Short Biography
Ms. Leah Yifrach graduated from the Hebrew University in 2000 with a B.Sc. in Life Science and from the Weizmann Institute of Science in 2011 with an M.Sc. in Science Education at the Rothschild-Weizmann Program.Ms. Yifrach also was a member of a Learning Materials for Inquiry- Learning Design group at the Weizmann Institute of Science.For eight years, Leah served as a teacher facilitator of Biology teachers. She has been a teacher at High School in Bet Shemesh for the last 20 years.
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.