Why you should use virtual labs

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Digital technologies, online animations and virtual experiments have an important role to play in practical learning, argue teachers Euan Douglas and Ramrajiv Rajendram

Practical work has always been regarded as an important feature of science teaching and learning. Virtual enhancements and digital technologies have a role to play too, as Gatsby’s Good practical science report recommended. Many teachers started using such online simulations and animations for the first time during the Covid-19 pandemic. In this article, two science teachers argue that such tools always have a role to play in chemistry teaching and learning.

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