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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
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
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Eating for energy
Subject Env BioAn investigation into why greater horseshoe bats are so rare in Britain today.
Time required 1 hour
Time required 2.5 hours
Adipose tissue: virtual microscope
Subject Bio HealthA collection of annotated slides covering adipose tissue.
Time required 1-2 hours or more
Variation in vegetation: the heather hypothesis
Subject Env Bio EarthSample virtual transects to gather data on species of heather.
Time required 2.5 hours
OEL Video Test
Subject EngWelcome to the video test for the OpenEngineering Lab. This is designed to check that your computer/tablet and network combination can successfully connect to the resources in the laboratory.
Time required
Launch Pad: Orbits
Subject Astro Eng Phys'Space' Award for Air Cadets: Investigation of orbital mechanics
Time required 45 min
Astronomy with an online telescope (Badged Course)
Subject Astro PhysDetails for Astronomy with an online telescope Badged Course users.
Time required
Using the digital microscope to count leukocytes in blood samples
Subject Bio HealthTime required
Campus Weather Station
Subject Env GenLive data from The OpenStem Labs weather station on the Open University campus
Time required