Adaptation and Selection Pressure Explorer
Use the Education Universe 3D Earth to explore real-world examples of natural selection and investigate how environmental pressures change inherited trait frequencies…
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Biology
Biodiversity Data Investigation
Investigate whether a species has declined, expanded or remained relatively stable using real distribution records, authoritative population evidence and assessed range…
Biodiversity Species Explorer
Explore real Australian species occurrence data to investigate geographic distribution, changes through time, environmental associations and sampling limitations.…
Cell Viewer
Explore labelled, rotatable 3D cell models. Click any organelle to highlight it and read what it does. Currently covers the animal cell, with plant, bacteria, and fungal…
Cellular Respiration Explorer
Explore cellular respiration and how cells release usable energy from nutrients. Students examine major inputs, outputs and stages of respiration through an interactive…
DNA Structure Challenge
Use an interactive DNA model to solve challenges involving base pairing, strand direction, genes and sequence composition.
Genetics Cross Lab — Fruit Fly
Design two parent fruit flies across four real, documented Drosophila traits, breed them, and analyse the resulting phenotype ratios with a built-in chi-square…
Genetics Cross Lab — Fruit Fly
Design two parent fruit flies across four real, documented Drosophila traits, breed them, and analyse the resulting phenotype ratios with a built-in chi-square…
Heart & Circulatory System
Students explore an animated section through the heart, selecting each chamber, valve and vessel and watching the valves open and close through the cardiac cycle. They…
Homeostasis & Blood Glucose
Students disturb the body with meals, exercise, insulin injections and changes in air temperature, humidity and clothing, then watch the regulated variable change on a…
Inheritance Explorer
Investigate how alleles separate during meiosis, combine during fertilisation and produce predictable genotype and phenotype ratios using Punnett squares and simulated…
Kidney Viewer — Urinary System
Students explore a labelled 3D model of the human kidney, selecting structures such as the renal cortex, renal medulla, renal pelvis, ureter, renal artery and vein,…
Mitosis & Meiosis 2.5D Explorer
Compare mitosis and meiosis side by side to see how chromosomes separate, chromosome number changes and genetic variation is produced.
Mutation & Protein Outcome Explorer
Compare original and mutated DNA to see how substitutions, insertions and deletions alter codons, amino acids and protein outcomes.
Natural Selection Explorer
Explore how inherited variation, environmental selection, survival and reproduction change phenotype and allele frequencies across generations.
Palaeontology: Windows into Ancient Life
Explore famous fossil sites — from Lagerstätten to bonebeds and trackways — and investigate how preservation shapes what we can learn about life through deep time.
Photosynthesis Explorer
Explore how light, carbon dioxide, water and temperature affect photosynthesis, and trace the inputs and outputs through a leaf and chloroplast.
Photosynthesis Guided Investigation
Complete a structured investigation using leaf and chloroplast views to identify photosynthesis inputs and outputs, locate key processes, and test light, carbon dioxide,…
Respiratory System & Gas Exchange
Students watch the diaphragm, ribs and lung pressure change through each breath and follow air from the nose to the alveoli. Zooming into an alveolus shows oxygen and…
Sea Turtle Migration & Survival
Investigate real satellite-tracking data from green sea turtles to explore migration, habitat use and marine conservation. Follow individual turtles on an interactive…
Stromatolites: Evidence of Early Life
Explore living and fossil stromatolite locations, compare the evidence for early life, and investigate how biosignatures inform the search for life beyond Earth.
Chemistry
Acids, Bases, pH & Neutralisation Investigation
A guided Year 9 investigation where students read the pH scale, use indicators, connect acids and bases to H⁺ and OH⁻ particles, and model neutralisation as salt and…
Atomic Structure Simulator
Explore three-dimensional representations of atoms and the periodic table. Students select elements and inspect their protons, neutrons, electrons, shell arrangements…
Atomic Theory & Radioactivity
Investigate how atomic models changed in response to experimental evidence, compare isotopes, model alpha, beta and gamma decay, and explore radioactive half-life using…
Chemical Reactions & Conservation Challenge
A randomised Year 9 challenge where students use particle models and equations to identify reactants and products, compare atom counts, and justify why atoms are…
Chemical Reactions & Conservation Explorer
Explore chemical reactions by comparing reactants and products, tracking atom counts, and seeing that atoms are rearranged rather than created or destroyed.
Chemical Reactions & Conservation Investigation
A guided Year 9 investigation where students identify reactants and products, count atoms before and after a reaction, and explain conservation of atoms using simple…
Decomposition Reactions Investigation
A guided Year 10 investigation where students recognise the decomposition pattern, write word equations, connect energy input to bond breaking, use evidence and check…
Displacement Reactions Investigation
A guided investigation where students spot the displacement pattern, compare reactivity, predict products, model the particle swap and check conservation of atoms.
Periodic Table & Reactivity Challenge
A randomised challenge testing periodic table position, chemical families, valence electrons, noble-gas stability and reactivity trend predictions.
Periodic Table & Reactivity Explorer
Explore how atomic structure, electron shells, groups and periods explain patterns in the periodic table and help predict the properties and reactivity of metals,…
Periodic Table & Reactivity Investigation
A guided investigation where students connect groups, periods and valence electrons to chemical families, noble-gas stability and reactivity trends in alkali metals and…
Physical vs Chemical Change Challenge
A randomised Year 8 challenge where students classify changes, choose evidence, and correct common misconceptions about physical and chemical change.
Physical vs Chemical Change Explorer
Compare familiar physical and chemical changes through examples such as melting, boiling, dissolving, rusting, burning and reactions involving vinegar and bicarbonate.…
Radioactivity & Stable Atoms Investigation
A guided investigation where students connect protons, neutrons and isotopes to the neutron-to-proton balance, predicting decay type and interpreting half-life.
Solution Concentration Explorer
Explore how solute amount and solution volume affect concentration. Investigate dilution and evaporation, calculate molar concentration, and compare solutions with…
Synthesis Reactions Investigation
A guided investigation where students recognise the synthesis pattern, identify reactants and products, compare particle models, use evidence and check conservation of…
The Great Smog of London — What Made the Air Deadly?
Investigate the Great Smog of London using authentic daily smoke, sulphur dioxide and mortality data. Explore temperature inversions through a labelled model, interpret…
Civics & Citizenship
Electoral Systems Simulator
Apply four electoral systems to the same fictional electorate and compare how identical first-preference votes can produce different district winners, seat totals and…
Government & Democracy Explorer
Compare how Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States and India turn votes into representation, government and laws. Explore institutions, form parliamentary…
Digital Technologies
Binary Data Lab
Investigate how text and images are represented as binary data. Flip bits, edit pixel values, compare resolution and colour depth, test lossless compression and optimise…
Cybersecurity Attack & Defence Lab
Investigate common cyber threats and defensive controls using a visible network. Compare plaintext and encrypted traffic, identify phishing clues, test authentication…
Dry Bean Machine Learning Challenge
Design an automated bean sorter using real UCI Dry Bean measurements. Choose a limited set of computer-vision features, stay within a sensor budget, test unseen beans…
Machine Learning Explorer
Train and test a transparent machine-learning classifier using real Palmer Penguins measurements. Choose features, change k, inspect nearest neighbours and investigate…
Packet & Protocol Inspector
Build a message into a TCP/UDP segment, IP packet and Ethernet frame, then follow it through switches and routers to distinguish application data, ports, IP addresses,…
TCP / UDP Network Lab
Experiment with TCP and UDP under changing packet loss, latency and jitter. Observe retransmission and on-time delivery, compare trials, and choose an appropriate…
Earth & Space Sciences
Continental Drift Explorer
Travel back 250 million years to Pangaea using real plate reconstructions. See Wegener's fossil and ice-age evidence line up across Gondwana, and follow Australia's…
Solar System Explorer
A canvas-based Solar System explorer with animated orbits, selectable planets, simplified scale, planetary classifications and key school-level facts.
General Science
Scientific Consensus Explorer
Investigate eight major scientific evidence stories. Make judgements using only the evidence available at each point in history, then reveal new observations,…
Geography
Aviation Emissions Explorer
Explore a global snapshot of aircraft activity and investigate how aviation contributes to atmospheric emissions and local air pollution. Compare modelled aviation…
Global Food Security Explorer
Explore observed global undernourishment, cereal yield and arable land, compare countries, investigate differences between food production and food access, and test a…
Global Trade & Interconnection Explorer
Investigate how countries are connected through global trade using real UN Comtrade, World Bank and shipping data. Explore imports and exports, major trading partners…
Mexico City Subsidence Investigation
Use real INEGI Sentinel-1 subsidence measurements and CDMX risk-atlas layers to investigate where Mexico City is sinking fastest, compare locations, test explanations…
Water Security Explorer
Explore global water stress using real Aqueduct data and investigate why water scarcity differs between places. Compare baseline and future water-stress scenarios,…
History
Country, Land & Native Title Explorer
Explore native title claims, determinations, outcomes and Indigenous Land Use Agreements across Australia, and investigate how legal recognition differs from traditional…
Industrial Revolution Explorer
Explore the causes and impacts of the Industrial Revolution through historical data, changing industrial geography, coalfields, cities, railways, factory production and…
Roman Empire Expansion Explorer
Explore how Roman territorial control changed from the Republic to the fall of the Western Empire using historical province and regional boundaries. Move through time,…
The 1854 Cholera Outbreak: Solve the Mystery
Investigate the 1854 Soho cholera outbreak through John Snow’s historic death-location map, water pump positions and daily mortality data. Analyse spatial patterns, test…
The South Sea Bubble Game
Trade real 1720 South Sea Company, Bank of England and East India Company share prices day by day as news unfolds, with optional borrowing and margin calls. Compare your…
World War I Explorer
Explore World War I through a shared historical core with configurable national perspective, curriculum and local place-context layers.
World War I: Australia Explorer
Investigate the causes of World War I and Australian enlistment, compare Gallipoli, the Western Front and Middle East campaigns, analyse the Australian home front and…
Mathematics
Area of Quadrilaterals Challenge
A randomised 10-question challenge where students calculate area for triangles, parallelograms, trapeziums, rhombuses, kites and composite shapes, with new numbers each…
Area of Quadrilaterals Guided
A guided Year 8 investigation where students derive area formulas by rearranging parallelograms, duplicating trapeziums, using diagonals for rhombuses and kites, and…
Can You Trust This Graph?
Can one dataset tell two different stories? Analyse authentic World Bank time series, manipulate chart scales and time windows, investigate misleading averages and…
Circle Area Investigation
Investigate where the formula A = πr² comes from by progressively slicing a circle into sectors and rearranging them into a rectangle-like shape. Students work through a…
Circle Circumference & Pi Guided
A guided investigation where students connect radius, diameter and circumference, measure how many diameters fit around a circle, discover π as the…
Congruence Investigation
Investigate congruence through translations, rotations and reflections. Students work through a structured sequence identifying corresponding sides and angles,…
Enigma — Can You Crack the Code?
Break four intercepted messages: a shift cipher (brute force), a substitution cipher (frequency analysis with real English data), a keyword cipher (repeats and common…
Game Studio: Data Decisions
Use real Steam game data to advise a fictional game studio. Students compare genres, investigate discounts and changes in players, and evaluate claims about critic…
Honeycomb Geometry Challenge
Investigate why bees build hexagonal honeycombs by comparing area, perimeter and tessellation. Explore regular shapes, test efficiency, and complete a wax-budget design…
Inverse Trigonometry Active Lab
An active lab using geological drillhole data to reconstruct underground drilling angles with inverse trigonometry, then inspect the selected drillhole within its local…
Linear Equation Balance Explorer
A guided balance-scale investigation for solving one-step and two-step linear equations using inverse operations, with symbolic and graphical representations.
Ocean Data Investigation Lab
Use real ocean-buoy data to investigate sampling, distributions, probability and relationships between variables.
Parking Policy Lab
Investigate historical San Francisco SFpark sensor data from May 2011 and May 2013. Students compare hourly occupancy by street block, calculate the share meeting the…
Perimeter Area Investigation
An investigation where students compare perimeter and area across rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, trapeziums, rhombuses, kites, circles and composite shapes,…
Ratios, Rates & Percentages Explorer
A guided Year 8 investigation covering ratio simplification, scaling, unit rates, percentages, discounts and percentage change in real-world contexts.
Seven Bridges of Königsberg
Try the historic seven bridges puzzle, discover Euler's graph rule, redesign the network and explain why crossing every bridge exactly once is impossible.
Swimming Pool Volume Investigation
Investigate how to determine the volume of a swimming pool using a rotatable 3D model. Students identify the key measurements required, determine an appropriate method…
The Coastline Paradox — How Long Is Australia's Coastline?
Why do official sources disagree about the length of Australia's coastline? Students walk rulers of different lengths around the real mainland coast, measure maps at…
The Mathematics of Disease Spread
Investigate historical COVID-19 case reports using daily graphs, moving averages, percentage change and doubling times. Build a separate exponential growth model, test…
Titanic: Who Survived?
Use the official count of everyone aboard the Titanic to work with percentages, two-way tables, Venn and tree diagrams and conditional probability, and test claims about…
Train Network Statistics Workbench
Use real train-network data to learn descriptive statistics, distributions, comparisons, bivariate relationships and linear modelling. The animated train network remains…
Venn Diagrams & Two-Way Tables Investigation
A guided investigation connecting Venn diagrams, two-way tables, probability language, complementary events, union and intersection using classroom survey data.
Physics
Acceleration Challenge
A randomised challenge covering acceleration, deceleration, initial velocity, final velocity, elapsed time and the difference between speed and acceleration.
Acceleration Explorer
Students investigate how changes in velocity over time produce acceleration, deceleration and constant-velocity motion.
Area Under a Velocity–Time Graph Explorer
Students calculate distance and displacement from rectangular, triangular, trapezoidal and signed areas beneath velocity–time graphs.
Average Speed Explorer
An open average-speed explorer in which students adjust distance and travel time, run an animated car and observe the relationship between distance, time and average…
Canon Wave Explorer
Built around the Thousand-Hand Guanyin: a line of dancers raising their arms in canon. A guided sequence moves from the audience view (unison shows one pair of arms;…
Circuit Builder
Build and test series and parallel circuits using cells, switches, lamps, resistors, ammeters and wires. Explore complete circuits, current flow, voltage, resistance and…
Circuit Builder Guided Investigation
Complete a guided circuit investigation by building working circuits, testing open switches, comparing one and two cells, reversing cells, measuring current with an…
Collision Momentum: Real-World Collisions
Explore momentum and collisions through Space, NASCAR and Baseball contexts, then investigate mass, velocity, elasticity, impulse, momentum vectors and kinetic energy in…
Conservation of Energy Challenge
A randomised challenge involving Sankey diagrams, efficiency calculations and interpretation of energy transfers in real-world devices.
Conservation of Energy Investigation
A step-by-step investigation into energy transfers, efficiency and Sankey diagrams, showing that energy is transformed rather than lost.
Electrical Energy Systems Explorer
Explore how electrical devices transfer energy into light, heat, movement, sound and stored chemical energy. Classify useful and other outputs, then complete…
Energy System Design Lab
Use real regional electricity, weather and generation data to design a lower-emissions energy system. Students interpret evidence such as wind-speed distributions and…
Gas Laws Challenge
Test understanding of pressure, volume and temperature relationships using gas-law problems and feedback. The full interactive is available to licensed Education…
Gas Laws Investigation
A step-by-step investigation into Boyle's Law and Charles's Law, showing how particle motion and piston movement explain the relationships between pressure, volume and…
Grid & Renewables Data Investigation Lab
Investigate real electricity-grid data to explore renewable generation, demand, emissions, price and energy mix.
Magnetic Field Challenge
A randomised challenge where students identify magnetic field direction, compare field strength, interpret compass arrows and apply the right-hand rule.
Magnetic Field Explorer
Explore magnetic field direction and strength around bar magnets and current-carrying wires using compass arrows whose direction and length show the local field.
Magnetic Field Investigation
A step-by-step investigation into magnetic fields, guiding students to observe field direction, field strength, compass behaviour and right-hand-rule patterns.
Momentum & Collisions Challenge
A randomised challenge where students solve momentum and collision problems involving different masses and speeds, predict collision outcomes and apply conservation of…
Momentum & Collisions Investigation
A step-by-step investigation into how mass and velocity affect momentum and collisions. Students predict outcomes, test ideas with light and heavy objects, and connect…
Newton's Second Law Explorer
Test how changes in net force and mass affect an object's acceleration in a Newton's second law interactive. The full interactive is available to licensed Education…
Optical Lightbench
A 2D/3D optical lightbench for mirrors, lenses, refraction, total internal reflection, and real vs virtual images.
Ripple Tank Explorer
Explore straight and circular water waves in a ripple tank. Adjust frequency, amplitude, water depth and gap width, track a floating cork, use a stroboscope and observe…
Sound Wave Challenge
Apply knowledge of sound waves in a challenge activity requiring students to interpret wave diagrams and connect waveform features with sound behaviour. The full…
Sound Wave Explorer
Investigate sound-wave properties through interactive visualisations. Students change waveform parameters and connect wave patterns with audible pitch and loudness…
Sound Wave Investigation
Conduct a guided investigation into sound-wave behaviour. Students vary wave parameters, observe changes and use evidence to test explanations about sound and wave…
Sound Waves & Room Acoustics Lab
Explore how sound behaves in different rooms and how surface properties affect reflection, absorption and the listening environment. Students compare arrangements to…
Sound Waves + Oscilloscope Explorer
Explore sound and its graphical representations with an oscilloscope-style display. Students relate changes in waveform shape and timing to the properties of sound. The…
Speed, Velocity & Displacement Challenge
A randomised challenge covering distance, displacement, average speed, average velocity, direction and return journeys.
Speed, Velocity & Displacement Explorer
Students compare distance with displacement and speed with velocity across direct, return and multi-stage journeys.
Tacoma Narrows — Why Did the Bridge Collapse?
Investigate the 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse through historical evidence, a controllable qualitative aeroelastic model and engineering reasoning.
The Long Transition: 60 Years of Electricity
Use 60 years of real annual data to investigate how the UK, US, Australia and other countries' electricity mix has changed over time, and whether emissions have…
Uniform Acceleration Equations Challenge
A guided calculation challenge in which students identify known values, select an equation, rearrange it and solve uniformly accelerated motion problems.
Vector or Scalar?
Students classify fourteen everyday quantities — force, velocity, mass, temperature, and more — as vectors or scalars, with immediate feedback and a short explanation…
Velocity–Time Graph Explorer: Guided Journey
A guided, step-by-step walkthrough of velocity–time graphs set against a real current event (motorsport, athletics, cycling or a rocket launch). Students work through…
Weight Across Worlds: Gravity Explorer
Set an object's mass, then compare its weight on Earth, the Moon, Mars and Jupiter using W = m × g. Watch a jump animation scale with each world's gravity, compare all…
What Force Is That?
Twelve everyday scenes — a tug pulling a tanker, a compass near a magnet, a parachutist descending — where students identify which type of force is acting, with…