LearnSmart Labs takes students through three phases of scientific learning – Preparation, Enhancement and Simulation – to quickly and efficiently identify and close knowledge gaps before immersing students in hands-on, outcome-based lab simulations that let them develop, test and revise their own hypotheses. What’s inside LearnSmart Labs? Here are all the topics covered in our
LearnSmart Labs takes students through three phases of scientific learning – Preparation, Enhancement and Simulation – to quickly and efficiently identify and close knowledge gaps before immersing students in hands-on, outcome-based lab simulations that let them develop, test and revise their own hypotheses. What’s inside LearnSmart Labs? Here are all the topics covered in our revolutionary outcome-based simulation: LAB SAFETY: Hand Washing Procedure Personal Safety Proper Disposal of Materials. SCIENTIFIC METHOD: Science in Action, Pillbugs Science in theory, LabSmart’s 4 Phases. METRIC MEASUREMENTS: Length, Weight, Volume, Temperature. MICROSCOPY BIOLOGY: Brightfield Microscopy, Microscopy Exercises. CELL ANATOMY: Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Cells, Plant & Animal Cell Structure. DIFFUSION: Diffusion in a Semi-Solid, Diffusion in a liquid, Diffusion in air, Diffusion Across a Selectively Permeable Membrane. OSMOSIS: Water Diffusion over a Membrane, Tonicity in Red Blood Cells, Tonicity in Elodea Cells, Tonicity in Potato Strips. PH & CELLS: Effectiveness of Antacids. PHOTOSYNTHESIS: Photosynthetic Pigments, Green Light, White Light, Carbon Dioxide Uptake. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF CELLS: Proteins, Carbohydrates, Lipids, Functions of Proteins, Carbohydrates and Lipids. CELLULAR RESPIRATION: Yeast Fermentation Cellular Respiration. HOW ENZYMES FUNCTION: Activity Concentration Temperature pH. DNA BIOLOGY & TECHNOLOGY: Isolation of DNA: Gel Electrophoresis, DNA & RNA Structure & Function. MITOSIS & MEIOSIS: The cell cycle, Building Chromosomes to Simulate Meiosis Microscopy Exercises. MENDELIAN GENETICS: One-Trait Crosses Two-Trait Crosses X-Linked Crosses. HUMAN GENETICS: Chromosomal Inheritance, Determining phenotype and genotype, Determining X-linked traits, Solve Genetic Problems.
What is LearnSmart?
LearnSmart is a digital adaptive learning platform that guides you through your course efficiently by prioritizing the important material. As you read your book, it helps you understand the topics you know, and then shows you what you still need to learn. It’ll ask you some questions to help you identify gaps, and prompt you to re-learn them.
Why LearnSmart?
Students who use LearnSmart are 35% more likely to complete their class. 13% more likely to pass their class. and have been proven to improve their performance by a full letter grade.
How does Learnsmart work?
LearnSmart uses revolutionary adaptive technology to build a learning experience unique to each student’s individual needs. It starts by identifying the topics a student knows and does not know. As the student progresses, LearnSmart adapts and adjusts the content based on his or her individual strengths, weaknesses and confidence, ensuring that every minute spent studying with LearnSmart is the most efficient and productive study time possible.
LearnSmart also takes into account that everyone will forget a certain amount of material. LearnSmart pinpoints areas that a student is most likely to forget and encourages periodic review to ensure that the knowledge is truly learned and retained. In this way, LearnSmart goes beyond simply getting students to memorize material – it helps them truly retain the material in their long term memory.
