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

  • Graph plotter

    Subject Gen

    Import your own data to create graphs.

    Time required 30 mins or more
    Open to the public

  • The OpenSTEMLabs

    Subject Gen

    Award nomination for Global Online Laboratores Consortium 2018: Remote Experiments category.

    Time required
    Open to the public

  • Histology & histopathology

    Subject Bio Health

    A collection of 320 annotated slides covering basic histology and histopathology.

    Time required 1-15 hours
    Open to the public

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  • AMS halves

    Subject Phys
    Time required
    Open to the public

  • Graph plotter

    Subject Gen

    Import your own data to create graphs.

    Time required 30 mins or more
    Open to the public

  • PIRATE facility

    Subject Astro Phys

    Remote-access astronomical observatory.

    Time required 10 h
    Open to the public

  • Light and strain experiments (T212)

    Subject Elec Eng

    Welcome to the light and strain board in the OpenEngineering Laboratory.

    Time required 55 minutes
    Open to the public

  • Flame test II

    Subject Chem

    A simple demonstration of the characteristic colours produced by metallic salts in flames.

    Time required
    Open to the public

  • Adipose tissue: virtual microscope

    Subject Bio Health

    A collection of annotated slides covering adipose tissue.

    Time required 1-2 hours or more
    Open to the public

  • Maps and landforms

    Subject Env Earth

    Learn how to interpret maps and how to use a compass.

    Time required 1 hour
    Open to the public

  • A-Level Virtual microscopy

    Subject Bio Env Gen Health

    A collection of slides covering animal and plant tissues in the school curriculum.

    Time required
    Open to the public

  • The Digital Geology Kit

    Subject Earth Env

    View mineral, rock and fossil specimens in high-quality images and videos.

    Time required 10 min - 10 h
    Open to the public
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