Sequence: Laboratory prac outline

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Sequence: Laboratory prac outline
Description:
An outline sequence for laboratory practicals in science. There is no content in this sequence, rather a hypothesised outline for how you might use LAMS within a high school or university prac class. It involves some prework before coming to the class, and then a way for students to share and discuss their results. I would value feedback about this design as it is based on my own experience of teaching 2nd year biochemistry. I am interested to know if it would work for other laboratory practicals in science and school.

Keywords: hypothesis, laboratory, experiment, sharing results

Subject: Science

Audience: Undergraduate Science. Years 10 to 12.

Run time: Normal practical class plus prework

Delivery Mode: Prework and laboratory computer access

Resources:

Outline of Activities:

1. Introduction of experiment
Tool: Noticeboard

2. Students state hypothesis or aims
Tool: Q&A

3. Experiment methods
Tool: Share Resources

STOP (requires teacher release during lab session)

4. Share results
Tool: Q&A

5. Students are asked to select the result or statement of results that they feel is correct (this is to uncover any general misunderstandings about the experiment purpose in the class)
Tool: Survey

6. The teacher can initiate a general discussion about the results or present the desired results here.
Tool: Noticeboard

7. Students can upload lab reports here if they are required.
Tool: Submit files

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Language: English
LAMS Version: 1.0.2(20050923)
License: Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike
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Authored By:   Bronwen Dalziel
Date: 25 September 2005 07:40 PM
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