? · Students helping each other to use lab equipment appropriately? · Supplies ...

Teaching in labs - Teaching@UW - University of Washington

Deliver a brief (2-5 minute) lecture on how the experiment relates to recent class lectures and/or to current issues in the discipline; Briefly discuss any ...

5 Simple Ideas for Science Teachers Conducting Virtual Labs

If your students are virtual, but you have access to the classroom lab, share with the class which types of materials you have at your disposal so that they can ...

Strategies for Effective Teaching in the Laboratory Class - CRLT

Laboratory Overview: Do introduce the laboratory using a brief, but well organized overview of the important concepts for the current subject and the lab ...

7 Tips to Take Your Classroom Lab to the Next Level - AmScope

Discuss the activity, lab procedures and safety, and materials required for the experiment. You can demonstrate the activity and then ask your ...

Labs on a Budget - It's Not Rocket Science

Take the labs that you would typically do in groups of 3-4 and break them up into chunks. Each chunk is a station of the lab. So you may have a design station, ...

Lab-Based Learning | Centre for Teaching and Learning

1. Identify the goals/purposes of your lab · Develop intuition and deepen understanding of concepts. · Apply concepts learned in class to new situations.

5 Smart Ways to Run Science Labs When You're Teaching Remotely

We heard from a number of science teachers who designed labs using an assortment of items that students could find at home or buy fairly cheaply ...

Setting up lab activities - NSTA

Make sure the students can do the activity safely in your classroom/lab. I found it helpful to go through a new activity prior to class from ...

Laboratory Classes - Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning

While demonstrations are not lab classes in and of themselves, demonstrations can be viewed as bringing the lab into the lecture. Demonstrations in which the ...

6 steps to successful science lab groups | Ideas - RSC Education

I explain my classroom rules for practical work. At the start of each task, I play a musical timer for one minute. Students must clear their ...

Making Science Labs Accessible to Students with Disabilities | DO-IT

... lab activities. There are two approaches to making academic activities accessible to students with. ... students once they are enrolled in a class. For ...