Practical solutions

Blast from the past: Students using high-end equipment available only in laboratories to conduct experiments. - File photo

THE majority of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) practicals need to be done in the lab, where fancy equipment churn out functional input, or out in the field, where you can get down and dirty collecting data.

But when access to labs were limited to “absolutely necessary” situations because of the pandemic, practicals did not come to a complete halt thanks to lecturers who stepped up and out of their comfort zone to find new ways – such as the use of simulation software and experiment kits – to conduct the lab sessions.