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Posted: 7 Feb 2019We are looking for partner HEIs and training providers to co-develop and share remote access ...
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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
Measuring levels of nitrates in spring water (SXHL288)
Subject Bio Chem EnvMeasuring levels of nitrates in water samples.
Time required
Histology & histopathology
Subject Bio HealthA collection of 320 annotated slides covering basic histology and histopathology.
Time required 1-15 hours
A-level: virtual microscope
Subject BioA collection of slides covering animal and plant tissues in the school curriculum.
Time required 1-2 hours or more
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Planets and moons labcasts (S283, Moons MOOC)
Subject AstroCatch-up recordings of live interactive broadcasts
Time required
Pesticide analysis with GC-MS
Subject Chem Env HealthFinding environmental pesticides by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry.
Time required 2.5 hours
Variation in vegetation: the heather hypothesis
Subject Env Bio EarthSample virtual transects to gather data on species of heather.
Time required 2.5 hours
Ecological interactions on iSpot
Subject Env BioDiscover & record the ecological interactions among species.
Time required 1-3 hours
Time required 1-3 hours
Introducing Baxter
Subject Robo EngTime required 55 minutes
Time requiredA-level: virtual microscope
Subject BioA collection of slides covering animal and plant tissues in the school curriculum.
Time required 1-2 hours or more
Optical Microscope
Subject Gen Bio Earth Env MatRemote access to microscope ready loaded with a wide variety of slides.
Time required 5 min - 1 h