The PocketLab Notebook was developed through grants with the National Science Foundation and the Institute of Education Sciences at the Department of Education and in partnership with WestEd Research.
The Notebook beta version was piloted with hundreds of middle school students to increase their engagement in the NGSS science and engineering practices. In preliminary feedback, 71% of the 350 student participants responded that they actually enjoyed the lab report process while using the PocketLab Notebook!
The hands-on experiments are fun and lots of learning comes in the rigorous process of scientific reporting.