Interactive Simulations
Science and maths you can touch.
20+ interactive simulations across physics, chemistry, maths and biology — hands-on learning that makes concepts stick.
Browse by subject
Projectile motion, circuit building, molecule shapes, balancing equations, natural selection, graphing — organised by subject and mapped to the topics you already teach.
- Physics, chemistry, biology and maths
- Mapped to Cambridge and Edexcel topics
- Filter by year group and difficulty
I don’t understand why the ball keeps moving when nothing is pushing it.
Good question — that’s Newton’s first law. Nothing needs to push it to keep it moving; something has to push it to make it stop
Based on: Chapter 4 — Forces · Your courseEmbedded, full-screen, mobile-ready
Drop a simulation into any lesson, open it full-screen on the projector, or let students explore it on a phone on the bus home. Same simulation, every device.
- Inline in courses and assignments
- Full-screen presentation mode
- Touch-first on tablets and phones
Pair with lessons and Copilot
A simulation next to a Copilot conversation turns exploration into understanding — students can ask "why did that happen?" the moment it happens.
- Copilot understands the simulation context
- Attach guiding questions to any simulation
- Capture student observations for marking
Built on trusted, research-backed simulations
Our science simulations build on PhET Interactive Simulations from the University of Colorado Boulder — decades of education research, not a novelty.
- Research-validated pedagogy
- Used in classrooms worldwide
- Continuously extended with new topics
FAQ
Interactive Simulations — your questions
Simulations need a connection to load, but run entirely in the browser afterwards — they hold up on the patchy school Wi-Fi at the back of a science block.
Yes. Playgrounds lets teachers generate an interactive activity for any topic, and we build requested simulations into the core library on a rolling basis.
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The rest of the platform
AI Copilot
Copilot gives every student patient, step-by-step help grounded in your course material — 24/7, in 20+ languages.
Courses & Curriculum
Structured courses aligned to Cambridge and Edexcel — or build your own, with AI doing the heavy lifting.
Playgrounds
Describe a topic; Playgrounds builds an interactive, AI-generated experience your students can explore.