The Collection of Scientific Instruments from the Maraslean Teaching Center and Experimental Science Education: Then and Now

This chapter will describe a laboratory of Internet accessible instrumentation that serves students participating in the Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education (CASPiE). The equipment consists of commercially available scientific instruments not commonly available for teaching purposes in two and four year colleges. All are controlled by proprietary instrument manufacturer software which is also necessary for data reduction and analysis. Because the Center is a consortium of a large number and variety of schools, and because the students have little previous experience with advanced instrumentation, security has been a major design goal. The discussion will focus primarily on the types of security and data provenance issues encountered and the methods used to make the CASPiE laboratory a secure part of the educational cyberinfrastructure.

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Inquiry-Based Science Education and the Digital Research Triad

Digital Tools and Solutions for Inquiry-Based STEM Learning - Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2525-7.ch006 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 140-165 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dina Tsybulsky ◽

Ilya Levin

Keyword(s):

Science Education ◽

Experimental Research ◽

Digital Technologies ◽

Research Field ◽

Mobile Technologies ◽

Research Subject ◽

Experimental Science ◽

Scientific Experiment ◽

Classical Triad ◽

New Research

The chapter deals with a new research field that has arisen at the intersection of scientific experiment and emerging digital technologies. The classical triad of experimental research ‘subject-instrument-object' and its implementation in science education are in the focus of the chapter. The triad is studied in its evolution to a so-called digital triad corresponding to the experimental science of digital society. In the digital triad, each of the three components are transformed. The knowing subject - researcher is transformed to the digital scholar; the experimental instrument is transformed on the base of emerging cloud and mobile technologies; the research object comprising hybrid natural-artificial components emerges. The digital transformations of the experimental research triad and educational practices based on the digital triad are manifested in a number of pioneer inquiry-based projects analyzed in the chapter.

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Inquiry-Based Science Education and the Digital Research Triad

Information and Technology Literacy ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-3417-4.ch071 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 1346-1365

Author(s):

Dina Tsybulsky ◽

Ilya Levin

Keyword(s):

Science Education ◽

Experimental Research ◽

Digital Technologies ◽

Research Field ◽

Mobile Technologies ◽

Research Subject ◽

Experimental Science ◽

Scientific Experiment ◽

Classical Triad ◽

New Research

The chapter deals with a new research field that has arisen at the intersection of scientific experiment and emerging digital technologies. The classical triad of experimental research ‘subject-instrument-object' and its implementation in science education are in the focus of the chapter. The triad is studied in its evolution to a so-called digital triad corresponding to the experimental science of digital society. In the digital triad, each of the three components are transformed. The knowing subject - researcher is transformed to the digital scholar; the experimental instrument is transformed on the base of emerging cloud and mobile technologies; the research object comprising hybrid natural-artificial components emerges. The digital transformations of the experimental research triad and educational practices based on the digital triad are manifested in a number of pioneer inquiry-based projects analyzed in the chapter.

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The Kitchen is a Laboratory: Experimental Science Activities Based on Food and Cooking

LUMAT International Journal on Math Science and Technology Education ◽

10.31129/lumat.v1i2.1112 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Paulina Mata

Keyword(s):

Science Education ◽

Young People ◽

Positive Feedback ◽

General Public ◽

Primary Schools ◽

Experimental Science ◽

Science Project ◽

The Public ◽

Science Activities

Since 2001, a group of Portuguese scientists has been using experiments with food and cooking to attract the interest of the public, and particularly young people, in science and scientific activities. These science dissemination activities, entitled A Cozinha é um Laboratório (The Kitchen is a Laboratory) have been received with great interest and very positive feedback by the general public, as well as by schools in all levels of education. Subsequently, this approach was also used by the Portuguese team of the Pollen: Seed Cities for Science project to promote inquiry-based science education in primary schools and engage families and the community in this process. This paper presents the activities conducted as part of these initiatives, which have already resulted in two books.

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