During its eight years of operations, CERN S’Cool LAB gave nearly 40,000 visitors hands-on experience in particle physics. Julia Woithe explains how the new educational labs at Science Gateway will awaken the inner scientist in even larger and more diverse audiences. In 1826, the Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi advocated for a natural and meaningful education through a holistic learning approach that engaged “the hands, head and heart”.