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The Life Science Lab is a new space dedicated to educational programming, offering unique and scientifically authentic educational experiences to the public in the areas of genetics, biotechnology, agriculture, medicine, and health. Visitors will explore the life sciences using scientific artifacts and tools while engaged in experiments and hands-on, inquiry-based explorations. The laboratory is a 4,700 sq. ft. section of the Life Science Gallery, where the DNA Zone was located.

Summer Hours

  • Monday-Saturday - 10:30am - 12:30pm and 1:30-5pm
  • Sunday - 11:30am - 4pm

Fall Hours

  • Monday-Saturday - 10:30am - 12:30pm and 1:30-4pm
  • Sunday - 11:30am - 4pm

Come and meet the axolotls in the Life Science Lab, and watch them develop from eggs to beautiful, gilled salamanders! Axolotls (aka "Mexican Walking Fish" or Ambystoma mexicanum) are endangered in the wild, but are popular laboratory organisms. They are beautiful creatures with fascinating regenerative qualities. You can watch the axolotls develop via the speckFINDER HD(r), generously donated to the Science Center by Dazor Manufacturing Corp. Come visit them soon and often--they change daily!

Read more about the Science Center's axolotls in the?St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
For more information regarding axolotls, visit http://www.ambystoma.org/AGSC/.

The Life Science Lab is divided into four areas:

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The Atrium
This area is also open to visitors of all ages. It provides and introduction to various life science concepts through the use of biological specimens and simple science tools available for visitors to use.

Click hereto download a Scavenger Hunt you can use at the Exploration Stations to learn about animal coverings.
The Staff Workroom
Also know as the "Hub," visitors will have a behind-the-scenes look into the workings of a real laboratory. This area is only open to staff and volunteers.

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The Activity Benches
This area is for visitors 5th grade and up as well as families. These activities are self-guided and self-paced. Visitors will wear safety gear and work with the real tools of real scientists. Here are some of the activities you can do at the Activity Benches:

See DNA Without a Microscope - isolate DNA from wheat germ and see what DNA looks like without a microscope!
Put Your Finger On It - examine your fingerprints and discover details in fingerprints that investigators use in solving crimes
Seeing Cells - see your very own cheek cells under a microscope
Be a Crime Scene Investigator - solve a crime using chromatography
Exploring Model Organisms - meet the Planaria, and other model organisms that scientists use in their studies of biology

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The Lab Classroom
This area is for visitors of all ages; this includes families, school groups, scouts, and educators. ?To find out more about the activities that take place in the Lab Classroom, click here


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