inquiry labs

Most labs are revised for the semester, from cookbook to inquiry labs. The goal is to increase student engagement and understanding. The inquiry labs have two key characteristics

1) Students have some control over design of experiment, e.g. create their own multiloop circuit to test Kirchhoff’s laws.

2) Students need to be given sufficient time for reflection, elaboration and application within the lab period.

In most cases we were able to keep the first half of lab same: students learn equipment, then in the 2nd half of lab they design and conduct an experiment