LabLearner

Innovation through Investigation

LabLearner Science Education

Scientifically Nurturing Future Generations of Innovators and Thought Leaders

Real Laboratory and Science Equipment

In the LabLearner program, students learn science through a series of inquiry-based, hands-on activities that identify and incorporate national science, math, and ELA standards. An integral part of the LabLearner program is the conversion of a school classroom into a fully functional, in-school teaching laboratory appropriate for physical, earth, and life science activities. Additionally, Core Experience Learning Labs (CELLs), written by teams of scientists and classroom teachers, are provided for use by the student and teacher both in the classroom and in the laboratory.

STEM-Based and Spiraling

LabLearner was designed to specifically address science, math, technology, engineering, health and language arts standards, and is a 100% hands-on method of teaching science. The program aims to increase student’s experience with STEM components and to develop students’ cognitive ‘tools’ as they approach science concepts, critical thinking, and problem-solving in a lab environment.

LabLearner integrates various assessments throughout the span of the curriculum from lab-based performance assessments to traditional written assessments. Each assessment is designed to draw upon each student’s experiences within the lab.

NGSS Correlation Chart

CCSS Mathematics Correlation Charts

LabLearner CCSS Math Correlation_ K-5 - Sheet1.pdf

LabLearner CCSS Math Correlation_ 5-12 - Sheet1.pdf

Elementary School Sample Units

Chemistry, Matter, and Interactions

Our Solar System

Middle School Sample Units

Atomic Structure_SDR_Complete_L2SDR77A_final_1_9_20_red.pdf

Copy of Earth's Forces_SDR_Complete_L2SDR52A_final_1_9_20 (1).pdf

LabLearner Facts & Figures

From Dr. Keith Verner, Founder of LabLearner

Schola_LabLearner Facts and Figures 2020.pdf

Dr. Keith Verner received his degree in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology from Cornell University. He began his research career with a fellowship at the University of Basel Biozentrum in Basel, Switzerland. It is in Basel where Dr. Verner learned first-hand the differences between US and European educational systems by teaching undergraduate students at the University of Basel while his children attended Swiss public schools.

Dr. Verner returned to the US as a faculty member at The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. He became Chief of the Division of Developmental Pediatrics and Learning and tenured Professor of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Physiology. He was also appointed Associate Professor of Education in The Pennsylvania State University School of Education and Behavioral Sciences. While at Penn State, he began the BOLD (Biology of Learning and Development) research group, which brought together medical, scientific, and public-school experts to investigate the neurocognitive and neurological underpinnings of both general education and learning disabilities.

As a research scientist and university professor, Dr. Verner published numerous papers, articles, and books. In addition, he received various research and teaching awards and was the recipient of the Penn State University Faculty Outreach Award for his work in public school science education that reached thousands of children. Dr. Verner testified, alongside Senator/astronaut John Glenn, in support of strengthening US pre-college science education before the Senate committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions.

Dr. Verner was publicly elected as a School Director in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, serving as either president or vice-president of the Board for three years of his four-year term. He also served as the President of the Board of Delegates at Harrisburg Area Community College during this period.

In 2004 Dr. Verner left his tenured, full-professorship faculty appointment to devote his time to the development and expansion of LabLearner. Since that time, LabLearner has grown from its home in Pennsylvania and is now in use across the country.

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