Sorry - Waterloo Road - question for science teachers

[CertainAge]

I am curious. What are those orange mobile phone thingies on the benches in the science lab? It looks like there is one between two. Can't imagine what they are, but then I went to school when we only just had calculators.

Don't think they are science specific. They are an interactive tool. Pupils can vote/answer questions via the pads and results/answers are displayed via interactive whitebaord.

They also have the option of phoning a friend

Thanks for the explanation. I have never seen them 'in real life'.