There's no replacement for hands-on learning
With our state-of-the-art lab kits, you can give science students authentic lab experiences no matter where they’re learning from.
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by Quality Matters
Science isn't just something you read about – it's something you do
Whether your course is fully online, in-person, or a mix of both, our kits provide a consistent, high-quality lab experience for all learners without any extra effort from instructors.
Save time on prepping for on-campus labs and streamline how you deliver the same experience to distance or hybrid learners. By incorporating hands-on kits, you ensure every student gains the tactile and practical skills essential for mastering science, regardless of where or how they study.
Give your students lab-grade equipment and materials wherever they're learning from
Teach your students critical scientific thinking and observation skills through hands-on lab kits designed by science educators for science students.
Ready-made kits or design your own
Choose from ready-to-go lab kits and curriculum designed by PhD -level experts, or design your own kits across 15 scientific disciplines.
Real equipment and materials for real labs
Our lab kits come with lab-grade materials and equipment at a scale that give students practical and real-world lab experience.
Reduced lab prep across all modalities
No need to sort and measure materials for on-campus students then try to recreate an equivalent lab for online students. Just order the same kits for all students.
Hands-on kits for online courses
Bring the rigor of on-campus labs to online learners with kits designed to deliver hands-on experiences.
- Equivalent learning: Ensure online students gain the same skills as on-campus and hybrid learners.
- Safety first: Provide practical lab experiences without the need for on-site supervision.
- Convenient delivery: Kits ship directly to students, so they're ready to use from day one.
- Customizable options: Select from standard configurations or tailor kits to your course needs.
Hands-on kits for on-campus courses
Simplify lab prep while ensuring quality and consistency in every student’s experience.
- Prep-free labs: Pre-packaged kits eliminate time spent measuring and distributing materials.
- Reduce waste: Streamline resources and cut down on material waste in campus labs.
- Quality guaranteed: Ensure all students work with the same high-quality materials.
- Flexible delivery: Ship kits to campus, your bookstore, or directly to students to bring on the first day of class.
Student safety is our top priority
Nothing is more important than the safety of your students. That’s why our lab kits are painstakingly designed by Ph.D. scientists in line with microscale and Green Chemistry principles – and come with all the PPE equipment your students need.
Students must also complete a mandatory lab safety module prior to unlocking their lab content – to ensure student safety before, during, and after their labs.
Lab Preview
Choose from a mix of 460+ hands-on and virtual labs to create a quality lab experience. Here are examples of what you can expect:
Urinalysis
- Discuss the relationship between urinalysis and health.
- Describe how a urinalysis is assessed.
- Perform and assess urinalysis using both simulated and real urine.
Vital Signs: Blood Pressure
- Discuss the relationship between blood pressure and health
- Describe how blood pressure is measured
- Perform blood pressure measurements on a volunteer using a manual blood pressure cuff and stethoscope
Blood Glucose Testing
- Discuss the relationship between blood glucose and health.
- Describe how blood glucose testing is performed.
- Perform blood glucose testing using a glucometer.
Performing Blood Draws
- Discuss the relationship between blood draws and health.
- Describe how to perform a venous blood draw.
- Perform a venous blood draw using a model arm.
Cardiovascular Physiology
This contains targeted background content to prepare you for performing the exercises in this lesson.
- Measure the effects of exercise on blood pressure.
- Measure the effects of exercise on pulse at the radial and carotid arteries.
- Analyze abnormal ECG readings.
Hooke’s Law
This Exploration contains targeted background content to prepare you for performing the exercises in this lesson.
- Measure the spring constant of a spring.
- Compute the spring potential energy of a mass and spring system.
- Model the equivalent spring constant of springs in parallel and in series.
- Relate the spring constant, restoring force, applied force, spring potential energy, and displacement to one another.
- Predict the relationship between spring potential energy and spring constant.
Drawing Organic Compounds
This Exploration contains targeted background content to prepare you for performing the exercises in this lesson.
- Draw condensed structural formulas and line-angle formulas of organic compounds using the IUPAC name.
- Illustrate organic compound structural isomers based on molecular formulas.
- Draw line-angle formulas and dash-wedge structures for geometric isomers.
Antacid Analysis and Titration
This Exploration contains targeted background content to prepare you for performing the exercises in this lesson.
- Perform a titration, back titration, and control experiment.
- Determine how much acid an antacid is able to neutralize.
Cell Membrane Transport
This Exploration contains targeted background content to prepare you for performing the exercises in this lesson.
- Observe osmosis in living cells using potato tissue and sucrose solutions.
- Analyze experimental data to determine if solutions are hypotonic, isotonic, or hypertonic.
- Examine the selective permeability of a membrane to molecules of different sizes.
We believe that hands-on labs should be accessible to all students.
Critical thinking is learned by doing science, not watching science
Top employers report that many college graduates lack critical thinking skills.
By giving students the opportunity to experience hands-on labs, they acquire critical thinking skills that help set them up for success in their future careers and workplaces.
Potential for failure ensures your students achieve true success
While accuracy is important in learning science, learning from mistakes is just as important.
With hands-on experiments, students physically mix materials, observe data, and make mistakes – instead of clicking around a simulation until they land on the right answer.
Engaging experiences help ignite a love for science and discovery
STEM proficiency in the US has been steadily declining over the past few decades.
As a science instructor, you have the opportunity to reveal the world of science to the next generation in an exciting way, and inspire them to continue on their journey of discovery.
What others have to say:
Rachel thought the labs would take much longer than they did. With guidance from her instructor and instructions that took her step by step, Rachel found the process of conducting labs on her own easier than expected. “Each step explained in detail what to do, and I was able to see how it applied to the lecture and concepts we were learning. The videos and images helped to see if I was doing things right. And in the end, it was a great opportunity to apply what we were learning to real-world scenarios.
I learn in a very visual way, and I wouldn’t not have done as well as I did in this course if we didn’t do hands-on labs. I read the chapters, took the notes, and then when I did the experiments, it reinforced what I had read. For example, for one of the labs, I was able to put my hands on the muscles we were studying to really feel and scope them out. I wouldn’t have been able to do that in just the virtual simulation, so I think people would miss out a lot if they didn’t have the hands-on part. The simulation isn’t that much different from the textbook; the hands-on takes it to a whole other level.
Janette was amazed by the quality of the hands-on kit she received. “I was excited to open my kit. I couldn’t wait to get it. When they said I was getting a skeleton…it was so cool to open it up. I couldn’t wait to dig in and see everything that was in there. The sheep heart – that was awesome! I’ve never seen something like that in person before, and I couldn’t wait to dissect that!
When I received the hands-on chemistry kit, I was impressed. I didn’t think it was going to be that thorough. To see actual chemicals and real experiments! There was a ton more in there than expected there would be. I’m also someone that likes to work independently and go at my own pace. For me, that means watching lectures quickly but then re-watching sections where I need more clarification.
My 2-, 5-, and 10-year old were enthralled with the labs, particularly the dissection labs. They watched over my shoulder meticulously, as I cut the pig heart. I moved through each lab, showing them the tools and narrating each step, which also helped me. We loved examining the skeleton together, and using the virtual scope was convenient. I felt like I got the same experience as using a real microscope without having to have all the slides and specimens everywhere. From the blood typing to the ice water experiments, the hands-on component helped me understand the concepts much better, and it was fun to involve my kids in this learning experience.
When I opened the hands-on kit, I was mind blown, especially when I took out the skeleton. I wasn’t expecting it to be so large — my kids absolutely loved it! I have always been more of a hands-on learner vs someone who can just read and learn. I absorb things better if I’m doing it as I am trying to learn it.
I don’t do well just sitting there reading a textbook. Yes, I read everything, but while I was taking in the information, I didn’t have anything to apply or connect it to. But when I could manipulate the things and physically see it during the labs, that was the biggest game changer for me. If people can’t get to an on-campus lab, you still want them to get that deeper understanding of exactly what’s taking place — the science behind it all. Using hands-on labs gives you that face-to-face experience to see how things actually work.
Some of the biggest benefits of having access to Science Interactive in my online lab were that we didn't have to have huge textbooks, and we could learn at our own pace. Everything we needed for the course was centralized and so clearly presented that it made learning much more fun and enjoyable.
