Virtual Lab Database
Name
Dan Cooper
May C.
Claire
G.
Topic /Site
Name
The
ChemCollective:
Virtual Lab
Site Address
Virtual Lab Bench
http://ir.chem.cmu.edu/vlab/vlab.
php
Virtual Lab Sample Exercises
http://ir.chem.cmu.edu/assignm
ents.php
Natural Selection/
Interactive
Simulations
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simu
lation/natural-selection
Population
Dynamics
http://www.mnzoo.org/education
/games/matchmaker/index.html
Description and SOLs
This program runs in the browser and is based in Java technology. It
recreates a basic lab bench and all related lab equipment. Because this
chemistry lab bench is so open ended, it could be used for a variety of lab
sessions dealing with acid base chemistry. This lab bench includes all
common lab glassware, acids, bases, and lab equipment. This virtual lab is
really great and I wish I had found it a year ago when I was looking for this
exact solution.
CH.1 The student will investigate and understand that experiments in which
variables are measured, analyzed, and evaluated produce observations and
verifiable data
CH.3 The student will investigate and understand how conservation of
energy and matter is expressed in chemical formulas and balanced
equations
CH.4 The student will investigate and understand that quantities in a
chemical reaction are based on molar relationships.
This site provides virtual labs for all sciences: physics, chemistry, earth
science, and biology. This particular lab or game can have students
manipulate genes, mutations, resources, and environmental factors. When
students change these components, students can observe a graphical
representation of population size over time to determine which traits are
successful and which are not for the species' survival.
BIO.8.b,e
This site puts students in a real life situation where an understanding of
genetics is used to strengthen the species. Students can manipulate mates
to see which parental genotypes will yield the most successful offspring.
There are different breeding programs to choose from and the introduction
explains the need for breeders to pick the best combination of genes when
breeding for a certain trait such as disease resistance or strength.
LS.13 The student will investigate and understand that organisms reproduce
and transmit genetic information to new generations. Key concepts include
Jie C.
http://www.infoplease.com/chem
istry/simlab/
c) genotypes and phenotypes
e) characteristics that can and cannot be inherited;
f) genetic engineering and its applications
This site mainly focuses on chemical reactions in solution to explore the
dynamic microscope molecular motions. The virtual lab not only covers all
reaction types and molecular behaviors in solution, but also integrates
several chemistry topics to reveal the essence of chemical reactions one
topic. Student could access the online lab, conduct the experiments and find
out what they cannot see in their real life.
John T.
Periodic Table
http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/gen
bio/virtual_labs/periodic_table/m
ain.html
SOLs:
CH.3 e,f
CH.4 e,g
This virtual lab involves the periodic table of elements and its associated
trends. Using the periodic table, students are supposed to discover the
identity of a few unidentified elements.
Kaitlyn S.
Population
Biology/McGraw
Hill
http://glencoe.mcgrawhill.com/sites/dl/free/007875713
4/383928/BL_04.html
CH.2d,e,f
This site shows how competition for resources effects population growth by
allowing the students to observe the growth rates of two organisms and of a
combination of the two organisms over a period of time.
Ashley G.
Virtual Bacteria
ID Lab
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeracti
ve/vlabs/bacterial_id/index.html
Adam D.
The Greenhouse
Effect
http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simu
lation/greenhouse
- BIO.9a
This is a great virtual lab from HHMI (Medical Institute) where the students
have to identify an unknown bacteria. Along the way they learn about
bacterial characteristics, DNA sequencing, and molecular techniques.
Throughout the lab you keep a notebook of findings/results and a record of
what samples you have used kind of like the drosophila lab Dr. Parlo showed
us in lab.
BIO.1.a.b.e.m
BIO.4.a
BIO.6.i explorations and impacts of DNA Technology
This is a program that can run with java or be downloaded. It helps explain
how greenhouse gases affect weather and climate with adjustable ghg
concentrations and clouds. You can also look at the difference between that
and glass panes and have the ability to look at the visible spectrum and
infrared on a molecular level and see how they interact with different
molecules. This would work good to help conceptualize some of these
concepts with guided questions.
Rachel H.
Gene Splicing
http://glencoe.mcgrawhill.com/sites/dl/free/007875713
4/383937/BL_22.html
Nick C.
Rube Goldberg
Games and Car
Builder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube
_Goldberg
http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/
goldburgertogo/rubegame.html
http://fantasticcontraption.com/in
dex.php
http://www.sikids.com/carbuilder
/
Matthew B.
Ryan S.
Jackie S.
Pandemic 2
http://www.addictinggames.com/
pandemic2.html
Active Physics
Online
http://wps.aw.com/aw_young_p
hysics_11/13/3510/898587.cw/i
ndex.html
http://media.pearsoncmg.com/b
c/aw_young_physics_11/pt1a/M
edia/DescribingMotion/SeatBelt
sSaveLives/Main.html
Virtual Urchin
http://virtualurchin.standford.edu
/fertlab2.htm
BIO 9.b.d.
In this virtual lab you can take a unique trait from one organism and put it into
another through gene splicing. The lab has a variety of different traits that
can or cannot be put into different organisms and it teaches students about
genetic engineering and how it's not always successful. It teaches them
about the process of gene splicing in particular, the problems associated with
it, and shows that not every experiment yields a new organism but some do
in exciting new ways.
BIO 6. h.i.
For those who have not heard of Rube Goldberg, read the wikipedia link to
the left. He was an interesting guy. If anyone plans to teach physics, there is
a CD-rom game called The Incredible Machine that students absolutely love.
There is also a new game called Crazy Machines. Both can be ordered off of
amazon.com fairly cheaply, and students are very engaged playing this in
class.
The second and third links I provided have online physics games that could
cover Physics SOLs PH.3, 4, 5, 6, and 8. The last link I provided is an online
car builder, which students can create different cars and learn about wind
resistance, efficiency etc. This could be used when you have a lesson that
must link science and engineering.
Pandemic 2 is an online game in which you create a disease that is either a
parasite, virus, or bacteria with the goal of wiping out the human population.
Your disease earns evolution points that you can spend on symptoms,
resistance, or transmission vectors. You must be careful in designing your
disease. If you move too fast countries will close down their borders and
ports or start limiting your transmission. This introduces both population
dynamics and communicable diseases, with a little bit of body science as
well.
Bio.2 b,c
Bio.5 e,f
Bio.8 b,c
Bio.9 a
This site is full of online labs for physics that go along with the book
University Physics by Young and Freeman. Though the book is for freshman
undergraduates it could also be used with high school physics students. In
this particular lab (the second link) students learn about velocity and
acceleration. They later apply what they have learned to explain why people
should wear seat belts.
SOLs covered PH.2a, PH. 4a, PH.5a
This lab enables you to watch the formation of sea urchin embryos out of
sperm and egg cells while teaching you about lab equipment and technique.
First it gives a tutorial on urchin reproduction It's great for a high school
biology class. REALLY cool!
SOL covered: BIO.6a