Short Biography
Leah Yifrach is a doctoral student at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology. She earned a B.Sc. in Life Sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2000 and an M.Sc. in Science Education from the Weizmann Institute of Science in 2011 through the Rothschild–Weizmann Program. She was also a member of the Learning Materials for Inquiry Learning Design group at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Leah has over 20 years of experience as a high school biology teacher in Beit Shemesh and served for eight years as a facilitator of biology teachers.
Email: y.leah1@gmail.com; leah.yifrach@campus.technion.ac.il
Publications
Thesis
Lea Yifrach (In process). Designed authentic learning for fostering understanding of the nature of science and creating meaningful learning experiences. Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Supervision: Prof. Tsybulsky, D.
Contributed talks and posters
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Ben Simon. H., Yifrach. L. & Tsybulsky, D. Citizen Science as an innovative framework for fostering students’ understanding of the Nature of Science. Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Education Conference 2025. Western Galilee College Online conference, Acre, June 2025. Oral presentation.
- Yifrach, L., & Tsybulsky, D. Authentic inquiry-based learning as a lever for understanding the nature of science: from personal sleep tracking to scientific laboratory research. ICER2025 conference. Acre, September 2025. Poster presentation.