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Where Science Happens: Equip Your Lab for Safety
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Many college buildings are aging and with increases in enrollment, some administrators are forced to use stopgap scheduling or emergency housing. This chapter discusses space and equipment, while highlighting the…
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Modifying Traditional Labs to Target Scientific Reasoning
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This article showcases how a physics lab course was successfully redesigned to promote important reasoning abilities not explicitly addressed in the typical college setting. Student development of such abilities is…
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Conducting Science Labs in a Virtual World
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Let’s Diagnose Them, Lab 3:<i>Blood Smears</i>
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In the student version of this activity, your students are beginning to think that some of their patients’ symptoms may be caused by either a pathogen or a genetic disorder. The students will analyze the red blood cells…
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Let's Diagnose Them, Lab 4: <i>HIV Test</i>
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In this chapter, based on blood samples recently analyzed, one of the four patients has a very low white blood cell (WBC) count. This is alarming since it might indicate the patient is suffering from a viral infection.…
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Teacher Guide for Let's Diagnose Them, Lab 1: Urinalysis
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In medical school, students learn about the excretory system and its urinary track. In this chapter, four patients have submitted urine samples. A urinalysis can determine the state of one’s health by examining…
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Reworking the Recipe: Adding Inquiry and Reflection to College Science Labs
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Cookbook-style laboratories (labs), where students follow recipes and confirm known results are common, yet years of science teaching and learning research indicate they do not help college students develop the habits…
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Determining the Relative Mass Between the Nucleus and Electrons Modeling Lab
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Freshman general science students already know the atom is composed of a nucleus containing protons and neutrons with electron circling the nucleus. This hands-on modeling lab allows students to visualize and discover…
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Teacher Guide for Let’s Diagnose Them, Lab 3: Blood Smears
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In the teacher version of this activity, your students are beginning to think that some of their patients’ symptoms may be caused by either a pathogen or a genetic disorder. The students will analyze the red blood cells…
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Teacher Guide for Let's Diagnose Them, Lab 4: HIV Test
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In this chapter, based on blood samples recently analyzed, one of the four patients has a very low white blood cell (WBC) count. This is alarming since it might indicate the patient is suffering from a viral infection.…
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Teacher Guide for Let's Diagnose Them, Lab 5: Lung Capacity
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In this chapter, all four patients experience difficulty breathing. Students will determine the lung capacity of each patient using a spirometer, which requires the patient to exhale deeply in order to determine if…
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Teacher Guide for Let's Diagnose Them, Lab 6: Hormone Test
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The endocrine system produces hormones that help regulate the body’s internal organs. Hormones are chemical messengers sent through the bloodstream and when too little or too much is produced, it is often an indication…
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Effective learning through a remote lab kit in an undergraduate invertebrate biology course
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Active learning provides students with meaningful and introspective roles in education. However, it’s difficult to achieve in online class settings, particularly for biology laboratories initially designed to offer…
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Let's Diagnose Them, Lab 2:<i> Digestive By-Products and Body Mass Index Analysis</i>
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In this chapter, two of the four patients are experiencing digestive issues. A team of doctors will run tests on the digestive by-products of these two patients, while the students will be expected to formulate an even…
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Teacher Guide for Let's Diagnose Them, Lab 2: Digestive By-Products and Body Mass Index Analysis
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In this chapter, two of the four patients experience digestive issues. A team of doctors will run tests on the digestive by-products of these two patients, while the students will be expected to formulate an even deeper…
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