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Collab Lab 13: Problem Finding

Ward 4 313 Plankinton Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

Problem solving is a lot more useful when you've found a good problem to solve.

We're kicking off our second season of Collab Labs with a hands-on session. Together, we’ll walk through simple process to identify a problem or two worth solving at your school and send you home with the tools to try out the process with some of your students.  Wondering what a problem worth solving looks like? Come join us.

Collab Lab 14: Effective Partnerships for Career Based Learning Experiences

Ward 4 313 Plankinton Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

What makes for an effective Career Based Learning Experience? What structural issues get in the way of creating those opportunities for students? In our conversations with educators we've heard a number of concerns around the ability to create effective CBLEs

Collab Lab 15: Healthcare Connections

Ward 4 313 Plankinton Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

In our conversations we've found a number of individuals and organizations in health care looking for ways to engage K12 student in real world projects. We've also talked with a number of educators looking for ways to heath care related topics into authentic learning experiences. Let's explore what folks are already doing, look for opportunities that have been missed and see what we can come up to provide engaging experiences to more students.

Collab Lab 16: Up-cycling for Makerspaces/Fab Labs

Ward 4 313 Plankinton Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

What if firms and organizations that have excess material could get it to schools that could use it? In our Collab Labs focused on makerspaces last year, the cost of materials for student projects was consistently raised as a barrier.

Collab Lab 17: Healthy Food Passport — Connecting Students to Food & Culture

Ward 4 313 Plankinton Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

At our December Collab Lab, we generated ideas for projects that would allow students to explore healthcare issues that have meaning for them.  One of those ideas, the Healthy Food Passport, envisioned an exploration of culture and food with an aim

Rube Goldberg Parts Giveaway

Milwaukee Institue of Art & Design 273 East Erie Street, Milwaukee, WI, United States

The highest form of recycling is reuse... in a Rube Goldberg Machine Participating in STEM Forward's Rube Goldberg Competitions? Looking for ideas and/or parts for your project? With our partners in this event, we'll be giving away both.  We'll also

Systems Thinking Institute: Scaling Meaningful Discourse (aka Collab Lab 18)

The Waters Foundation has been working with teachers and administration at MPS to leverage systems thinking tools.  The Systems Thinking Institute returns to Milwaukee in March, and we are delighted to again be partner in that effort. As part of the Institute

Collab Lab 19: Building Community Partners

Ward 4 313 Plankinton Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

What opportunities can we create for students by engaging partners in the neighborhoods which surround a school? In this Collab Lab we'll explore how we might: engage students in real-world projects with organizations, businesses, and community members in the neighborhoods

Collab Lab 21: Building Computer Science Talent

Ward 4 313 Plankinton Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

How can we engage a broad range of students to develop computer science talent? Code the Way is a new, local non-profit that has grown out of SafeNet's summer internship program. That program leads teams of high school students to

2024-25 Collab Labs

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