ChemCollective Virtual Lab vs Science Interactive
ChemCollective Virtual Lab
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| Figure | ChemCollective Virtual Lab | Science Interactive |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Virtual Lab Software | 9.0 (#2) | 6.8 (#25) |
| Founded | 2000 | 2019 |
| Support | The instructor guide invites users to contact the team for technical help, curriculum support, questions, and comments. | The company offers personalized support and provides a Request Support link and telephone number, (866) 206-0773. |
| What it does | ChemCollective provides virtual chemistry labs, scenario activities, tutorials and concept tests for teaching and learning. | Science Interactive provides hands-on labs and digital simulations for college science and allied health courses across online, on-campus, and hybrid learning. |
Plans
ChemCollective Virtual Lab
- ChemCollective Virtual LabFree
- Free accessFree
In their own words
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.
Science Interactive
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