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In this workshop, you will go on a speeddate with life and select the perfect match for our science zoo.

Life is a complex ‘thing’: it can grow, fight, dance around. It’s majestic, complex, and all around. But can we include living things in science exhibitions?

In this, science centres face a challenge. They often treat life as a topic, but living things are mostly absent from science centers, despite the powerful impact living organisms can have on visitors.

Their focus is often on more hands-on-interactivities and visitor-“action” – which seems difficult to achieve with living things. Which role can living things play in a hands-on environment?

In this session, three speakers will break the ice by sharing their experiences with science exhibitions on the topic of life. We will then go on a speed date with different organisms, each contending to be part of an exhibition. Each organism will be tested on its suitability for display and we will generate ideas on how to show its best and most lively side. We will finally fit the organisms starring in the exhibition on a floor plan - those lively enough to get the ‘swipe right’.