On lookout for partners
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
Histology & histopathology
Subject Bio HealthA collection of 320 annotated slides covering basic histology and histopathology.
Time required 1-15 hours
Pressure vessel (T272)
Subject EngWelcome to the T272 pressure vessel experiment in the OpenEngineering Laboratory.
Time required 55 minutes
Virtual petrographic microscope
Subject Earth EnvThin rock sections viewed under a polarising microscope.
Time required 1-2 hours
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Campus Weather Station
Subject Env GenLive data from The OpenStem Labs weather station on the Open University campus
Time required
Introducing Baxter
Subject Robo EngTime required 55 minutes
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
Time required
Comparing ecosystem benefits with Treezilla
Subject Env BioInvestigation of environmental benefits of different types of tree.
Time required 30 mins
VM for Earth sciences
Subject Earth EnvExamine 3D specimens and microscope images of rocks, meteorites & moon rocks.
Time required 1 hour or more
Time required
Virtual Skiddaw: 3D geology field trip
Subject Earth EnvA virtual field trip in the Lake District of the UK.
Time required 3-4 hours