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eScience Labs was recently featured in EdNews.org, the Internet's #1 source for education news and information. Senior Columnist Michael F. Shaughnessy conducted a lengthy interview with our President and CEO Dr. Nicolas Benedict, in which he discussed the need for a new approach to teaching science online and how our hands-on home lab kits are effectively addressing that widespread need.

The National Science Teacher Association, with over 55,000 science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, and others committed to promoting science eduction, released a position statement on the key role that science experiments play in teaching.

"A hallmark of science is that it generates theories and laws that must be consistent with observations. Much of the evidence from these observations is collected during laboratory investigations. A school laboratory investigation (also referred to as a lab) is defined as an experience in the laboratory, classroom, or the field that provides students with opportunities to interact directly with natural phenomena or with data collected by others using tools, materials, data collection techniques, and models ..."

NSTA Position Statement on Labs

The National Science Teacher Association, with over 55,000 science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, and others committed to promoting science eduction, released a position statement on the key role that computers should and should not have in the science classroom.

"...Lest the following emphasis on computers be misunderstood, we assert at the outset that computers should enhance, but not replace essential "hands on" laboratory activities..."

The Use of Computers in Science Education