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Posted: 7 Feb 2019We are looking for partner HEIs and training providers to co-develop and share remote access ...
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
Elementary flame test
Subject Chem PhysA simple demonstration of the characteristic colours produced by metallic salts in flames.
Time required 1 hour
Histology & histopathology
Subject Bio HealthA collection of 320 annotated slides covering basic histology and histopathology.
Time required 1-15 hours
Time required 30 mins or more
All experiments (filtered; page 1 of 5)
Planets and moons labcasts (S283, Moons MOOC)
Subject AstroCatch-up recordings of live interactive broadcasts
Time required
Time required- Time required 30 mins or more
Histology & histopathology
Subject Bio HealthA collection of 320 annotated slides covering basic histology and histopathology.
Time required 1-15 hours
Eating for energy
Subject Env BioAn investigation into why greater horseshoe bats are so rare in Britain today.
Time required 1 hour
Time required
Fine Beam Tube
Subject Phys AstroAccess to real data from which users can determine a fundamental electron property.
Time required 2-5 hours
Using the digital microscope to count leukocytes in blood samples
Subject Bio HealthTime required
Launch Pad: Orbits
Subject Astro Eng Phys'Space' Award for Air Cadets: Investigation of orbital mechanics
Time required 45 min