Table 1.

Lab course objectives.

Lab Objectives for in-person and online lab course

1. Formulate hypothesis for experiments, including those on living systems

2. Devise procedures for experiments, including those on living systems

3. Collect and validate data using appropriate equipment and data acquisition systems

4. Display, describe, summarize and interpret experimental results in a lab report

5. Compare the experimental results to previous work and computational models

6. Understand the guidelines for ethical use of animals/humans in research

7. Develop laboratory skills applied to living systems