SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Education is an important part of Building A Better Bay Area. The California State University system has found a high tech solution to replace hands-on lab experiments for ...

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, ...

Well before the reality of a global pandemic, Purdue was creating online versions of many of its engineering labs, so the College of Engineering’s virtual lab initiative didn’t start with COVID-19 in ...

School supplies for some students in online biology classes at Arizona State University now include virtual reality goggles, a move toward further online science-lab instruction that many academics ...

A student in an Advanced Placement biology class might dissect a fetal pig to study internal organs and the skeleton. But can a student get the same level of experience from a virtual dissection ...

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 — ...

For Cornell’s STEM students, hands-on lab classes are a crucial part of life. Yet with students away from campus, professors now must teach classes based on in-person experiments. Professors are ...

Laboratory work is essential for developing students’ observational skills and helping them better understand the experimental foundations of natural sciences. But hands-on labs are expensive and not ...

Many lab classes will now have students perform online simulations or watch videos of professors and TAs completing the labs. Credit: Melanie Hilman On Monday, Penn students attended class virtually ...

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 ...

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 ...