3D Microscope: Online Virtual Lab
An interactive 3D microscope lab for identifying parts, coarse and fine focusing, changing magnification, adjusting illumination and aperture, moving the image, and exploring image orientation.
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Free Biology Simulations and Virtual Labs
Find online virtual biology labs for microscope practice, osmosis, DNA extraction and plant experiments. Compare conditions and observe results.
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Predict an outcome, change a condition and compare observations. Simulations support preparation and discussion alongside real experiments.
Osmosis and Passive Transport: 3D Biology Simulation
Compare osmosis, red blood cells, plant cells and plasmolysis, then explore diffusion, channels and carriers in an interactive classroom simulation.
Open activity →DNA Extraction and Identification Virtual Lab
Follow eight steps of onion DNA extraction and identification, including filtration, alcohol precipitation and a diphenylamine colour test.
Open activity →Auxin and Plant Growth: 3D Virtual Lab
Compare coleoptile tip treatments, phototropism and agar block positions, then investigate rooting with NAA concentrations and repeated data.
Open activity →Photosynthetic Pigments: Virtual Extraction and Chromatography
Use a rotatable 3D lab bench to select materials, add reagents, grind, filter, apply repeated sample lines, run paper chromatography, and identify four pigment bands.
Open activity →Surface Area and Diffusion Virtual Experiment
Change block size and immersion time to compare relative surface area and diffusion.
Open activity →Food Energy Virtual Experiment
Practise weighing, burning food and measuring temperature changes to compare food energy in a simulation.
Open activity →Photosynthesis and Respiration Virtual Lab — Draft
Predict outcomes and design controls for leaf starch testing, oxygen release by aquatic plants and carbon dioxide from germinating seeds.
Open activity →Immunity and Immunization Classroom — Draft
Identify three lines of defence and compare immune memory with a repeat response to the same antigen in classroom activities.
Open activity →Acetabularia Experiments: The Cell Nucleus
Predict grafting and nuclear transplantation outcomes, then use experimental evidence to explain nuclear function.
Open activity →Membrane Transport Comparison Lab
Change concentration gradients and transport conditions to compare passive and active transport.
Open activity →Insulin and Blood Glucose Regulation Lab
Follow glucose from digestion to muscle cells and compare normal insulin, deficiency, excess and insulin resistance, including GLUT4 movement.
Open activity →Mendelian Segregation Simulator
Draw alleles at random from two containers and compare genotype frequencies across small and large samples.
Open activity →Plant Mineral Nutrition: 3D Virtual Experiment
Compare hydroponic maize seedlings under nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium deficiency, predict changes and identify controlled variables.
Open activity →Light Switches: An Optogenetics Classroom
Change illumination and compare membrane potential in a virtual classroom connecting light sensing, gene expression and neuronal activity.
Open activity →Pasteur’s Swan-Neck Flask Experiment
Predict outcomes, break the flask neck and compare microbial growth in a controlled virtual experiment.
Open activity →Thyroid Hormone and Tadpole Development Lab
Compare thyroid hormone conditions in a controlled 3D simulation and observe tadpole growth, limb development and tail changes.
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