On lookout for partners
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
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
Leaf Structure as Environment Indicator
Subject Env BioMicroscopic study of leaf structure relating to environment
Time required
Eating for energy
Subject Env BioAn investigation into why greater horseshoe bats are so rare in Britain today.
Time required 1 hour
All experiments (filtered; page 1 of 5)
Time required 1-2 hoursRemote digital SLR
Subject GenTime required
Time required
Time required N/A
Comparing ecosystem benefits with Treezilla
Subject Env BioInvestigation of environmental benefits of different types of tree.
Time required 30 mins
Time required 2.5 hours
A-Level Virtual microscopy
Subject Bio Env Gen HealthA collection of slides covering animal and plant tissues in the school curriculum.
Time required
Time required
Planets and moons labcasts (S283, Moons MOOC)
Subject AstroCatch-up recordings of live interactive broadcasts
Time required