WE Energies STEM Center at MSOE
Collab Lab 72: K-12 Partnerships for Conservation and Restoration Part I
WE Energies STEM Center at MSOE 1444 North Water Street, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesSeason 10/Collab Lab 72 What's possible when we engage K-12 students directly in conservation and restoration efforts? The Society for Conservation Biology North America (SCBNA), in collaboration with the Midwest-Great Lakes Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER-MGL) will
Collab Lab 71: Connecting Architecture, Real Estate, & Construction
WE Energies STEM Center at MSOE 1444 North Water Street, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesSeason 10/Collab Lab 71 What's possible when we invite students to participate in the design, site selection, planning, and construction of a new school? TRUE Skool's leadership has been dreaming of a new campus. Since 2016, their students and
Collab Lab 70: Schoolyards as Science Labs
WE Energies STEM Center at MSOE 1444 North Water Street, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesSeason 10/Collab Lab 70 What does it take to leverage schoolyards or other spaces for place-based environmental education? Every year, the Milwaukee Public Museum hosts its annual BioBlitz, a 24-hour event where scientists survey the biodiversity in a park or natural
Collab Lab 68: Making Progress in a Turbulent System
WE Energies STEM Center at MSOE 1444 North Water Street, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesCollab Lab 68 will be virtual Apologies, we need to meet via Zoom. Please join us here Colleagues leave, leadership changes, goals change, students come and go, you and everyone else is stressed out. How do we steer through
Collab Lab 67: Connecting to Community
WE Energies STEM Center at MSOE 1444 North Water Street, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesWhat's possible when we start connecting the dots? In November we explored ideas around place-based engagement. This session will serve as a follow on as we explore the work K-12 students might do to support the City of Milwaukee as
Collab Lab 66: Engaging Families
WE Energies STEM Center at MSOE 1444 North Water Street, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesWhat's possible when we fold caregivers into the mix? You could think of it as customer discovery. Caregivers know more about the lives of students than we ever can. What can we learn from them about where students are coming
Collab Lab 65: Beyond Skills – Building Capabilities
WE Energies STEM Center at MSOE 1444 North Water Street, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesBuilding the skills of individual students is fine. What more can happen if we focus on building the capabilities of a school? The simple thing to do in school is provide instruction. Enroll, instruct, repeat. The best we can hope
Collab Lab 64: Place Based Engagement
WE Energies STEM Center at MSOE 1444 North Water Street, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesWhat can happen when the focus of student work begins with a place in their community? When a student gains deep knowledge of a place there's a shift. It's not just that they may come to feel they belong in
CL61: What Have We Learned From Students?
WE Energies STEM Center at MSOE 1444 North Water Street, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesIf we come away from work with students having learned nothing new ourselves, we can't hope to do better for them the next time around. Season 8/Collab Lab 61 We started the season with a challenge to Heed the Call
CL60: The Monster in the Cave
WE Energies STEM Center at MSOE 1444 North Water Street, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesWhat do you do when the thing standing in the way of what you want for students or as a teacher is the system itself? Season 8/Collab Lab 60 February's Collab Lab focused on maintaining the energy and passion to
