Use of Simulations and Virtual Labs in Secondary Science Education Increasing

In an article from Education Week, the increasing use of simulations and virtual labs in high school science education is addressed.  With the availability of free or low-cost shared virtual and simulation sites on the rise, the intersection of limited teacher understanding and facility of using the technology, as well as students' sophisticated appetites for it, is seen as one sticking point in expanding the labs' use in high schools.  The article also references a number of resources for the simulations and labs.  http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/06/15/35mm-science.h30.html?tkn=RTLFN%2F2EVFsfja4Yy7htG9tgDXotI%2BVvn3V2&cmp=clp-edweek&intc=EW-MM11-EWH