This free virtual lab lets you run physics and chemistry experiments online: change one variable, watch what happens and read the values, with no equipment needed.
The virtual lab goes well with the physics and chemistry lessons and the science labs with answers: first read the lesson, then test the idea in the virtual lab, and finally do the real lab in class. It works on a computer, a tablet or a phone, and it is free.
Each simulation shows one idea at a time. For example, you can change the voltage and the resistance to see Ohm’s law, turn a light ray to find the critical angle, move an object in front of a converging lens, or unscrew a lamp in a series and a parallel circuit. Because nothing can break, you can repeat a test as often as you like, which makes it easy to spot a pattern and explain it. There is also a unit converter and a quick-fire calculation challenge to practise the formulae of your lessons.
Virtual lab at a glance
Quick answer: The virtual lab is a set of ten free interactive simulations: Ohm’s law, refraction, lenses, states of matter, motion, waves, pH, circuits, unit conversion and a timed challenge. Change a value and watch the result at once.
