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The OpenScience Laboratory
An initiative of The Open University and The Wolfson Foundation
This online laboratory brings interactive practical science to students anywhere and anytime the internet is available. The laboratory features investigations based on on-screen instruments, remote access experiments and virtual scenarios using real data. Several activities are available to all, while others are available only to registered users.
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Popular experiments
The Interactive Brain
Subject Bio HealthExplore the brain and its different regions using 3D animations.
Time required
The Digital Geology Kit
Subject Earth EnvView mineral, rock and fossil specimens in high-quality images and videos.
Time required 10 min - 10 h
Eating for energy
Subject Env BioAn investigation into why greater horseshoe bats are so rare in Britain today.
Time required 1 hour
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Motors experiments (T212)
Subject Elec EngWelcome to the actuators board in the OpenEngineering Laboratory.
Time required 55 minutesEating for energy
Subject Env BioAn investigation into why greater horseshoe bats are so rare in Britain today.
Time required 1 hour
Time required 1 hour
VM for Earth sciences
Subject Earth EnvExamine 3D specimens and microscope images of rocks, meteorites & moon rocks.
Time required 1 hour or more
Elementary flame test
Subject Chem PhysA simple demonstration of the characteristic colours produced by metallic salts in flames.
Time required 1 hour
Time required
Campus Weather Station
Subject Env GenLive data from The OpenStem Labs weather station on the Open University campus
Time required
Using the digital microscope to count leukocytes in blood samples
Subject Bio HealthTime required
Leaf Structure as Environment Indicator
Subject Env BioMicroscopic study of leaf structure relating to environment
Time required