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Lab Equipment Virtual Activities

Students have an easier time assimilating educational materials when they are being entertained. Lab equipment bingo, matching games and audio flashcards are some of the virtual activities available to students on the Web for free. Hands-on play experiences such as these provide educational lessons that are more palatable and easily digested than static lectures and textbooks.
  1. Lab Equipment Recognition Games

    • Students match lab equipment names with pictures in a game provided by Purpose Games.

      Students can name lab equipment while playing a game on the Sporcle website. Students have 12 minutes to name 30 different pieces of lab equipment with the definitions below. As a piece of equipment is named, if it is correct and its definition is on the list, the equipment name will post next to its definition. Purpose Games has a chemistry lab equipment game that displays 16 pictures of lab equipment, posts the name of one piece of equipment and students must select the proper picture to match the name.

    Microscope Worksheets

    • Students name different parts of microscopes with a worksheet available from the ScienceSpot.

      The ScienceSpot website has several PDF files that can be printed with lab equipment quizzes, Internet resources and inventory description worksheets. The "Microscope Mania Quiz" provides 12 microscope part terms and a photo of a microscope for students to write the part terms in boxes next to the parts displayed. The activity also includes practice problems for ocular and objective lens and power of magnification problems. Another worksheet provided by ScienceSpot includes a photograph of a microscope with lines next to the parts for students to write the part names. The worksheet also has problems about objective power, powers of magnification and wet mount slides.

    Lab Equipment Flashcards and an Online Matching Game

    • Quizlet has almost 200 flashcard sets for the topic of lab equipment. The flashcard sets each come with virtual flashcards and worksheets with audio components to help with pronunciation and customizable quizzes that can be taken online or printed with answer sheets. The quizzes can be customized for true or false, multiple choice, matching or written answers. Quia has an online game titled "Chemistry Scavenger Hunt" that prompts students to match lab equipment with their functions. Lab equipment and uses are displayed on virtual cards and students match the card pairs to win the game.

    Lab Equipment Bingo

    • EduBakery's "Lab Equipment and Safety Bingo" teaches students about lab equipment while keeping them entertained. Terms such as "control sample," "ocular "and "hazardous waste" are terms used in this bingo game that can be printed for free. The Environmental Protection Agency has an interactive lab equipment game on its website that posts illustrations of several pieces of lab equipment and then asks a question about uses. Students choose the piece of equipment that matches the definition.

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