Sources

Many of the resources cited in this directory were taken from one of these four sources:

• Go-Lab
• MERLOT
• The OpenScience Laboratory from Open University and the Wolfson Foundation
• PhET Interactive Simulations from the University of Colorado Boulder

While an effort has been made to include the best undergraduate science resources in this directory, you may choose to search within these sources directly to help you identify the best resources for your purposes.

Remote Labs

As opposed to virtual labs, which are digital simulations of hands-on lab activities, remote labs are labs that can be performed at a distance by using robotics or electronics to manipulate lab equipment. Here are some remote lab resources:

• NANSLO (North American Network of Science Labs Online): no longer operating, but used to offer remote labs that students could access via robotics
  • NANSLO Project Summary for ideas about establishing remote labs
  • NANSLO Lab Activities, including 2 lab manuals and 28 lab activity plans
• Remotely Controlled Laboratories (RCLs), a project based in Germany that hosts 12 remote lab experiments

Other Collections

Here are some unvetted collections discovered during the construction of this resource:

• Concord Consortium STEM Resource Finder, which is a directory of science resources for a variety of levels, from elementary to undergraduate
• Online Resources for Science Laboratories, a collaborative spreadsheet of simulations, virtual labs, virtual field trips, demonstrations, case studies, hands-on labs at home, open resources, data sets, and other media