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ChemCollective Virtual Lab

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Price fromFree$84.94/mo
Free planYes—
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WebYesYes
WindowsYes—
macOSYes—
iOSYes—
AndroidYes—
Self-hostedYes—
Plans published21
Spec score · Chemistry Simulation Software9.0 (#2)7.4 (#23)
Spec score · Virtual Lab Software9.0 (#2)7.5 (#15)
AudienceThe project aims to help high school and college students approach chemistry more like practicing scientists.McGraw Hill describes the product as supporting science courses and provides options for instructors to use simulations with students in varied course formats.
Founded20001888
PurposeThe Virtual Lab is an online chemistry lab simulation designed to connect chemical computations with authentic laboratory chemistry.Virtual Labs provides interactive lab simulations intended to improve students’ comprehension and confidence in science courses.
SupportThe instructor guide invites users to contact the team for technical help, curriculum support, questions, and comments.The product page directs instructors to schedule a demo and advises asking a school learning technology representative about the delivery model suited to their course goals.

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ChemCollective Virtual Lab

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McGraw Hill Virtual Labs

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ChemCollective Virtual Lab

ChemCollective Virtual Lab is an online chemistry simulation that connects calculations with laboratory-style experiments. Students and educators can use its web activities without licensing requirements, including experiments with hundreds of standard aqueous reagents across acid-base chemistry, thermochemistry, solubility, and redox topics. Teaching resources include prepared lab problems, tutorials, courses, real-world scenarios, visualizations, simulations, and concept tests. Autograded activities randomize unknowns and check answers, with hints and feedback. Teachers can make free classroom pages that collect activity links, instructions, and handouts, and track attempts on autograded problems. Instructors may modify activities or request custom ones. Downloadable versions for Windows and Mac are available, though Java may be needed. The project aims to help high school and college students approach chemistry like practicing scientists. Its current scope is aqueous reactions. The Virtual Lab is free for educators and students; the site and its contents are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 NonCommercial-NoDerivs.

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McGraw Hill Virtual Labs

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