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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
Spirometer
Subject Health BioUse the spirometer to investigate the impact of smoking on lung function.
Time required
Astronomy with an online telescope (Badged Course)
Subject Astro PhysDetails for Astronomy with an online telescope Badged Course users.
Time required
All experiments (filtered; page 1 of 5)
DNA quantitation
Subject Bio ChemSpectrometry, micropipette, dilutions, quantitation, quality checks, controls.
Time required 2 hours
Variation in vegetation: the heather hypothesis
Subject Env Bio EarthSample virtual transects to gather data on species of heather.
Time required 2.5 hours
Discovering computer networks: hands on in the Open Networking Lab
Subject Comp GenA free introduction to computer networks.
Time required
Time required 2.5 hours
Chemical equilibrium demonstrator (BDU)
Subject AstroTime required
Light Harvesters
Subject Env BioValue the trees in your neighbourhood and see their environmental benefits using Treezilla.
Time required 1-3 hours
Quantitative PCR analysis
Subject Bio ChemReal time PCR, human CYP2D6 gene variants, gene copy number, controls, population analysis.
Time required 1 hour
Virtual petrographic microscope
Subject Earth EnvThin rock sections viewed under a polarising microscope.
Time required 1-2 hours
Time required