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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
Elementary flame test
Subject Chem PhysA simple demonstration of the characteristic colours produced by metallic salts in flames.
Time required 1 hour
Histology & histopathology
Subject Bio HealthA collection of 320 annotated slides covering basic histology and histopathology.
Time required 1-15 hours
Time required 30 mins or more
All experiments (filtered; page 1 of 6)
- Time required 30 mins or more
Discovering computer networks: hands on in the Open Networking Lab
Subject Comp GenA free introduction to computer networks.
Time required
Eating for energy
Subject Env BioAn investigation into why greater horseshoe bats are so rare in Britain today.
Time required 1 hour
The Digital Geology Kit
Subject Earth EnvView mineral, rock and fossil specimens in high-quality images and videos.
Time required 10 min - 10 h
Time required
Measuring levels of nitrates in spring water (SXHL288)
Subject Bio Chem EnvMeasuring levels of nitrates in water samples.
Time required
Time required N/A
Virtual petrographic microscope
Subject Earth EnvThin rock sections viewed under a polarising microscope.
Time required 1-2 hours
Igneous & metamorphic rock
Subject EarthHand specimens and slabs of rocks and minerals found in the Lake District.
Time required 1-2 hours