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Allows students to match blood types. Teaches about compatibility of different blood types.

Virtual lab worksheets available for download, simulations each include random components, many can be used for inquiry based investigations.

Aipotu: a simulation of genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, and evolution.

An interactive simulation of a single phenomenon that can be investigated using the tools of genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, and evolution.

This is a FREE app that allows o explore the body by systems zooming in and out, w/360 views

Sign up>Sing in>Look for Explore option>Select any of the options without the word Premium for a FREE access to systems and organs

Dissection 101: Dissection Resources for Classroom Use

Virtual labs and presentations for a variety of biotech techniques (electrophoresis, PCR, etc).

Histology Guide teaches the visual art of recognizing the structure of cells and tissues and understanding how this is determined by their function. The user interprets cells and tissues as viewed through a microscope.
images of microscopic slides, organized by human body systems

A hard copy book may be purchased.
Allows for the student to zoom in to all the structures of the tissue. All images are clear and the website is very user friendly, with no ads or other junk crowding the page.

Virtual Microscope with oil immersion lesson; For viewing e slides, plant/animal mitosis, bacteria, plant animal and human tissues

Resources to support educators using Allen Institute open data/resources in their classrooms for fully online labs/experiments.

The Allen Institute makes all data/resources generated in its research available freely and publicly. These education resources include virtual events for educators and for students, turnkey virtual labs that enable fully online experiments, and more. The resources are geared towards the high school and college level.

"Hundreds of thousands of people around the world contribute bird observations to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology each year, gathering data on a scale once unimaginable. Scientists use these data to reveal how birds are affected by habitat loss, pollution, disease, climate, and other environmental changes."

Videos by Lowe Lab at Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station. Use in Marine Biology, invertebrate zoology, taxonomy

Biology: Microbiology, Virology, Immunology, Infectious Disease

By immersing real science within simple game play, users learn about the first step of HIV-1’s fascinating and complex replication cycle: binding and attachment.

CD4 Hunter focuses on meeting the following learning objectives:
1. Identify gp120 as a basic element of HIV-1 structure and apply knowledge about its function in the process of viral binding and entry.
2. Identify CD4+ T cells as targets for HIV-1 infection in humans and apply knowledge about their role in viral pathogenesis.
3. Identify and match the molecules on the surface of HIV-1 (i.e., gp120) and T cells (i.e., CD4+ receptor, and CCR5 and CXCR4 co-receptors) involved in viral binding and entry.
4. Apply concepts of viral tropism and immune evasion mechanisms to complete the HIV-1 infection cycle in CD4+ T cells.

Biology: Microbiology, Virology, Immunology, Infectious Disease

Hep B-Ware is a 7-level game in which players take the role of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) navigating the bloodstream in search of a liver cell to infect.

The player will be able to identify and discuss key elements of HBV infection throughout the viral life cycle including binding, attachment and entry; uncoating and nuclear entry; transcription and translation; glycosylation of surface proteins; capsid assembly; and HBV egress.

Biology: Microbiology, Parasitology, Immunology, Infectious Disease

Teaches players about essential aspects of the complex mechanism by which Plasmodium merozoites invade red blood cells (RBCs) while evading the immune system

Learning Goals:
1. Explain the role of the Plasmodium merozoite in the progression of the blood-stage malaria infection.
2. Identify RBCs and their specific cell-surface receptors as the merozoite targets in the post-hepatic stage of the Plasmodium replication cycle.
3. Identify the key Plasmodium organelles involved in RBC invasion and define the function of essential protein ligands they secrete to facilitate invasion.
4. Explain the role of the essential ligand-receptor pairs in the process of RBC invasion by the Plasmodium
5. Correlate the evasion of the immune system with the progression of the malaria infection during the blood stage of the Plasmodium replication cycle.
6. Identify important metabolic and structural changes involved in the process of Plasmodium merozoite invasion of RBCs.

Biology: Microbiology (food safety)

These Virtual Labs help students learn basic laboratory techniques and practice methods used by lab technicians and researchers in a variety of careers, using specific food science lab processes.

Collisions helps high school students visualize and interact with chemistry concepts through fun and challenging games that integrate with your curriculum.

Ladderane is a customizable platform that allows instructors to create experiments to meet their own needs and learning outcomes. It provides an environment for creating virtual chemistry labs to help with remote learning.

[Contributor has] used this with high school students, it works for general chemistry and organic molecules but may not be a full substitute for full modeling software.

An at-home chemistry experiment students can perform using household materials. It was designed as a substitute for in-person laboratories, usually performed at the college level.

Infiniscope offers high-quality adaptive digital learning experiences. Each experience comes with a full 5E lesson plan and NGSS alignment documents.

Create a free account and enroll your students to save and track progress, view responses to embedded assessments, and identify learning gaps.

Concepts that are focused on: Central Limit Theorem, Linear Regression Model, Least Squares Estimation, Sampling Distribution of Regression Coefficients

Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences

physical phone experiments--your smartphone is a mobile lab

complex Java simulations of oscillations, rotations, ... including manuals and links to scientific papers

Physiology, Pharmacology, Neuroscience

Lab simulations using 5E pedagogy(Gr 3-12) with hypothesis testing and online lab reports with differentiated levels.

Provides opportunity for students to take measurements, draw conclusions with options for semi-student designed lab extensions

One of the BEST free simulation sites I've used, up there with PhET and Ck-12. I'm surprised its not on your list!

NSF funded open source global database of 3,000+ real world citizen science projects/opportunities

Adobe Flash required (medicine, blood typing, PCR, DNA, Cell cycle, genetics, neuro, immunity, nerve signaling, Pavlov's dog)

CloudLabs STEM integrates the learning of Science, Technology, Engineering and mathematics, through a virtual environment that facilitates experimentation with no time limit and the development of scientific skills in real contexts.

This short video presents 3 different ways to transform a typical on site lab experiment into a remote experience that develops students' inquiry skills

This second (or rather first) video provides a short introduction to inquiry skills (versus verification labs) https://youtu.be/n0w2QK176IA

California Academy of Sciences - Virtual Labs & Learning Experiences

Depository of well-designed virtual learning experiences for students which can be searched and filtered by grade level

Twenty-two hands-on labs mapped to NGSS, designed to utilize items easily available at home or in local communities.

There is a range of topics in this resource from Biology to Physics to Astronomy.

Students can learn to interpret graphs and this connects them to real world data/problems.

From the website: "If you are interested in implementing the Graph of the Week at your school or district, or how to make it department-wide, send an email to turner_k@auhsd.us. I can help your department, or staff through the process. Graph of the week is cross-curricular. I can work with any department that needs to incorporate more writing into the curriculum!"

They are supplying data sets for classrooms to use and manipulate, mostly in Biology, but Chemistry and Physics data sets are increasing.

Designed by a researcher, who became a Biology Teacher and was frustrated with the difficulty of finding a FREE program like this.

A comprehensive website that links to many different web platforms with a variety of learning activities.

This is a database of GIS learning activities across multiple subjects. Ideal for introducing students to GIS and how it works

All activities come with a compacted student worksheets, which are not always student friendly in terms of organization or readability. Teachers usually create Google docs related to the activity to make it more student friendly.

Open Oregon Educational Resources Open Oregon Educational Resources collects open educational resources authored and adapted by faculty at Oregon's community colleges and universities.

Open Oregon Educational Resources Open Oregon Educational Resources collects open educational resources authored and adapted by faculty at Oregon's community colleges and universities.

Science and Engineering (STEM Education and Workforce Development)

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It takes a while to understand the exact search you want but it is intuitive as you use it

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Teaching videos describing 40 methods commonly used in undergrad Microbiology labs

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Shape of Life offers classroom media and resources depicting the evolution of the animal kingdom on planet earth. Explore animal adaptation, animations, and behaviors along with the amazing scientists who bring their stories to life. Discover a rich selection of NGSS materials including lesson plans, readings, illustrations and activities that inspire a deeper dive into animal phyla. Shape of Life content is FREE to students and educators all over the world.

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Designed for classroom and educational purposes, this editable presentation provides an overview of the biotechnology underlying diagnostic tests for the detection of viral infections. It reviews topics covered in most classrooms, from cell theory and the chemistry of life to biotechnology techniques like PCR, ELISA, and even CRISPR.

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UK based site (by Nick Greaves, University of Liverpool) - very handy for faculty and students when concepts require visualization of chemical phenomena in three dimensions

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We aim to connect, through stories, the local human experience to global meta-level issues, such as climate change, water scarcity, food insecurity, poverty, endangered cultures, migration, and sustainability.