Laboratory Simulations for Remote Learning

Jun
13
2020
0
By Kimberly Smalley

During this time of remote learning, we want to support your time away from the lab. The following is a list of laboratory simulation resources. These resources are freely available, potentially for a limited time.

 

 

 

Anatomy & Physiology

Astronomy

Biology

  • Advancing Science Without Harming Animals- Virtual dissection
  • Avida-ED- Researchers and educators designed Avida-ED to help students learn about evolution and scientific methods by allowing them to design and perform experiments to test hypotheses about evolutionary mechanisms using evolving digital organisms
  • BioInteractive - HHMI- Virtual laboratories with workshops, handouts and teacher materials
  • Biologica - the concord consortium- Web labs and 3D cell renderings to each genetics
  • Biology Simulations- Biology simulations for evolution, ecology, heredity, and cell energy
  • Biomanbio Games- [Pre-college] video games on bio topics - teacher sign-up and student scores sent to spreadsheet
  • DataNuggets- Activities to develop quantitative skills. Undergrad. = Content Level 4
  • Evo-Ed- Integrative Evolution Case Studies/Modules/Games
  • Gel Scramble- Critical thinking in molecular biology
  • GelBox- Open Inquiry Simulation of DNA gel electrophoresis (only DNA currently)
  • General Biology Lab 101- Online instruction with walkthroughs and videos
  • Genetics Web Lab Directory- Click through simulations with embedded content (instructions, teacher notes and student instructions)
  • Gizmos- Online simulations with instructor guides, prompts for students
  • Interactive Media - Virtual Labs Stanford- Online interactive media
  • Judith Nuno's AP Biology- Simulations, activities, lab protocols + for a few simulations
  • LabXchange- Experimental design - identify SNPs
  • Learn Genetics- Interactive techniques labs, online lessons in genetics, cell biology, evolution, human health, plants, neuroscience, ecology
  • McGraw-Hill Biology Virtual Laboratory Exercise- Laboratory exercises with instructions, quizzes and report options
  • Microbiology Virtual Lab- Animations, lessons, simulators, assignments
  • Microscopy Laboratory- Virtual microscope
  • Molecular Workbench- Simulations + lesson guides for students
  • NOVA interactives- Interactive modules for many subjects (and videos)
  • Phet Interactive Simulations- Simulations + faculty resources: activites, questions to ask students
  • QUBES- Biology/Math platform with open source simulations, activities etc
  • SimBio/ Simulated Biology- Experimentation using realistic simulations of biological systems
  • Solve The Outbreak- Simulation of a virus outbreak.
  • StarGenetics- Mendelian genetics cross simulator developed at MIT by biology faculty, researched-trained scientists and technologists at MIT's OEIT. StarGenetics allows students to simulate mating experiments between organisms that are genetically different across a range of traits to analyze the nature of the traits in question. Its goal is to teach students about genetic experimental design and genetic concepts.
  • Teaching Genetics with Dragons- Genetics game with instructor guides, resources
  • The Science Bank- Virtual dissection
  • Virtual Biology Labs- Virtual labs that allow students to save predictions, data, calculations and conclusions from lab
  • Virtual Interactive Bacteriology Laboratory- Virtual labs with pre-lab walk through (descriptions, steps, starts)
  • Virtual Laboratory- Videos, descriptions, simulations throughout lessons (Water properties, E. coli, Growth, Mutation, Adaptation)
  • Virtual Microscope- Virtual microscopes, 90 samples of multi-dimensional, high-resolution image datasets. The Virtual Microscope, available for free download, supports functionality from electron, light, and scanning probe microscopes, datasets for these instruments, training materials to learn more about microscopy, and other related tools
  • Virtual Scanning Electron Microscope- Interactive microscope with different samples and ability to change focus, contrast, brightness and magnification (curriculum on microscopy available + interactive tutorials)
  • Wiley Plus- Has interactive materials for many subjects including LMS integration

Microbiology

Biotech

  • LabExchange- Foundational concepts and techniques in Biotechnology- The goal of this cluster is to expose learners to fundamental concepts and lab techniques essential to the field of biotechnology, including creating a recombinant plasmid and expressing and purifying a protein of interest. For those using this cluster as part of a hybrid ABE experience, please see implementation details in the individual pathway descriptions.
  • LabXchange/Amgen Biotech/Harvard- Fundamental concepts and lab techniques essential to the field of biotechnology

Cell Bio/Genetics

Chemistry

Civics

  • iCivics- Simulations of different government positions, elections

Comparative Neuroanatomy

  • UCLA- Contains a few lab simulations w lesson plans, is a robust textbook with embedded movies as well

Engineering

  • Energy3D- Energy3D is a simulation-based engineering tool for designing green buildings that harness renewable energy to achieve sustainable development

Environmental Science

  • The Habitable Planet - Annenburg Learner- A robust text plus lab simulations + lesson plans (pollution, C cycle, ecosystems), embedded topic movies, interviews w scientists, and more
  • Wiley Plus- Has interactive materials for many subjects including LMS integration

Epidemiology

Geology

Math

Multi-Disciplinary

  • Arizona State University (Lab Experiences)- Using a digital learning platform you can bring traditional labs that are often done in campus immersion courses to the online learning environment, allowing students to fully immerse in the lab experience. Here we’ll explore ways to do that.
  • Google VR Expeditions- VR Field Trips
  • Molecular Workbench- Hundreds of Simulations - Physics, chem, bio, biotech, nanotech
  • The Chronicle of Higher Education- Provides a quick primer on how to shift a lab course online. First, a look at the three kinds of labs you can offer via technology
  • Wolfram Demo Projects- The Wolfram Demonstrations Project is part of the family of free online resources from Wolfram—including Wolfram|Alpha, the Wolfram Data Repository, the Notebook Archive, MathWorld, WolframTones, the Mathematical Functions Site and more. Its daily growing collection of interactive illustrations is created by participating Wolfram users from around the world.

Neuroscience

Physics

Sciences

Virtual Labs at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham- Realistic virtual lab animation

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