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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
Time required 1 hour
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
Time required 30 mins or more
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Astronomy with an online telescope (Badged Course)
Subject Astro PhysDetails for Astronomy with an online telescope Badged Course users.
Time required
Ecological interactions on iSpot
Subject Env BioDiscover & record the ecological interactions among species.
Time required 1-3 hours
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
Light Harvesters
Subject Env BioValue the trees in your neighbourhood and see their environmental benefits using Treezilla.
Time required 1-3 hours- Time required 30 mins or more
Graph plotter (S201)
Subject GenTime required
Using the digital microscope to count leukocytes in blood samples
Subject Bio HealthTime required
Pressure vessel (T272)
Subject EngWelcome to the T272 pressure vessel experiment in the OpenEngineering Laboratory.
Time required 55 minutes
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