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Our Labs

Our Labs will be found in our main gallery each day and will be themed around a real-life Life Science laboratory, but with a little nod to the labs of old!

We will be ringing the changes regularly and setting up our Lab space to explore life sciences, chemistry or biology-based activities.

Each specific activity will be led by our experienced Science Communicators, but at other times you can get hands-on with lab equipment to investigate the world around us.

Our summer lab activities will rotate regularly and be available during both the morning and afternoon sessions. . Please check our ‘What’s On’ page for updates.

Come and be part of the adventure at The Lab!

STEMlabs

Cambridge Bridge - making paper bridges

Paper Bridges

Can you think like an engineer? Using just paper cups and sheets of paper, challenge yourself to build a stable structure. How much weight can your bridge hold? Test your creativity and problem-solving skills in this fun activity.

Flasks for red cabbage indicator lab activity

Red Cabbage Indicator Lab Activity

Use red cabbage to explore the pH scale by testing and ranking different familiar substances. Watch as the colours change and reveal what’s going on with the red cabbage!

DNA strands - DNA extraction lab activity

DNA Extraction

DNA: The universal code of life. Follow the protocol to extract DNA from fruit and make it visible! Learn the chemistry, use the equipment, find the biology!

children using robots at Cambridge Science Centre

Handpicked by Robots

We’re used to the idea of robots doing lots of different jobs, but picking vegetables? Find out more and try your hand at controlling a robot arm.

wind turbines in field - wind turbines lab activity

Designing Wind Turbines

A wind turbine is a machine that harnesses the power of the wind. Let’s see if you can design your own turbine and discover how we can use the power created.

Astronaut on moon. Lab activity staying dry in space

Staying Dry in Space

Not because it rains, but for other reasons! A maximum absorbency garment is useful in space. Find out why and investigate which material is the most absorbent.

brown eye - eye lab workshop

Model your eye

Our eyes are incredibly complicated sensory organs. Take a look into the different structures and find out how they work together to give you the full picture.

Dragon genetics workshop.

Dragon Genetics

What characteristics will your dragon inherit from their parents? Decipher the DNA and figure out if your dragon has spikes on its tail, horns on its head, or can breathe fire!?

bath bomb lab activity

Protect your Bath Bomb

We don’t want our bath bombs to dissolve – yet! Can you design and test a waterproof protection that keeps your bath bomb safe from a cascade of water – for now…

rock formation and geological layers of earth lab workshop

Rock Puzzle

Get hands-on with the oldest earth science of them all – geology! Rocks have been here for thousands or millions of years. But, can you get up close and work out what kind rock you’re holding?

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