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The following resources are available to Faculty of Science Staff, either as Open Educational Resources or through existing licences. [Date added to this site].

Science – Multidisciplinary

[4/4/20] LabXchange, University of Harvard. This link enables you to filter by subject and content type. LabXchange collates simulations and interactive resources from The Concord Consortium, PhET, LabXchange, Lifeology and BioDigital.

[4/4/20] Molecular Workbench, The Concord Consortium. Requires a software download but appears to have a wider range of models than available through LabXchange alone.

[4/4/20] eduMedia Studio primarily for Foundation Level. Free to use with these credentials: Username: covid19, Password: edumedia.

[28/4/20] NetLogo Only accessible to students via LJMU networked PCs on campus

[28/4/20] OpenScience Laboratory , Open University

Biology

[4/5/20] Human exercise case study, free demonstration from Just Physiology

[1/5/20] Nova interactive laboratories. Here are individual links to the interactive resources available:

· RNA VirtuaLab Game

· Evolution Lab Game

· Evolution Lab Mission 1 (First of six missions)

[1/5/20] Evolution Education Games and Sims, Michigan State University

[30/4/20] Virtual Fetal Pig Dissection, Whitman College, Washington State

[30/4/20] Virtual frog dissection, University of California

Biosciences

[4/5/20] General Microbiology Labs, University of Wyoming

[1/5/20] Solve the (virus) outbreak, Centre for Disease Control

[1/5/20] Identify single nucleotide polymorphisms, Harvard University

[1/5/20] Virtual interactive bacteriology labs, University of Michigan

[1/5/20] McDougal Littell Virtual Labs

[30/4/20] Virtual genetic labsu, University of Utah https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/labs/ Licenced on condition that standard http links are made to the site

[30/4/20] PhET Interactive simulations , University of Colorado

[30/4/20] McGraw Hill virtual laboratory exercises

[30/4/20] Virtual microscope, University of Delaware

[30/4/20] Virtual Scanning Electron Microscopy, Florida State University

[28/4/20] The Virtual Analytical Laboratory (VAL), De Montfort University

Chemistry

[4/5/20] Virtual Molecular Models, Chemagic

[4/5/20] Online editor for laboratory apparatus diagrams, Chemix

[4/5/20] Online Resources for Organic Chemistry (COVID-era compilation), Organic Chemistry Educational Resources (OrganicERs)

[4/5/20] Organic Chemistry Laboratory Videos, NC State

[4/5/20] Lab techniques videos (analytical/synthesis), MIT

[4/5/20] Titration simulator, Royal Society of Chemistry

[4/5/20] goReact (drag and drop elements together), Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

[4/5/20] Reaction kinetics simulator, Chemistry LibreTexts

[4/5/20] Simulated Experiments (analytical/physical), University of Missouri-Rolla

[30/4/20] PhET Interactive simulations licenced on condition that attribution is given: PhET Interactive Simulations, University of Colorado Boulder, https://phet.colorado.edu. Some Chemistry content is also available under the Physics and Biology sections.

Geography

[4/5/20] Virtual microscope (mineral samples), Trinity College

[4/5/20] PhET Interactive simulations (earth science) licenced on condition that attribution is given: PhET Interactive Simulations, University of Colorado Boulder, https://phet.colorado.edu.

[4/5/20] Jules Verne Voyager (interactive globe: details), US University NAVSTAR Consortium

[1/5/20] Nova interactive laboratories. Here are individual links to the interactive resources available:

· Polar lab (climatology)

· Sun lab

· Energy lab (renewables)

· Cloud typing

· Reconstructing a storm

Maintained by SCSADE@ljmu.ac.uk. Last Update: 27/01/2021.