Plug-It-In: Physics Edition

Advanced interactive physics lab: substitute values into the 15 most famous formulas in physics, from Newton's Second Law to E=mc², with sliders, live diagrams, and a mixed-difficulty challenge.

Thermal Energy Lab

Interactive thermal energy lab: choose a heating or cooling tool, from a water bath to a gas-oxygen torch to liquid nitrogen, and drive 20 real substances through melting, freezing, boiling, condensing, sublimation, and deposition.

Insulated vs. Non-Insulated Materials Investigation

Interactive physics lab for NC Science 6 (PS.6.2.3): wrap a cup of hot water in candidate insulating materials, run timed cooling trials, compare temperature-vs-time curves, and rank materials from best to worst insulator using Newton's law of cooling.

Conductors and Insulators Lab

Interactive physics lab: test 10 everyday materials two ways, a quick thermal touch test and a real circuit you build and close yourself, to classify each as a conductor or insulator of heat and of electricity, and discover the materials that are one but not the other.

Wave Anatomy Lab

Interactive physical science lab for NC Science 6 (PS.6.3.1): shake a virtual rope, sound, light, and seismic wave, change amplitude, frequency, and wavelength one at a time, measure a mystery wave with markers and a stopwatch, and see that amplitude is the property tied to wave energy.

Naming Molecules & Compounds Lab

Interactive chemistry lab: tell molecules from compounds, build molecules by dragging atoms out of buckets, and snap compound names together from puzzle-piece prefixes, stems, and suffixes. 60 levels of binary ionic and covalent naming for grade 8.

Chemical & Physical Changes Lab

Interactive chemistry lab for NC Science 8 (PS.8.1.4): run 11 virtual stations, log the evidence, check the particle view, and build an explanation for each change. Then beat 14 tricky cases and a 12-question mastery check on telling physical changes from chemical changes.

Build an Offspring Lab

Interactive life science lab for NC Science 7 (LS.7.2.1): meet two Glimmerfin parents, draw one chromosome of each pair from each parent to build an offspring, then build five siblings, tally their traits, and explain with evidence how genes on chromosomes make offspring resemble but not match their parents.

Outbreak Simulator Lab

Interactive life science lab for NC Science 8 (LS.8.1.1): run a made-up outbreak through a school of 60 students, compare a virus and a bacterium, and test handwashing, staying home, vaccines, antibiotics, and ventilation to explain how each germ spreads, is treated, and is prevented.