Practise setting up a vacuum filtration using a Buchner funnel, making decisions on the appropriate glassware and filter paper size, and ensuring correct wetting and rinsing steps are carried out.
“The virtual labs have helped supplement the ‘real’ laboratory practicals in chemistry. Students who have done the simulations have been calmer, more confident, and even more independent - even though they’re first-year students. And we’ve seen a lot fewer breakages as well!”