
All you have to do is download the free and open-source software and start using it. Molecular Workbench offers hundreds of virtual science labs for physics, biology, chemistry, and more. From weather to astronomy, humans to animals, they’ve got you covered. Mystery Science offers a wealth of virtual science labs, activities, and experiments for students in elementary school. Here are some of our favorite virtual lab activities for the classroom. Finally, when used with display technology, like an interactive projector, virtual labs offer the entire class the chance to work together-something that is hard to do when they are crowded around a workbench. In the case of dissections, for example, virtual labs offer students who might object to traditional dissection the chance to participate and learn. With so many lab types available, they also give your students experiences they might not otherwise be able to have in your classroom. They are cost-effective, allow for social distancing, and there’s no cleaning of equipment after. While nothing beats students donning their safety goggles and conducting their own experiments in your classroom, we love that so many amazing virtual lab activities have popped up recently.
