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Science your students can play with.

Interactive sims and virtual practicals for tutors, tuition centres and course creators. Students drag real lab apparatus, and a live graph moves with them. Every number comes from a tested science model, and custom figures are also checked by a separate science review.

  • Embed a sim from US$9
  • Teachers US$5/month
  • Custom from US$99/figure (10+)
Live, not a video: unlock it free (2 free for anyone), then drag it sideways or use the arrow keys.

Why teachers switch

What science teachers tell each other about the sims they use today, and what we did about it.

"It doesn't load on the day"

Runs in the browser

No Flash, no Java, no app to install. Open the link on a laptop, a Chromebook or a phone, link it from your slides, or embed it in your LMS.

"Only enough kit for a demo"

Every student runs the required practical

Share one link and each student works the apparatus on their own screen, then answers from the live readout.

"It clashes with the exam board"

Made for your syllabus

Pick from 2611 ready-made figures, or describe your exact set-up and we build it: from US$99 a figure.

"The science is totally wrong"

Checked, not guessed

A tested model drives every number. Custom figures, and library figures without a “Model-tested” tag, are also checked by a separate science review. Custom figures come with a "What we checked" card.

2611

ready-made figures for physics, chemistry, biology and maths

72 h

to have a new figure made for your syllabus (48 h for Rush, 24 h for Express)

US$9

to put a figure on your own website or LMS

Three ways to use Figbox

Start with the library, or have a figure made for exactly what you teach.

How a custom figure is made

You name the topic. We build the apparatus, the science model and the controls.

  1. 1

    You order

    Four short steps: topic, how it moves, extras, speed. Add a photo or sketch if you like. Takes about 3 minutes.

  2. 2

    We plan it

    Within 12 hours (4 for Rush, 1 for Express) we confirm the object idea, the readout and the graph.

  3. 3

    We build and check

    A tested science model drives the figure. A separate reviewer checks every law and number.

  4. 4

    You get it

    A hosted link, embed code and the HTML file, with a live graph, plus video or GIF if you want. One free revision.

Need a sim that doesn't exist yet?

We build it to your syllabus. Tell us the topic and what students drag; we'll do the rest.

Order a custom figure