The Smithsonian Learning Lab puts the treasures of the world’s largest museum, education and research complex within reach for educators and students. Darren Milligan & Stephanie Greenhut Are you ...

In the vast shift to online teaching caused by the new coronavirus, one of the most common questions raised was: But what about lab classes? Is it even possible to move a lab course quickly online and ...

Laboratory work is essential for developing students’ observational skills and helping them better understand the experimental foundations of natural sciences. But hands-on labs are expensive and not ...

How can digital tools help educators to foster meaningful learning experiences with museum objects? How can museum- and school-based practices inform each other? What role can technology play in this ...

The Smithsonian Learning Lab is a free, interactive platform for discovering millions of authentic digital museum resources, creating interactive learning experiences with online tools, and sharing ...

In this quick tutorial video, you’ll learn the basics about what Smithsonian Learning Lab “collections” are and how you can interact with these interactive learning experiences built from digital ...

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is focused on developing students’ skills and connecting these subject areas, preparing them for future careers and the real world.

School closures under COVID-19 presented a big problem for the biology faculty at Moraine Valley Community College, located in the Chicago suburbs. The challenge: how students can complete lab work ...

Complex topics can be challenging both for instructors to teach and for students to learn. While instructional strategies have varied over the years, modern computer graphics environments can provide ...

When Abigail S. Huebner ’23 was deciding which concentration to declare in fall 2020, she was hesitant about declaring engineering without having ever taken an engineering course in person. “I was ...