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Guests creating in the Art Lab.
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Art Lab

Unleash your creativity and get hands on to discover the intersection between science and art!
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A child using a magnifying glass in the Eco Lab.
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Eco Lab

From insect and butterfly specimens to rocks and minerals, there’s plenty of ecology to explore in this lab!
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Experience Animal Lab live animal lab.
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Animal Lab

Have an up-close encounter with snakes, cockroaches, beetles and more! Find out what different animals need to survive in their environment.
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Teens working on a project in The MiX
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The MiX

This creative space is for teens to hang out, mess around and geek out in an open, makerspace environment.
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A rat putting a ball through a hoop.
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Rat Basketball

Learn about operant and classical conditioning as you watch our Rat Basketball team play a game – no, we aren’t kidding.
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Boy looking at a reptile in the Animal Lab with a look of wonder on his face.
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Amazing Animals

Have an up-close encounter with snakes, cockroaches, and rats!
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A substance producing colored fire in radical reactions.
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Radical Reactions

Chemistry is at its coolest when you put it into action! See four types of chemical reactions and learn the differences between them.
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Woman with googles and blue safety gloves pouring water from a silver kettle into a blue tub of liquid nitrogen. It has created a large plume of steam that has spread throughout the space.
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Supercool: Liquid Nitrogen

Watch us perform some amazing science tricks with liquid nitrogen.
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Cow eye dissection preformed by a team member.
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Cow Eye Dissection

Observe as an educator dissects a cow eye while explaining its different parts and functions.
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