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The study aimed to identify the factors activating the role of school laboratories from the point of view of science teachers in the southern region. The study sample consisted of (139) male and female teachers, which were chosen randomly. The researcher used the descriptive survey method, and the results showed that the general arithmetic mean of the factors activating the role of school laboratories from the point of view of science teachers in the southern region came with a moderate degree of appreciation in the fields as a whole. It also showed that there were no statistically significant differences between the average responses of the members of the study community on the axes (administrative factors, physical and human factors, and the total degree of factors for activating science laboratories. In the light of the results of the study, the study recommended facilitating the obstacles associated with activating the use of the science laboratory in all administrative, human and material fields to improve the process. Educational and providing specialized programs to reveal areas of activating study laboratories and how to overcome the problems that hinder their use. (Published abstract)