Tinker Lab is 30 interactive simulations in physics, chemistry and biology. Students set a goal, make a prediction, run the experiment with real data and explain what they saw, on any device the school already has.
30 labs · Grades 7–12 and university · Works in any browser
Each lab is a full practical, not a single animation: an experiment to run, missions to complete and data to analyse. Labs marked Trial are open to everyone with a free account.
Motion and forces, energy, waves and light, electricity and magnetism, and the nucleus.
Atoms and the periodic table, bonding, reactions and quantities, physical, acid–base and organic chemistry.
From the scale of a cell to a whole ecosystem: cells, proteins, photosynthesis, inheritance, evolution and food webs.
The lab sheet beside each experiment walks students through the same four steps. Here is one round of Projectile Motion.
Find the launch angle that sends a ball the farthest. The goal comes with the idea behind it, at the student's level.
Students commit to an answer before touching the controls. Is it 30°, 45° or 60°? The prediction is kept, so the result means something.
Fire at five angles. Every trajectory stays on screen for comparison, and every shot adds a row to the results table.
45° goes farthest, and 30° and 60° land in the same spot. Students say why, then check their reasoning against the model.
| Angle | Range | Max height | Flight time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15° | 20.39 m | 1.37 m | 1.06 s |
| 30° | 35.31 m | 5.10 m | 2.04 s |
| 45° | 40.77 m | 10.19 m | 2.88 s |
| 60° | 35.31 m | 15.29 m | 3.53 s |
| 75° | 20.39 m | 19.02 m | 3.94 s |
Choose a level and the same lab asks for more. Students meet familiar equipment as they move up, and teachers can set one lab for a mixed class.
Longest range at 45° when there is no air resistance
R = v² sin 2θ ⁄ g
m dv⁄dt = mg − ½ ρ Cd A |v| v
Tinker Lab is set up for the way schools work: shared devices, patchy Wi-Fi, mixed classes and careful data rules.
| Student | Level | Challenges done | Last active |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amara Okafor | 10–12 | 31 | Today |
| Leo Brennan | 10–12 | 18 | Yesterday |
| Priya Nair | Uni | 39 | Today |
| Mateo García | 7–9 | 9 | 3 days ago |
Your school gets a student code and a teacher code. Teachers see each student's level, challenges done and last activity, and can export the roster.
It runs in the browser on Chromebooks, Windows and Mac laptops, iPads, Android tablets and phones. There is nothing for IT to deploy.
Add Tinker Lab to the home screen like an app. Once it has loaded, labs keep working when the school Wi-Fi drops.
We ask students for a name, an email and a level, and keep their progress. No ads, and student data is never sold or used for marketing.
Every school is a different size, so we quote rather than list prices. Tell us how many students you have and we'll send a quote sized to fit.
For one student or teacher trying it out
One teacher and up to 40 students
Recommended
Every teacher and student in one school
Several sites, or a university department
Schools are invoiced annually. Purchase orders accepted.
Tell us about your school and a real person will reply. There's no obligation and no automatic sign-up.
Any up-to-date browser: Chromebooks, Windows and Mac laptops, iPads, Android tablets and phones. Nothing needs installing. Labs with 3D views switch to a 2D view on devices that can't show 3D graphics.
A name, an email address, a level and which challenges the student has completed. That's all the labs need. There are no ads, and we never sell student data or use it for marketing. Teachers only see students who joined with their school's code.
The labs cover the core practical topics shared by NGSS, GCSE, A-level, AP and IB courses, from forces and circuits to titrations and inheritance. The curriculum map inside the app shows which lab supports which topic, so you can plan them into existing schemes of work.
The trial doesn't run out. A free account keeps one lab per subject: Projectile Motion, Build an Atom and Pondweed Lab. When your school buys a plan, students enter the school code and the other 27 labs unlock, with their progress kept.
Each school gets two codes. Students enter the student code when they sign up, or later from any locked lab. Teachers sign up with the teacher code, which adds the class view. Codes stop working when the plan ends or the seats are used up, and we can issue new ones at any time.
Yes. Tinker Lab can be installed from the browser like an app. Once it has loaded on a device, the labs keep working without a connection, and progress syncs the next time the device is online.
There is no online checkout. Request a quote, and once you approve it we invoice your school annually. Purchase orders are accepted.