This one does. Hands-on laboratory experiences form the course's hub. My group looked at how different colors of light affected photosynthesis. Students must use what they learn each week in the following weeks' labs. I'm very excited every time I go to lab.
Students log even more lab time spring semester, designing and conducting research projects.
Each research group chooses a topic, collects data, and presents its conclusions in April. I predict this will be the students' peak experience of the year. The combined resources of all MHC science departments are available to Unity students in labs and for projects. But the fancy equipment is but a means to the end of greater scientific understanding. It's very interesting and unusual to teach science by giving students information like the pieces of a puzzle and asking them to build the puzzle themselves.