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Bradbury, Forrest Riley; Pols, Freek – Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education, 2020
Without any major changes, a pilot version of a physical science lab course was able to continue when the COVID-19 crisis necessitated the abrupt suspension of on-campus education. The 'Maker Lab' course, in which students conceive and set up their own experiments using affordable microcontrollers, required students to follow the entire arc of the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Physical Sciences, Science Laboratories
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Garcia, Claudia Venessa; Robertson, William H.; Lougheed, Vanessa; Tweedie, Craig; Velasco, Aaron – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2013
With the need to increase minority representation in the polar sciences, a team of researchers from a southwestern United States public university developed an innovative field research experience entitled the International Polar Year-Research and Educational Opportunities in Antarctica for Minorities (IPY-ROAM). Supported by a National Science…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Field Experience Programs, Online Courses, Ecology
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Baum, Marc M.; Krider, Elizabeth S.; Moss, John A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2006
The preliminary efforts to engage students in the physical sciences through research projects in environmental chemistry are described. The successful involvement of two demographics, community college (CC) students and female students in cutting-edge chemistry research suggests that recruiting methods were effective and the feedback from…
Descriptors: Science Education, Physical Sciences, Student Research, Student Projects