The Simulation Lab
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Carol Stream, Illinois, United States
About the store
We don't just sell a Google Doc or a PDF. We build interactive web experiences.
The Simulation Lab creates ready-to-deploy web applications that turn passive learning into active decision-making. Our students don't fill in blanks—they make choices, face consequences, and engage with content the way they engage with everything else in their digital lives.
Every product is built by a classroom teacher with 10+ years of experience in AP and dual-credit courses. These aren't theoretical EdTech concepts—they're tools I built for my own students, tested in real classrooms, and refined based on what actually works.
What makes us different:
Interactive simulations and choose-your-own-adventure experiences:
- Auto-saving student responses to YOUR Google Sheet
- One-click deployment (no coding required)
- Works on any device with a browser
⚡ Want a Custom Built Web App for Your Classroom? ⚡
Email thesimulationlabedu@gmail.com for pricing information.
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APUSH American Yawp Companion | Interactive US History Activities Vol 2
The free APUSH textbook The American Yawp — Vol 2, Since 1877 — rebuilt as one interactive app: students read in-app, get auto-checked, analyze sources, drill terms, and write.Built on Google Apps Script — no subscriptions, no student accounts, complete data privacy.───WHY TEACHERS LOVE THISThousands of survey, dual-enrollment, and APUSH classes already assign The American Yawp — the free, openly-licensed U.S. History textbook. Until now the textbook was just the reading; everything around it li
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Government, Other (Social Studies), U.S. History
CCSS
RH.6-8.1
, RH.6-8.2
, RH.6-8.3
+89
AP Human Geography Urban Models | Interactive City-Building Simulation | Unit 6
MINECRAFT FOR AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHYTransform AP Human Geography Unit 6: students build a city block-by-block in first-person 3D, then a Survey Drone scores which urban model they actually built — with evidence from their own blocks.─────────────────────────────WHY TEACHERS LOVE THIS─────────────────────────────Topic 6.5 is usually a diagram to memorize. Here, students BUILD the models — and an analyzer proves which one they made, using the real geometry of their city.✅ Students build Burgess, Hoyt,
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Geography, Other (Social Studies)
Vietnam War Interactive Simulation | Choice-Based US History Activity | APUSH
Step into 1968: students face the draft and live their choice — enlist, flee, resist, or object — across 50+ scenes, 10 minigames, and 12 endings. Full data privacy.───WHY TEACHERS LOVE THISYour students don't just read about the Vietnam draft — they live it. The moment the Selective Service letter arrives, every choice belongs to them, and every choice carries a cost. This is the interactive, app-like experience that turns a textbook chapter into a decision they'll argue about for weeks.✅ More
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Other (Social Studies), U.S. History, World History
CCSS
RH.6-8.1
, RH.6-8.2
, RH.6-8.3
+17
Reconstruction Simulation | Freedmen's Bureau APUSH Activity | Interactive CYOA
🎮 TRANSFORM YOUR RECONSTRUCTION UNIT with an immersive, choose-your-own-adventure simulation that puts students IN history! Students don't just learn about Reconstruction—they LIVE it. They make decisions as a Freedman, White Southern Planter, or Northern Carpetbagger, experiencing firsthand how race, class, and region shaped this pivotal era. Three-perspective Reconstruction simulation — students play freedman, planter, or carpetbagger across 42 scenes + 10 mini-games. No logins, no subscripti
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Black History, Other (Social Studies), U.S. History
CCSS
WHST.9-10.1
, WHST.9-10.1a
, WHST.9-10.1b
+36
Watergate Scandal Interactive Simulation | Nixon Investigation APUSH Activity
Interactive Watergate investigation where students analyze primary sources, decode the Smoking Gun tape, cross-examine Dean vs. Haldeman, and build a constitutional verdict against Nixon. 9 APUSH mini-games. Built on Google Apps Script — no subscriptions, no student accounts, complete data privacy. ─── WHY TEACHERS LOVE THISUnlike a PDF primary source packet, this is a living investigation. Students enter a digital case file as federal investigators assigned to Operation: Watergate, work throug
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Government, Other (Social Studies), U.S. History
CCSS
RH.6-8.1
, RH.6-8.2
, RH.6-8.3
+17
Black Death Simulation | Plague 1347 Interactive AP World History Activity 8-12
Govern a city through the Black Death in this interactive simulation — students make life-or-death decisions and reach 1 of 5 historical outcomes. No logins, no subscriptions.─── 🏛️WHY TEACHERS LOVE THIS🏛️Most Black Death resources hand students a reading and a worksheet. This puts them in the council chamber of Marenza — a Mediterranean port-republic — in the year the pestilence arrives, and asks: what do you do? Every decision moves five competing pressures, and there is no clean win. Thi
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
European History, Other (Social Studies), World History
CCSS
RH.6-8.1
, RH.6-8.2
, RH.6-8.3
+27
Oregon Trail Simulation | Westward Expansion Gold Rush APUSH Activity 8-12
Transform your APUSH classroom with an interactive westward expansion simulation where students lead an 1849 wagon party along the Overland Trail — and survive only by knowing their history. Built on Google Apps Script: no subscriptions, no student accounts, complete data privacy.This is the rare history "game" where the content IS the engine. Every correct answer about Manifest Destiny, the Gold Rush, the Mexican Cession, and the Indigenous nations of the trail earns the food, money, and suppli
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Other (Social Studies), U.S. History
CCSS
RH.6-8.1
, RH.6-8.2
, RH.6-8.3
+89
Ancient Egypt Simulation | Who Built the Pyramids? Interactive Investigation
Transform your ancient Egypt unit with this interactive investigation where students become a scribe on the real 2013 papyrus logbook that rewrote how we know who built the Great Pyramid. Built on Google Apps Script — no subscriptions, no student accounts, complete data privacy.───────────────────────────────WHY TEACHERS LOVE THISEvery student arrives already "knowing" two wrong answers: aliens, or slave labor under the whip. This interactive investigation doesn't just correct them — it hands st
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Other (Social Studies), World History
CCSS
RH.6-8.1
, RH.6-8.2
, RH.6-8.3
+89
Congress of Vienna 1815 | AP European History Simulation & Interactive DBQ
Your AP Euro students become Metternich, Talleyrand, or Castlereagh and redraw the map of Europe after Napoleon, deal by deal on a live map. No subscriptions, no student accounts.───────────────────────────────WHY TEACHERS LOVE THIS───────────────────────────────Your students can list "the four principles of the Congress of Vienna." They cannot feel the trade-off between grabbing Saxony for your own power and keeping the whole peace from collapsing into the next war. This simulation makes them f
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Geography, Other (Social Studies), World History
CCSS
RH.9-10.1
, RH.9-10.2
, RH.9-10.3
+58
Emancipation Proclamation Interactive Simulation | AP Gov Presidential Power
Interactive Emancipation Proclamation simulation for AP Gov. Students draft Lincoln's order clause by clause and discover the limits of presidential power. No logins, no subscriptions.───WHY TEACHERS LOVE THISThis is not a worksheet and not a slide deck. It is a cinematic web application that reads the Emancipation Proclamation the way the new AP U.S. Government CED asks students to read it — as a stress-test of presidential power. Students sit in Lincoln's 1862 cabinet room, draft the order cla
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Black History, Government, U.S. History
CCSS
RH.9-10.1
, RH.9-10.2
, RH.9-10.3
+48
McCarthyism Interactive Simulation | HUAC Red Scare US History Activity | APUSH
Transform your APUSH classroom with this interactive McCarthyism simulation where students play as a Hollywood professional — screenwriter, actor, director, or composer — subpoenaed by HUAC in 1950. 30+ branching scenes, 8 mini-games, 7 unique endings, and 4 analytical writing prompts. Built on Google Apps Script — no subscriptions, no student accounts, complete data privacy.─── WHY TEACHERS LOVE THISUnlike a PDF reading packet, this is a living web application that puts students in the impos
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Other (Social Studies), U.S. History, World History
CCSS
RI.6.1
, RI.6.2
, RI.6.3
+37
World Cup Cultural Diffusion Simulation | AP Human Geography Unit 3 Interactive
Students pilot a cultural phenomenon across a live world map — from 1863 London to the 2026 World Cup — mastering all four diffusion types. AP Human Geography Unit 3, FRQ-ready.───────────────────────────────WHY TEACHERS LOVE THISYour students can recite "relocation, hierarchical, contagious, stimulus" — and still bomb the FRQ, because the four mechanisms are vocabulary words instead of things they've SEEN. In this two-day simulation, each mechanism is a different play on a live world map: reloc
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Geography, Other (Social Studies), World History
Urban Land Use Interactive Simulation | AP Human Geography Unit 6 City Planning
Students zone a living city — homes, factories, parks, transit — and a live engine scores density, sprawl, commute, and equity as they build. Solo or whole-class. No prep.───WHY TEACHERS LOVE THISMost Unit 6 lessons stop at "label the Burgess model." This one recalculates. Students paint land-use zones onto a city grid — homes, factories, parks, transit, a downtown core — and a live engine answers back in real time: population density, jobs–housing balance, commute, sprawl, public health, green
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Geography, Other (Social Studies)
Ultimate Peer Editing Tool | Essay Review for ANY Rubric | Google Sheets™
⭐ STOP GRADING EVERY ESSAY YOURSELF ⭐Let your students learn from each other with this interactive peer editing web app! Students log in, receive a random classmate's essay, highlight key elements, score each rubric category, and provide constructive feedback—all saved automatically to YOUR Google Sheet. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅ WORKS FOR ANY CLASS THAT ASSIGNS ESSAYS:- AP US History (LEQ, DBQ) - AP World History / AP Euro - AP English Language & Literature - Standard English/ELA c
1st - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
For All Subjects, Writing-Essays, Writing-Expository
CCSS
W.6.1
, W.6.1b
, W.6.1c
+131
Underground Railroad Simulation | Interactive Escape CYOA US History Activity
Transform your US History classroom with this interactive Underground Railroad simulation where students become freedom seekers escaping slavery in 1852. 30+ branching scenes, 8 mini-games, 12 unique endings, companion and stat systems, and primary source analysis. Built on Google Apps Script — no subscriptions, no student accounts, complete data privacy. ─── WHY TEACHERS LOVE THISThis is not a reading packet. It is a fully interactive web application that puts students in the shoes of a freedo
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Black History, Other (Social Studies), U.S. History
CCSS
RH.6-8.1
, RH.6-8.2
, RH.6-8.3
+17
Great Depression Interactive Simulation | Choice-Based Activity | APUSH
⭐ WHY TEACHERS LOVE THISUnlike static PDF worksheets, this is a living web application where students LIVE through the Great Depression as one of SIX real Americans — making daily survival decisions that defined the era. Students don't just learn about the Depression. They experience the impossible choices — sell the family farm or take on debt? Cross a picket line or go hungry? Send a child to work or ride the rails looking for a job? ✅ 6 unique character paths — Factory worker in Detroit, Du
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Other (Social Studies), U.S. History, World History
CCSS
RH.6-8.1
, RH.6-8.2
, RH.6-8.3
+17
Manhattan Project Simulation | Race to the Atomic Bomb APUSH Activity 9-12
Put students inside the race to build the atomic bomb in this interactive Manhattan Project simulation — branching choices, 5 endings, 3 iPad-safe mini-games. No logins, no installs.───WHY TEACHERS LOVE THISMost Manhattan Project lessons hand students a timeline of names and dates to memorize — Einstein's letter, Oak Ridge, Oppenheimer, Trinity. This one makes them live it. Students step into the role of a War Department liaison to the Manhattan Engineer District and follow the bomb from a 1939
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Other (Social Studies), U.S. History, World History
CCSS
RH.6-8.1
, RH.6-8.2
, RH.6-8.3
+89
Iran-Contra Affair Interactive Simulation | APUSH Cold War Investigation 9-12
Students become junior counsel to the Tower Commission in this interactive digital simulation: analyze 6 declassified Iran-Contra documents, trace the diversion, map the arms deals, and argue what the President knew. ─────────────── 🔍 WHY TEACHERS LOVE THISMost Iran-Contra lessons hand students a textbook paragraph and a worksheet. This flips that: a full interactive investigation where students work the actual evidence and reach their own verdict — no answer key, no spoon-feeding. ✔ Student
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Government, Other (Social Studies), U.S. History
CCSS
RH.6-8.1
, RH.6-8.2
, RH.6-8.3
+27
Gerrymandering & Redistricting Simulation | Interactive AP Government Activity
Students digitally redraw congressional districts and watch results recalculate live—the gerrymandering lesson no worksheet can teach. For AP Gov Unit 2. No accounts, no installs. ─────────────── WHY TEACHERS LOVE THISEvery gerrymandering worksheet asks students to color a map. None of them can show what happens next. This one does. Students drag district lines across a grid of precincts and the results recalculate instantly — the same voters producing a fair Congress, a one-party sweep, or a
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Civics, Government, Other (Social Studies)
CCSS
RH.9-10.1
, RH.9-10.2
, RH.9-10.3
+17
Columbian Exchange Simulation | Aztec Conquest APUSH Period 1 Tlaxcala 1519
Dual-perspective Columbian Exchange simulation: Tlaxcalan noble or Spanish friar, 1519–1525. Google Apps Script — no subscriptions, no accounts, total data privacy. ─── WHY TEACHERS LOVE THISAPUSH Period 1 usually gets taught through textbook narrative — students read about Cortés and the Aztec collapse from outside, never inside the decisions. This is the first simulation that puts them on BOTH sides: a Tlaxcalan noble in the council building at Ocotelolco AND a Spanish friar working under enco
6th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Other (Social Studies), U.S. History, World History
CCSS
RH.6-8.1
, RH.6-8.2
, RH.6-8.3
+27
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About the store
Experience
We don't just sell a Google Doc or a PDF. We build interactive web experiences.
The Simulation Lab creates ready-to-deploy web applications that turn passive learning into active decision-making. Our students don't fill in blanks—they make choices, face consequences, and engage with content the way they engage with everything else in their digital lives.
Every product is built by a classroom teacher with 10+ years of experience in AP and dual-credit courses. These aren't theoretical EdTech concepts—they're tools I built for my own students, tested in real classrooms, and refined based on what actually works.
What makes us different:
Interactive simulations and choose-your-own-adventure experiences:
- Auto-saving student responses to YOUR Google Sheet
- One-click deployment (no coding required)
- Works on any device with a browser
⚡ Want a Custom Built Web App for Your Classroom? ⚡
Email thesimulationlabedu@gmail.com for pricing information.
My own education history
BA and MA+40 in Illinois and Arizona universities.
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