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Guest post: MindLabs integrated with Youth Engineering Solutions (YES) from the Boston Museum of Science

Amanda Thompson December 3, 2024About, guest blogger

Research shows that hands-on experiences combined with computer simulations can promote student conceptual understanding and lead to greater learning gains compared to each modality individually1. Through a collaboration between the Museum of Science, Boston, and MindLabs, we deployed the YES Engineering Safety Vests hands-on unit alongside the MindLabs Energy and Circuits AR kit in three fourth-grade classrooms at Yorktown Elementary School in Indiana.

AR circuits and characters via a screenshot of a student desk.

AR for Young Learners: Simplifying Complex STEM Concepts Through Visualization

Amanda Thompson December 5, 2024About

Teaching abstract concepts in elementary classrooms can be tough—textbooks and static visuals often don’t fully …

Educator and student showing their work.

Chicago Tribune: South Chicago Library Summer Program + MindLabs STEM

Amanda Thompson August 7, 2024About

Le’vetta Parker said the students are using the technology to create different scenarios and test different theories of force in motion, such as “how much force is needed to get the item to go in the direction they want it to go and what speed.”