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For the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) to be taught properly and effectively, laboratory investigations must be a key component of every science class. Students must be given the opportunity to design investigations, manipulate tools and equipment, collect and analyze data, and discuss and share results with their peers. A fully equipped laboratory will allow students to engage in both traditional and inquiry-based labs that will make chemistry more than just something they read about and memorize but a way to make sense of the natural world and develop both critical and creative thinking skills. By giving students opportunity to design their own investigations, they also develop collaboration and communication skills which are critical 21st century skills. Examples of labs that they will be able to do include a water analysis of a local creek, consumer chemistry such as determining the % of acetic acid in different brands of vinegar, designing a simple, inexpensive hot pack and separating the microbeads from personal care products using filtration as part of a unit on microplastic pollution. Labs such as these show that chemistry is not inert but instead a course that will help them understand everyday phenomena and issues that both their local and global community face. Conducting meaningful laboratory investigations helps develop scientific and environmental literacy which is integral in implementing a science curriculum responsive and relevant to the needs of students navigating life in the 21st century.

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For the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) to be taught properly and effectively, laboratory investigations must be a key component of every science class. Students must be given the opportunity to design investigations, manipulate tools and equipment, collect and analyze data, and discuss and share results with their peers. A fully equipped laboratory will allow students to engage in both traditional and inquiry-based labs that will make chemistry more than just something they read about and memorize but a way to make sense of the natural world and develop both critical and creative thinking skills. By giving students opportunity to design their own investigations, they also develop collaboration and communication skills which are critical 21st century skills. Examples of labs that they will be able to do include a water analysis of a local creek, consumer chemistry such as determining the % of acetic acid in different brands of vinegar, designing a simple, inexpensive hot pack and separating the microbeads from personal care products using filtration as part of a unit on microplastic pollution. Labs such as these show that chemistry is not inert but instead a course that will help them understand everyday phenomena and issues that both their local and global community face. Conducting meaningful laboratory investigations helps develop scientific and environmental literacy which is integral in implementing a science curriculum responsive and relevant to the needs of students navigating life in the 21st century.

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