The mobile lab that started it all, MdBioLab is Learning Undefeated’s first vehicle, Still on the road after 24 school years, this 45-foot Great Dane trailer was built to look exactly like a genetics laboratory environment.
Industrial-grade cabinets, chemical-resistant countertops, and professional-grade equipment immerse students in an authentic wet laboratory setting the moment they step inside. The MDBioLab is fully self-contained, with its own power and water supply.
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Visit our classroom-ready curriculum library for activities on bioscience, genetics, health and more.
Our flagship MdBioLab curriculum makes biology and life sciences topics real to students.
Students in Port Aransas, Texas show off DNA extraction results during Learning Undefeated’s initial deployment to hurricane impacted areas in Texas.
Although designed for high school science, MdBioLab has hosted classes of all ages including these kindergarteners! The littlest students love to see what their holder siblings are doing in the science lab.
Emerging Leaders in Biotechnology students take a quick break in between advanced bioengineering activities such as CRISPR and synthetic biology investigations.
MdBioLab is fully outfitted with chemical-resistant countertops and cabinetry, designed to the exact specifications of a genetics laboratory environment.
For 24 years, MdBioLab has delivered hands-on science experiments right to the school parking lot. Our CIO Jen Colvin has been with the program since it launched in 2003!
MdBioLab is a 45-foot Great Dane trailer, built to handle the toughest conditions. It’s traveled over 100,000 miles across the US and Puerto Rico!
Students use a molecular florescence viewer to detect and measure molecules like DNA, RNA, and protein.
Since our first trip to Texas (pictured here), Learning Undefeated now operates 10 mobile labs across the state reaching more than 300 schools every year!
Onboard MdBioLab, up to 32 students work in pairs to complete hands-on investigations about topics such as genetics and heredity, health, biology and chemistry.
Learning Undefeated’s disaster recovery education program supports neighborhoods, students, teachers, and families who may struggle to engage their students in learning during the recovery period. The program features hands-on learning activities for students during the school day, as well as afterschool programs designed to reengage students with science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) subjects in a supportive and positive atmosphere.
Moved by a story on the evening news about the devastation to schools and communities caused by Hurricane Harvey in August 2017, Learning Undefeated raised $50,000 to send one MdBioLab to southeast Texas. In just two weeks, Learning Undefeated’s team saw every K-12 student in the 400-student district during a four-day visit to Port Aransas (outside of Corpus Christi). The following week, the lab served two Houston schools including a magnet school that draws students from more than 100 schools across the city, many of which were devastated during the Hurricane.
With the country’s first STEM-focused education recovery program Learning Undefeated has served more than 30 communities and over 25,000 students along Hurricane Harvey’s path, from Corpus Christi along the gulf bend and East to the Louisiana border. The lab served some of the hardest-hit areas of the state, helping students and teachers re-engage with STEM education.
Your generosity has provided hope and encouragement in our darkest hours. One of the finest examples of the blessings we have received is an outpouring of support from Rebuild Texas Fund and Learning Undefeated. Refugio ISD students have had access to state-of-the-art, relevant science instruction, equipment and material. In the two school years since Hurricane Harvey, Refugio ISD was awarded an Academic Distinction for Science in 2018 and in 2019 Refugio High School earned the same honor."
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