Interactive/Virtual Labs

Interactive/Virtual Labs

As a pilot teacher for the new Physical Science 20 course, the challenge in the pilot year is to develop the course content to meet student interests and student needs, while meeting the outcomes indicated by the new curriculum. In an effort to teach outcomes and appropriate indicators, Aaron Biberdorf of Sun West Distance Learning Centre and I developed an action plan to find interactive or virtual labs for each outcome for the three major units of Physical Science 20. This would be most beneficial for the Distance Learning Centre, where students are studying a science course but may not have access to lab materials while working independently. Further, for students who are absent in a regular classroom and miss a lab, the virtual lab(s) could be an alternative assignment.