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Science your students can play with.

Interactive sims of real lab apparatus. Students drag it, and the graph moves with them. Every number comes from a tested science model, checked by a separate review.

  • Library from US$9
  • Teachers US$5/month
  • Custom US$49/figure (5+)
Live, not a video. Drag it sideways, or tab to it and 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 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 115 ready-made figures, or describe your exact set-up and we build it: US$49 a figure in an order of 5.

"The science is totally wrong"

Checked, not guessed

A tested model drives every number, and a separate review checks the science. Custom figures come with a "What we checked" card.

115

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

48 h

to have a new figure made for your syllabus (24 h for Rush, 6 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 figure that doesn't exist yet?

Tell us the topic, what students drag and the graph. We'll do the rest.

Order a custom figure