MAKING HANDS-ON LEARNING AVAILABLE TO EVERY STUDENT, EVERY DAY
MISSION
STEAM Milwaukee's Lend-a-Lab Program makes joyful, hands-on learning materials for science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics accessible to every student, every day.
MODEL
STEAM Milwaukee’s Lend-a-Lab program is a resource library and educator learning hub to support hands-on STEAM activities. We rent out hands-on kits (e.g., classroom sets of LEGO Spike Prime robots, micro-controllers, scientific probes and sensors, math activities, a portable MakerCart) for 1-6 weeks at a time along with lesson plans, slides, and handouts. We maintain, organize, deliver, and collect the materials, saving schools and teachers time and money and reducing the environmental impact of electronics-based kits. We also offer educator learning opportunities (e.g., professional development workshops, individualized consulting) to help educators feel confident using these materials with their learners.
TEAM
KATIE SCHOBER, M.ED
Co-Founder/Head of Operations
Katie is an educator with ten years of experience in integrating STEAM concepts into science through hands-on projects.
LEAH ROSENBAUM, PHD
Co-Founder/Head of Research & Development
Leah is an education researcher and designer with a background in hands-on learning, especially for mathematics.