Why We Built Virtual Lab
We kept hearing the same story from instructors: lab time is limited, equipment is shared across too many sections, and students often see a procedure for the first time on the same day they're expected to run it safely. Virtual Lab is our answer to that.
Run the experiment — including the mistakes
Virtual Lab is a set of interactive experiment simulations you run directly in your browser — distillation, gas properties, UV-Vis spectrometry, molecule building, energy forms, pH scales, and more. You choose reagents, set conditions, and watch the reaction play out. Crucially, that includes the mistakes: adding the wrong reagent or the wrong concentration shows you the consequence without anyone needing safety goggles.
That's the part a textbook can't do. Reading that an excess of a reagent causes a problem is not the same as choosing it and watching the problem happen. The simulation lets a student be wrong safely, which is exactly when learning sticks.
A pre-lab that makes class time go further
It's not meant to replace a real lab bench — it's meant to remove the anxiety of doing something for the first time in front of a grade. Instructors have told us they now assign Virtual Lab as a pre-lab, so students arrive already familiar with the procedure and class time goes toward the actual experiment instead of first-time fumbling.
What's included
- The Free plan includes three Virtual Lab simulations to try.
- Pro and Team unlock the full library, including titrations, gas law demonstrations, and reaction kinetics.
We add new simulations regularly based on user requests — if there's a specific experiment you'd like to see, reach out and let us know.
