The Lawrence Hall of Science
The public science center of the University of California, Berkeley.
Open Daily 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Animal Discovery Zone 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
We’ll bring our science programs to you.
We partner with school districts to support science learning. We offer district-wide elementary, middle, and high school programs, either virtually or in-person.
We collaborate with a range of partners to innovate in science education. Together, we go further.
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Using the context of socioscientific issues to center science teaching and learning helps students see the relevance of science to their everyday lives and the lives of others, and the role science plays in speaking to complex real-world issues. When students are presented with real-world problems with complex solutions that involve trade-offs, they are more likely to take an active role in their own learning.