From virtual scavenger hunts at the museum to taking soil samples at home, science educators are getting creative as they teach a hands-on subject from a distance. (WBEZ)
Seven-year-old Alex Orsornio, a Chicago Public Schools students, shows off a science project he did at home during the school shutdown.
Science teachers are getting creative as they take a hands-on subject and teach it from a distance. Experts encourage science teachers to think about how student’s homes could be used as a laboratory and to get students off the computer to learn science concepts. Earlier this month, Loyola University Chicago professor Carissa Hipsher walked her environmental chemistry class through a lab on Zoom using materials she sent home with them.
“We weren’t going to get that kind of opportunity before,” she said. “So [we’re] kind of making something cool out of it.”From the Field Museum to the kitchenAt UIC, a human evolution class did a virtual scavenger hunt at the Field Museum — where you can take tours of the museum on their website — since students can’t visit in person. One biochemistry class is studying reactions of carbohydrates at home by using carbs that students can find in their kitchens.
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