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.
Spirometer
Subject Health BioUse the spirometer to investigate the impact of smoking on lung function.
Histology & histopathology
Subject Bio HealthA collection of 320 annotated slides covering basic histology and histopathology.
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Spirometer
Subject Health BioUse the spirometer to investigate the impact of smoking on lung function.
Virtual Ocean Dives
Subject Env EarthA VR opportunity to experience a series of dives in a submersible at key locations around the world
VM for Earth sciences
Subject Earth EnvExamine 3D specimens and microscope images of rocks, meteorites & moon rocks.
Variation in vegetation: the heather hypothesis
Subject Env Bio EarthSample virtual transects to gather data on species of heather.
Particle camera (S818)
Subject Astro PhysRemote access Particle Cameras for Open University module S818
Fine Beam Tube
Subject Phys AstroAccess to real data from which users can determine a fundamental electron property.
Histology & histopathology
Subject Bio HealthA collection of 320 annotated slides covering basic histology and histopathology.