Many educators are examining and sharing ideas of how to incorporate AI chatbot tools into lecture and writing based classes. Our goal here is to explore how these AI chatbot tools can assist in teaching and learning outcomes in higher education laboratory classes in a STEM field. We are utilizing AI chatbot tools to help engage with students in introductory STEM classes as well as students in upper-level classes that are incorporating their own research projects in a STEM laboratory class. We are testing various approaches and will share the impact of these approaches.
