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Helping kids discover, learn, and grow! 🔬 MFL is a leader in developing STEM equipment for over 30 years! We empower students of all ages!

Sterling, VA
Joined April 2011
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Choose your perfect #microscope by identifying: ✔️What you want to view ✔️What field you are interested in ✔️Which features you enjoy Learn how to narrow your options and find your perfect microscope here: myfirstlab.com/how-to-choose… #MyFirstLab #MFL #Discovery
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Meet Mad Maxx, our very own scientist!🔬 Maxx believes that #STEM education sparks #curiosity in students and loves creating experiments to inspire #creativity. Interested in doing hands-on #experiments?🧪Check out our page here: myfirstlab.com/category/expe… #MyFirstLab #MFL
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Teach healthy eating practices for #Nutrition Month! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #IntuitiveEating: 🥗 Lowers Binge Eating 🍎 Improves Self-Esteem 🥕 Positive Food Relationship 🍇 Improves #Cholesterol Learn the benefits of #nutrition on our blog: myfirstlab.com/national-nutr… #MFL #MyFirstLab
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Kids should receive checkups 👩‍⚕️ for: 🩺 Physical Wellness: Annually 🩺 Dental: Every 6 Months 🩺 Vision: Every 2 Years Spark your child's interest in the #medicalfield by teaching them about doctors! 🌟 myfirstlab.com/future-doctor… #MFL #MyFirstLab #PublicHealthWeek
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💡March is International Ideas Month💡 Let your student's ideas come to life with our Duo Scope Starter Kit! 🔬 There is no limit to your creativity with the Duo Scope Kit!🌟 Start #exploring today with #MyFirstLab! myfirstlab.com/product/duo-s… #STEMLearning #STEMEducation #MFL
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Happy Digital Learning Day! 🖥️ My First Lab has various #digitallearning tools to help your student spark an interest in #STEM subjects! 🧪 Learn about #STEM 🔬 on our blog and check out our hands-on experiments here: myfirstlab.com/category/expe… #MyFirstLab #MFL #LearningIsFun
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Happy International Day of Women and #GirlsInScience! 🧪 🔴Around 60% of girls lose interest in #STEM by age 15 🟡Girls don't pursue STEM due to gender stereotypes 🟢 Inspire them by showing them female role models and encouraging critical thinking! #MyFirstLab #MFL
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#SCIENTIST 🔬 SPOTLIGHT: Marian Diamond 💎 Marian is known for being a founder of modern #neuroscience. Neuroscience 🧠 is the study of the nervous system and the brain! Marian's research showed us that positive experiences could benefit the brain! #MyFirstLab #MFL #STEM
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Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd U.S. president a well-known scientist! 🥼 Jefferson provided solutions in various fields of science, such as: 🐄 Agriculture (Crops and Livestock) 🌺 Botany (Plants) 🪨 Paleontology (Fossils) ☀️ Meteorology (Weather) #STEM #MyFirstLab
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Make a heart model with us! 💓💓💓 Ever wonder what makes the sound of your heartbeat? 💓 There are 4 valves in the heart 🫀, and when they open and close, they create your heartbeat! 💓 🧪Learn more by creating a heart model: myfirstlab.com/fun-science-p… #ScienceIsFun #MyFirstLab
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Happy #Valentine'sDay from Mad Maxx! ❤️ To celebrate, Maxx has created experiments 🧪 for you to try: ❤️ Create a Pumping Heart Model ❤️ Dissolve Candy Hearts ❤️ Make Heart-Shaped Crystals Learn how to create these fun projects: myfirstlab.com/fun-science-p… #ScienceExperiments
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧪 🔴Around 60% of girls lose interest in STEM by age 15? 🟡Girls don't pursue STEM due to gender stereotypes 🟢 Inspire them by showing them female role models and encouraging critical thinking! #GirlsInSTEM #MyFirstLab
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To celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth, #MyFirstLab is featuring a #SCIENTIST SPOTLIGHT ON: ⭐Shirley Ann Jackson⭐ 🟢In 1973, Shirley was the first African American woman at MIT to get her Ph.D. 📖 🟢In 2016, Shirley won the President's National Medal of Science! 🏅 #WomenInSTEM
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For #BlackHistoryMonth, our #Scientist spotlight is on: ⭐Emmett Chappelle ⭐ 🟢Chapelle invented a tool to detect tiny organisms in living cells. 🟢His discoveries allowed scientists to breathe clean oxygen in space! 🟢He is in #NASA's National Inventors Hall of Fame!
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Choose your first #microscope with the help of Mad Maxx! 🥼 🔬For Beginners: Duo Scope Starter Kit 🔬For Science Lovers: I-Explore Scope 🔬For Experts: Ultimate Microscope Learn more about your new microscope here: myfirstlab.com/how-to-use-an… #MyFirstLab #STEMTools #MFL #STEM
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What's your favorite MFL microscope? 🔬 Duo Scope- see more objects with a dual lighting system! 🔬 I- Explore Scope- view 3D objects with 20X magnification! 🔬 Wow Scope- magnify slides and 3D objects up to 50X! Check out our other microscopes here: myfirstlab.com/product-categ….
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January is #BloodDonor Month! 💉 Each pint of blood contains: 🩸 Platelets 🩸 White Blood Cells 🩸 Red Blood Cells 🩸 Plasma Examine the parts of blood on a microscopic level 🔬 with #MyFirstLab's Blood and Guts 5 PC Slide Set! Find it here: myfirstlab.com/product/blood…
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SPOTLIGHT ON: Annie Easley 🟢 Of 2,500 employees at NASA in the 1950s, Annie was 1 of 4 African Americans. 🟢 Annie was a mathematician and computer technician. 🟢 Annie started an outreach program as an Equal Employment Opportunity counselor. #MyFirstLab #WomenInStem
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Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Today, honor his legacy by encouraging inclusivity and compassion at school and home. 🙏 Let's continue to make the world a better place! Dr. King said, “The time is always right to do what is right.” 🌟 #MLKDay #MyFirstLab #MFL
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Pick up a new passion 🔬 with My First Lab for #NationalHobbyMonth! #Science experiments aren’t just for school or the workplace. Explore our top science 🧪 products here: myfirstlab.com/stem-students… #MyFirstLab #STEM #STEMEducation
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