About this Simulation

This virtual lab models plant transpiration and enables learners to investigate how environmental factors—including plastic barriers, fan airflow, light intensity, and heat—affect the rate of water loss from plants. Students can manipulate multiple variables simultaneously and observe real-time changes in transpiration rates over a three-hour experimental period.

Learning objectives: Understand the process of transpiration and identify the environmental factors that influence it | Design and conduct controlled experiments by isolating individual variables | Analyse quantitative data to draw evidence-based conclusions about plant water loss