In this Expert Recommendation, we offer ideas for moving each of these components online.

Give each other feedback on any of the aboveīy contrast, the lab components listed below are those that need to be majorly re-thought as you move your course online.

Interpret data / create models / reflect on results.

For these components, see our other Expert Recommendation with advice for moving your lecture course online, especially the section on moving group work online. The lab components listed directly below can be moved online in a similar way to moving a lecture-based course online (or might even be online already in your course). Labs typically comprise a variety of components. How different lab components can move online Coming up with flexible options and approaching your students' varying situations with understanding is especially important. Some of your students may be in environments difficult for conducting experiments (e.g., with children). Some of your students may not have access to household materials that you may expect to be common. Some of your students may not have access to a smartphone or computer or reliable internet.

Be especially aware of equity issues as you move your lab course online.You may likely have to adapt your learning goals and course expectations for this new situation. You can adapt labs you've already written, or look for lab curricula others have written that may work for your learning goals.Please start with the overall guiding ideas in our other Expert Recommendation, which are applicable to all courses including labs.

Physics simulation online