Transforming the Teaching Laboratory into an Inquiry Laboratory for the Future Innovators

Chien-Rong Lu
 
Department of Physics, National Taiwan Normal University
88 Ting-Chu Road
Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
886-0920458723 and 886-2-29326408 and lupond@phy.ntnu.edu.tw
 
Abstract: 
We proposed and realized an inquiry laboratory module to cope with instructors’ and students’ interdisciplinary needs for science inquiry. The center of the new module is one of the well-known open source microcontrollers and the feelers can be various sensors, switches or motors. Teachers and students can work together in designing and constructing the systems needed for their innovative inquiry projects. The newly developed module is not only a platform for inquiry; it also equips students with the fundamental competencies for the modern technologies and future innovations.
 
Keywords: 

STEM education, practice, inquiry

pages: 

409-412

Year: 

2019

Published in: 

2nd Eurasian Conference on Educational Innovation 2019

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