“…Various studies have been conducted that laboratory practices are an important part of science education, and benefit science education in many ways (Coştu et al, 2007;Duit & Tesch, 2010;Etkina et al, 2010;Hofstein & Lunetta, 1982;Lowe et al, 2013;Ornstein, 2006;Polacek & Keeling, 2005;Ramsey & Howe, 1969). However, some studies indicate that laboratory studies in science education are inadequate and the problems encountered should be emphasized (Ayvacı & Küçük, 2005;Balbağ et al, 2016;Böyük et al, 2010;Ceylan et al, 2019;Demir et al, 2011;Güneş et al, 2013). For example, teachers are worried that the damaged laboratory materials cannot be replaced (Ayvacı & Küçük, 2005), the laboratories are insufficient in terms of equipment and materials (Balbağ et al, 2016;Demir et al, 2011), teachers' lack of knowledge about laboratory equipment (Böyük et al, 2010), lack of knowledge about how to carry out experiments (Demir et al, 2011), teachers' reluctance to conduct experiments (Güneş et al, 2013) has been expressed.…”