Pivot Interactives vs Science Remote Laboratory

Pivot Interactives is a web platform for science teaching built around interactive video activities and active learning. Its library has more than 550 activities across biology, earth and space science, chemistry, environmental science, and physics. Students explore phenomena, adjust physical parameters, and investigate data through experimental design. Teachers can create classes, invite students, assign experiments, customize activities, and grade student work. Co-Lab lets students work together on assignments; the platform also provides frequent feedback and auto-grading. Pivot is presented for grades 6–12 and higher education. It supports LTI 1.3 integrations with learning management systems including Canvas, Schoology, Google Classroom, Moodle, Blackboard, and D2L Brightspace. The 30-day free trial provides instructors and students full feature access, including classes, LMS connections, activity editing, assignments, and grading. The Classroom plan costs $6.10 per seat per year. Semester options for institutions, students, and bookstore course codes each cost $11.10 per seat per semester. The platform requires a stable high-speed internet connection and does not support offline use of images, videos, or questions.

Science Remote Laboratory is a free web platform for virtual science experiments in university education. Its live library contains 34 experiments spanning physics, chemistry, biology, IoT, and robotics. Physics activities include an MNA circuit solver and an RK4 engine for mechanics simulations. IoT work uses a pseudocode interpreter for simulated sensors, MQTT, input and output, PID loops, and safety limits. Browser-based 3D laboratories use BabylonJS and Havok physics. Sessions persist, progress is saved, and multiple students can work in one lab simultaneously. The laboratories run in a browser without installation. The platform is presented for universities, public health organizations, and research institutions. Phase 01 is live; scientific visualization is listed as in development, with later phases upcoming. The Free to explore plan costs nothing. The project is headquartered in Harare, Zimbabwe.