Cal State L.A. biology students are breeding fruit flies to learn how mutations, such as white eyes or curved wings, are passed to future generations. On other campuses, subjects on treadmills are ...

School supplies for some students in online biology classes at Arizona State University now include virtual reality goggles, a move toward further online science-lab instruction that many academics ...

Arizona State University had a problem. Many students arrived on campus eager to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects. But by the end of their first year at the university, ...

A Spring 2022 study following two VR biology labs at Arizona State University showed elevated student performance and engagement in several areas, compared to results in labs without the VR component.

explosion and the shattering glass don’t distress her. She simply clicks her computer mouse a few times and starts over. Ms. Ellison’s laboratory section relies on computer simulations, rather than on ...

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Faced with the challenge of teaching lab classes online, science and engineering instructors are shipping lab kits and using virtual simulations in an effort to recreate the hands-on experience for ...

Pull on your headset, attach hand motion trackers, choose your avatar. You’re now ready for biology lab at one of Arizona State University’s new virtual reality pods. Biology students are among the ...

In the rapidly evolving landscape of education, online schools have been at the forefront of transforming how students learn, especially in the field of science. With the integration of virtual labs, ...

"Student reads lab manual prior to class. Unusual move stuns professor, classmates." This simulated newspaper headline, greeting students on the Biology Concepts Laboratory course Web site at Western ...