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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
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
Igneous & metamorphic rock
Subject EarthHand specimens and slabs of rocks and minerals found in the Lake District.
Time required 1-2 hours
Time required 1 hour
All experiments (filtered; page 1 of 5)
VM for Earth sciences
Subject Earth EnvExamine 3D specimens and microscope images of rocks, meteorites & moon rocks.
Time required 1 hour or more
Virtual petrographic microscope
Subject Earth EnvThin rock sections viewed under a polarising microscope.
Time required 1-2 hours
Time required 1-3 hours
Leaf Structure as Environment Indicator
Subject Env BioMicroscopic study of leaf structure relating to environment
Time required
Planets and moons labcasts (S283, Moons MOOC)
Subject AstroCatch-up recordings of live interactive broadcasts
Time required
Launch Pad: Orbits
Subject Astro Eng Phys'Space' Award for Air Cadets: Investigation of orbital mechanics
Time required 45 min
Using the digital microscope to count leukocytes in blood samples
Subject Bio HealthTime required
Launch Pad: Satellites
Subject Phys Eng'Space' Award for Air Cadets: Identification and tracking of the objects orbiting the Earth
Time required 1 h
OEL Video Test
Subject EngWelcome to the video test for the OpenEngineering Lab. This is designed to check that your computer/tablet and network combination can successfully connect to the resources in the laboratory.
Time required