Mobile eXploration Lab
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The country’s largest mobile STEM lab for education, Learning Undefeated’s MXLab offers nearly a thousand square feet of flexible laboratory space for everything from bioengineering to AI.
In fact, this vehicle has seating for 42 students – more than most classrooms! Teachers can choose from a menu of activities on topics including bio, chemistry, genetics & health, physics, technology, and more!
FAST FACTS
About Learning Undefeated’s MXLab:
- Footprint: Nearly 1,000 square feet… that’s the size of a pickleball court!
- Based in Maryland but travels nationally, this lab has been spotted in Colorado, Texas and New York this year alone!
- Class size: Up to 42 students, reaches about 10,000 high school students each year.
- Traveling home base for our Emerging Leaders in Biotechnology program.
- Technology: Six touch-screen flat panel televisions and more than one mile of CAT-5 cabling to enable state-of-the-art education
Discover the Kinds of Equipment and Supplies You'll Find Onboard!
• Micropipettes & tips
• Gel electrophoresis apparatus
• Mini centrifuges
• Vortexes
• UV light boxes
• Burets for acid/base titration
• Heat blocks
• Lab safety equipment including gloves and safety glasses
• Test tubes, racks & lab supplies
• Student handouts & teacher materials
• Reagents & materials for all experiments in our curriculum
Coming Fall 2025: a brand new Breakout Box: AI Mission! Learn more below.
Genetically Engineered to be Amazing!
The country’s largest, most advanced mobile STEM education vehicle, the Mobile eXploration Lab (called MXLab for short) was custom-designed by Learning Undefeated to expand new technology and laboratory science experiences and pique students’ interests in STEM learning and careers. Onboard the lab Learning Undefeated’s educators engage students in hands-on experiences using professional-grade tools, technologies, and techniques not available in schools.
What type of Experiments Happen onboard the MXLab?
We’ve got it all! From AP biology to high-tech cyberengineering.
- Acid/base titration with burets
- Research-grade micropipettes, centrifuges, and incubators
- Chemical and flame resistant counters, floors, and furnishings
- Force plates
- UV spectrophotometers
- DNA, RNA and protein analysis
- Genetic transformation, including CRISPR
New AI in Cybersecurity Experience!
Our largest mobile lab features the new Breakout Box: AI Mission for Capitol region schools this school year. This program uses game based learning to introduce students to Artificial Intelligence and how it can be applied in cyber security and computer science careers. This brand-new mission applies Learning Undefeated’s award winning Breakout Box game experience to the exploding career field of AI, helping students understand how they can harness this new tool for their own career potential.
The Breakout Box: AI Mission experience will be offered along with our interactive and standards-aligned laboratories in biology and chemistry.
Check Out the Activities on the MXLab!
Alien Elements
Looking Into Lactase
Mystery of the Crooked Cell
“Can you make medicine on a dirty table?” a Learning Undefeated instructor asks, holding up a jar of baby powder that glowed under a black light. This hands-on learning experience transforms how students think about about keeping medicines clean.
Over 1,200 Houston high school students completed a biomanufacturing training course to learn about high-demand local job areas that drive discovery at the world’s largest medical center.
Holding 42 students, this lab was built for the largest possible class size, giving everyone the elbow room to engage and participate in professional-grade science.
The MXLab is about 1,000 square feet inside. It’s double expandable chassis was designed for heavy use since it changes location every week!
The Micropipette Challenge allows students to gain experience with foundational tools and techniques, creating a visible spectrum with small amounts of liquid. Carefully read and follow a scientific protocol, or your rainbow won’t look quite right!
Gel electrophoresis is a laboratory technique used to separate DNA, RNA, or protein molecules based on their size and electrical charge. Widely used in molecular biology, genetics, and forensics, gel electrophoresis is featured in many of our MXLab activities.
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I have learned so much about handling equipment, carrying out experiments, and exploring areas of science like DNA and CRISPR. I have never had such a hands-on opportunity to learn about the scientific world, and none of it would have been possible without your tireless efforts to prepare and lead us through these labs."
Abby Adissu,
Emerging Leaders Alumnae
Richard Montgomery High School (Maryland)
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