In this article I focus on ready-to-go online labs with no plug-ins or additional software required; students just go straight to the website. This means no Flash, no Java, no apps, but yes, HTML5 and JavaScript. Then teachers can deliver their instructions (perhaps over video chat). Below I have listed my personal favorite simulated lab websites, with a more extended list appearing in the online appendix to this article. My personal criteria for a good lab simulation would be one that gives the feeling that you are performing the actual experiment (Fig. 1). It should be immersive, engaging, and require almost no instruction to take the data.
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TPT Online, http://dx.doi.org/10.1119/10.0001853, under the
Supplemental tab.
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