Teachers start school with training in new, engaging science labs

North Texas Science teachers are set to introduce new, more innovative science labs.

Remember science labs where you looked under a microscope to find cells? Well, the latest, improved view of cells is nothing like the grainy images you may remember.

"Oh, you're looking at basically the cells of a plant. So, we always tell students that the plants are boxy cells and you can actually see that every now and then. If you scroll really close, you can see the nucleus of the cells. It's pretty cool," said teacher Aubrey Otero.

She teaches 9th-grade biology at Byron Nelson High School in Northwest ISD. She was amazed to see and learn about a new dye that helps students clearly see the concepts she's taught for years.

"The collaboration is awesome. Being with other teachers from other states. She's from Missouri, and she's from North Carolina, and I'm from Texas. So it's kind of fun to see how we teach differently and how our states are different," she said.

The National Science and Math Initiative's training aims to elevate lab science in classrooms across America. They brought educators to Fort Worth to teach one another.

Read more at NBCDFW.com.