Virtual Laboratories in Armenian Schools

How do students perform various experiments without the proper equipment? Why, virtually, of course!

Virtual labs have been in use in the republic since 2002 when the first software programs gave students the opportunity to conduct experiments and to overcome shortages of real equipment in their schools.

The virtual laboratories provide pupils with chemical materials and experimental dishes chosen with the help of the computer mouse. Actions they take during the experiment are monitored by the program, which makes remarks on their choices and gives instruction. The program provides the student with the formulas of reactions that take place during the experiment.

"However, these programs are mainly used by the most open-minded teachers. Many others don’t want to betray the old traditional teaching methods and also they do not know how to use computers: maybe this problem should also be thought through."

This is terrific. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention!

Source: ArmeniaNow