About Virtual Labs for Physics

Increase accessibility and accelerate learning with engaging virtual physics labs. Labster simulations bring science to life so that students can understand abstract science concepts in a tangible, fun, and visual real-world setting. Virtual labs can brings students anywhere from the atomic realm to the surface of Mars.

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Fisk University, TN

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“Labster allows a dynamic visualization of chemical reactions so that students can practice and better understand these concepts.”

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Applications of Buoyancy: floatation

Physics

Applications of Buoyancy: floatation

Join Dr. One at the lake and learn what it takes to make an object float or sink. Find out how the density of a liquid does significantly impact the buoyancy of an object and how much of a floating object is submerged below the surface.

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Atmospheric Circulation, Climate, and Biomes: Determine the lab’s location!

General Science

Atmospheric Circulation, Climate, and Biomes: Determine the lab’s location!

Discover the patterns of atmospheric circulation and the role it plays in influencing local climates and biomes around the world. Then use this knowledge to determine the biome and latitude of the lab!

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Basic Electricity: Understand how electricity works

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Basic Electricity: Understand how electricity works

Help the scientists get electricity back in their lab by understanding how electricity works.

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Collisions: Elastic and inelastic forces

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Collisions: Elastic and inelastic forces

Join Dr. One and Isaac Newton at the pool table to learn about momentum conservation and elastic and inelastic collisions.

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Concrete Materials Testing: Learn the key properties of durable concrete

Engineering

Concrete Materials Testing: Learn the key properties of durable concrete

Enter a virtual engineering lab to test concrete materials and work with an engineer. In the lab you will find samples of fine and coarse aggregates, cement, water & admixtures. Test many combinations and find the recipe for a durable concrete.

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Conservation of Energy: maximize the mechanical energy of a rollercoaster

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Conservation of Energy: maximize the mechanical energy of a rollercoaster

Apply the concept of conservation of energy to make the Labster roller coaster ride faster and more exciting. Calculate potential, kinetic and mechanical energy using the formula board to determine how to best improve the roller coaster track.

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Continental Drift Theory: Past and future locations of the world's continents

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Continental Drift Theory: Past and future locations of the world's continents

Solve the continental mystery discovered by Alfred Wegener. Piece together the jigsaw puzzle of continental drift by investigating different forms of evidence, and unravel the story they tell about how the continents have moved over millions of years.

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Coulomb's law: Electrifying Electrostatics

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Coulomb's law: Electrifying Electrostatics

Experiment with tensions and charges to uncover the secrets of Coulomb's law, the cornerstone of electrostatics.

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Drivers of Plate Tectonics: Replicate Earth’s convection currents

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Drivers of Plate Tectonics: Replicate Earth’s convection currents

Tectonic plates travel two to three centimeters each year, but why? And how? Create convection currents in different materials to understand what causes plate movement and why it is so slow.

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Earth's Atmosphere

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Earth's Atmosphere

Join Dr. One in a spaceship and delve into the Earth’s history. Learn about the major events which caused dramatic changes to the composition of the atmosphere, and explore the theories and evidence which surrounds them.

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Electrical Resistance: Apply Ohm's law to simple circuits

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Electrical Resistance: Apply Ohm's law to simple circuits

Build your own resistor to repair a broken radio.

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Electromagnetic Spectrum (Principles): Uses and dangers of electromagnetic waves

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Electromagnetic Spectrum (Principles): Uses and dangers of electromagnetic waves

Discover what types of radiation make up the electromagnetic spectrum and the uses and dangers of each type.

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Fission: Discover a powerful energy source

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Fission: Discover a powerful energy source

You're on a mission to learn about fission and how we harness it as a sustainable energy source. Journey into the heart of a reactor and answer the lab's security questions to activate it.

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Forces and Free-body Diagrams: Learn how to navigate a drone

Physics

Forces and Free-body Diagrams: Learn how to navigate a drone

Finish your training in basic physics concepts to join a cutting edge mechanical engineering lab. Team up with Sir Isaac Newton and understand how various forces affect the motion of objects.

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Fusion: The Future of Energy

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Fusion: The Future of Energy

Fusion is the future of energy and it's up to you to figure out how to harness it. Explore this advanced fusion reactor and learn all of the science needed to have the power of the sun in the palm of your hand.

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Human Impact on Climate Change: Balance human emissions and a growing population

General Science

Human Impact on Climate Change: Balance human emissions and a growing population

Use a climate model to investigate the effects of anthropogenic climate change on people and the environment. Why are scientists pushing to decrease global emissions? What will happen if we don’t? The fate of the world is in your hands!

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Human Impacts on the Water Cycle

Biology

Human Impacts on the Water Cycle

A property developer wants to turn a forest into an urban area. Dive into the water cycle and model how human influences can impact different hydrological processes.

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Introduction to Radioactive Decay

Chemistry

Introduction to Radioactive Decay

A meteor has crashed to Earth! Search the crash site with a Geiger counter, and bring a radioactive sample back to the lab. Learn all about types of decay, decay series, and half-life. Help Dr. One and Marie Curie figure out what’s in that rock.

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Kepler's laws: Explore the orbits of other worlds

Physics

Kepler's laws: Explore the orbits of other worlds

Travel through interstellar space and learn about Kepler's laws exploring an alien planetary system.

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Law of Universal Gravitation: Use gravity to orbit the moon

Physics

Law of Universal Gravitation: Use gravity to orbit the moon

Learn the basics of gravitation by weighing the famous scientist Sir Isaac Newton and observe the Law of Universal Gravitation in action by changing the mass of the Earth. Travel in space and perform a thought experiment about orbits.

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Light and Polarization: Learn from Einstein the properties of light

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Light and Polarization: Learn from Einstein the properties of light

Learn how to use polarizing filters like real photographers do. Albert Einstein will help you shed light on the fascinating world of electromagnetic waves by playing with lasers, mirrors & polarizing filters.

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Magnetic Fields

Physics

Magnetic Fields

Learn about magnets and magnetic fields in Labster's magnetism lab and use your knowledge to solve puzzles and capture an unruly rover.

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Materials Science with Neutrons: Observe what happens inside a battery!

Physics

Materials Science with Neutrons: Observe what happens inside a battery!

Perform neutron diffraction and quasi-elastic neutron scattering experiments at a research facility while helping a group of scientists in the Arctic. Observe the structure of atomic layers inside a battery and see how some atoms move when it discharges.

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Measurements and Uncertainty

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Measurements and Uncertainty

Take a scientific approach to the classic task of guessing how many candies are in a jar. Rather than random guesses, utilize good experimental design to select the correct measurement tools, continually refine the approach, and account for uncertainty in the data.

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Newton's First Law of Motion: Balanced and unbalanced forces

Physics

Newton's First Law of Motion: Balanced and unbalanced forces

Travel back in time to 1687 and help Newton remember his first law of motion and what it means for a body to stay at rest or in uniform motion. Learn when two forces are balanced or unbalanced and experiment with his first law of motion in space.

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Newton's Law of Gravitation: Mathematical expression of gravitational force

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Newton's Law of Gravitation: Mathematical expression of gravitational force

Join Newton in his garden and take a spaceship ride to explore gravity in space. Learn the meaning of each term of the equation of the universal law of gravitation and use it to predict the gravitational attraction between two bodies.

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Newton's Laws of Motion: Understand active and passive safety in motorsports

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Newton's Laws of Motion: Understand active and passive safety in motorsports

Join a team of motorsport engineers and learn the basics of Newton’s laws of motion. Understand the basic principles of passive and active safety while driving a high-class race car.

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Newton's Second Law of Motion: Speed and Acceleration

Physics

Newton's Second Law of Motion: Speed and Acceleration

Travel through time and space to help Newton remember his second law. Use this physically realistic simulation to experiment with forces and masses, and observe their effects on acceleration and velocity.

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Plate Tectonics: Boundaries and crustal features

General Science

Plate Tectonics: Boundaries and crustal features

Explore real-world, iconic landforms created by different boundaries between tectonic plates. Determine if a plate boundary is convergent, divergent, or transform, and learn how continental and oceanic crust can influence the type of landform created.

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Principles of the Water Cycle

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Principles of the Water Cycle

Stop a house developer from breaking the water cycle! Dive into learning all about different hydrological stores and the processes which connect them.

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Propagation of Sound: Help a rock star tune their guitar!

Physics

Propagation of Sound: Help a rock star tune their guitar!

Ride the Shrink-o-Ship to see a propagating sound wave up close while learning about the production, propagation, and detection of sound. Experiment with the properties of a sound wave and use your newfound knowledge to help a rock star tune their guitar!

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Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering

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Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering

Perform quasi-elastic neutron scattering experiments at a research facility while helping a group of scientists in the Arctic. Observe the structure of atomic layers inside a battery and see how some atoms move when it discharges.

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Silo Design

Engineering

Silo Design

Learn how to design huge constructions called silos and perform soil mechanics tests to obtain the properties of powdered material. Observe the flow of bulk solids inside a silo and understand the principle of a pneumatic conveying pump.

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Springs and Masses (Principles): Learn how to detect and record earthquakes

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Springs and Masses (Principles): Learn how to detect and record earthquakes

Become a spring oscillation master and help determine the magnitude and epicenter of an earthquake using just a mass and a spring.

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Springs and Masses: Learn how to detect and record earthquakes

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Springs and Masses: Learn how to detect and record earthquakes

Become a spring oscillation master and help determine the magnitude and epicenter of an earthquake using just a mass and a spring.

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The Carbon Cycle: Reduce carbon emissions

General Science

The Carbon Cycle: Reduce carbon emissions

Help Farmer Greg understand the wider issues affecting corn production. Identify the different reservoirs and how they are connected, and then determine how human emissions affect the cycle by playing with the 3D model.

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The Gravitational Field: The aliens are coming

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The Gravitational Field: The aliens are coming

Help the alien Pondus study gravitational acceleration on Earth and find out how Earth’s mass and the distance from where we measure it affects the strength of Earth’s gravitational field.

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The Nitrogen Cycle: Balance food demands and environmental concerns

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The Nitrogen Cycle: Balance food demands and environmental concerns

Learn about the nitrogen cycle and help a local restaurant owner understand the complexities of sustainable crop production. Model nitrogen moving between stages of the cycle and then balance food production with environmental impact.

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The Photoelectric Effect: How Solar Panels Generate Renewable Energy

Physics

The Photoelectric Effect: How Solar Panels Generate Renewable Energy

Explore the photoelectric effect with Albert Einstein! Perform an experiment to test the wave model and discover that light is actually made up of photons. Use this knowledge to set up an efficient solar farm to power the time machine and send him home.

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Timescales of Change: Natural climate change factors

General Science

Timescales of Change: Natural climate change factors

Join Dr. One in a spaceship and explore the drivers of natural climatic variations during the Earth’s past. Learn about the natural factors which can change the climate on Earth, and analyze the timescales and geographical extent of their effects.

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Vectors and Scalars: Guide two astronauts on a mission to Mars

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Vectors and Scalars: Guide two astronauts on a mission to Mars

Learn how to differentiate between a vector and scalar quantity and identify the magnitude and direction of a vector. Define the vector components and solve basic engineering problems with the Cartesian coordinate system, while helping out two astronauts on their Relatedplanetary mission on the surface of Mars.

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Wastewater Treatment

Engineering

Wastewater Treatment

Study the treatment of urban wastewater. Will you be able to rescue a fish population suffering from pollution?

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Wave Model of Light (Principles): Use reflection and refraction to take photos

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Wave Model of Light (Principles): Use reflection and refraction to take photos

Visit Antarctica to take the perfect picture of a penguin! You will get help from Albert Einstein, who will teach you how reflection and refraction of light affect the photos you take among the snow and ice.

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What are waves?

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What are waves?

Join Dr. One for an introduction to waves. After the lab breaks, it is your job to fix it by learning about waves, their types, and parameters. Adjust the amplitude, frequency, and wavelength of the waves in the lab to finish your mission.

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Why Labster?

Labster’s immersive virtual labs are proven to engage students in science, reduce dropout rates, decrease overhead, and improve learning outcomes.

Labster helps teachers increase their students’ knowledge and test scores.

Labster helps teachers increase their students’ knowledge and test scores.

Research shows that low-knowledge students improve the most after using Labster, with a 24% increase in their test scores.

Source: BMC Study

80% of students said Labster made them more likely to continue enrolling in STEM classes.

80% of students said Labster made them more likely to continue enrolling in STEM classes.

Over 50% of first-year STEM students in the United States either change their majors or fail to earn their degree.

Source: LXD Study

90% of students agreed that Labster provided opportunities for additional lab practice.

90% of students agreed that Labster provided opportunities for additional lab practice.

Undergraduate students typically require more time to complete lab experiments than provided.

Source: LXD Study

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