MindLabs Discovery Bundle

MindLabs Discovery Bundle - Light & Sound + Habitats & Adaptations

The Discovery Bundle gives students a rich, hands-on way to explore how the world works across physical and life science. Through design-driven challenges and augmented reality experiences, learners investigate how waves, environments, structures, and behaviors shape what we see, hear, and observe in nature.

Students explore physical science concepts by designing and testing a stage set using lights, speakers, spotlights, and controls, guided by Echo. As they build and revise their designs, they investigate how light and sound waves travel, reflect, absorb, and communicate information.

Learners then shift into life science, building animals and testing how traits and behaviors help them survive in different habitats and environmental conditions.

Across both experiences, students learn by doing. They test ideas, make design choices, observe outcomes, and iterate based on evidence. The process builds systems thinking, creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving while strengthening core science understanding.

MindLabs’ integrated digital notebook captures student thinking, designs, and reflections in real time, giving educators meaningful insight into how students reason, explain, and apply what they learn. The Discovery Bundle is flexible enough for classrooms, after-school programs, museums, and camps, and is designed to keep setup simple while maximizing engagement and depth of learning.

Why Educators Love It

• Fast to launch: Quick setup/cleanup; no specialized equipment needed.
• Data you can use: Real-time visibility into progress, teamwork, and understanding.
• Scales across the day: Documentation and collaboration tools work with any classroom activity, creating consistent learning routines.
• Result: immersive, classroom-ready STEM experiences that spark curiosity, simplify instruction, and give you the insight to teach with confidence.

Hardware:
Class sets of durable activity card decks and step by step challenges.

Software:
This product includes either a 1, 2, or 3-year license with access to the following:

Two complete AR-enhanced STEM units: Habitats & Adaptations and Light & Sound

Free mobile app and teacher web dashboard.

Digital Notebook, kudos, and reflection tools for collaboration and readiness to learn indicators.

Standards-aligned lesson plans, slides, and instructional guides.

Student Guide Slideshow:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lgY6qCsrHD-ZOJCcU_rLJn6gWEiAbg0vZyL7ENLx8Y4/edit?usp=drive_link

Energy & Circuits - Lessons Resource Overview
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K0M9XFTImW2mJvcuSVnsBROBKerG_1J_BYcVXXnWYeY/edit?tab=t.0

Forces & Motion - Resource Overview
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pc5Zm8eb41Ht8wd0V1Dyneq-83PoQBrFKwg3fhc3mS4/edit?usp=sharing

Subscription Required:
1, 2 or 3 year subscription required to unlock the curriculum and teacher resources.

Compatible Devices:
Requires an iPad or tablet with internet access for the AR experiences.

Grade Level:
Designed for 3rd to 5th grade

Standards Alignment:
NGSS and CCSS

Classroom Setup:
Ideal for 1:1 or small group learning.