What’s in that bright orange shipping container? When this baby gets dropped in the lot, students can’t wait to see inside.
FAST FACTS
About Learning Undefeated’s Drop Anywhere Labs:
- Immersive learning experience for K-12 students built inside a 22-foot shipping container!
- Awarded Best of STEM for three years running!
- Holds up to 14 participants, more if you squish 🙂
- Surround visuals plus Boxlight touch panel integrate with Android tablets and LED lighting for a multisensory experience
- Fun fact: Our Drop Anywhere Labs were used as vaccine clinics during the COVID-19 pandemic!
- Runs our Breakout Box 1.0 game series, Body Systems and Environmental missions
Surround sound and immersive visuals bring STEM concepts to life. Comfy sitting areas on the floor allow everyone to gather ’round!
Did you know, these labs can be delivered by trailer, crane or even forklift! How’s THAT for engineering design?
These pint-sized labs have traveled across the country. Born in North Carolina, they have visited Texas, Louisiana, Illinois, Delaware, Virginia, and more!
What’s work without a little fun? Our leadership team celebrating at the launch of the Drop Anywhere Labs fleet back in 2019.
Students show off after beating the clock and busting their classmates’s record. They saved the data and saved the day!
“I can’t tell you how excited our students were and the skills they walked away with in solving a mystery from data, team building, collaboration, and developing a Claim-Evidence-Reasoning [framework] was meaningful and impactful."
Fierce and Fun-Sized!
The mighty mini of the Learning Undefeated fleet, Drop Anywhere Labs offer a big WOW in a small footprint.
- Mobile, flexible and compact – perfect for urban spaces or tight quarters
- Portable laboratory space for schools in need
- Integrated technology, augmented reality, and game-based learning with games for all grades
- Full-time traveling educator staff to support teacher professional development and student instruction.
- Dedicated onboard utilities, electrical, HVAC and water.
- Wheelchair accessible entrances and exit.
What happens in the Drop Anywhere Labs?
Learning Undefeated’s award-winning Drop Anywhere Labs are immersive learning theaters that travel directly to the school parking lot, introducing students to STEM concepts and careers through gameplay.
Each container runs Learning Undefeated’s Breakout Box 1.0 series game-based experiences plus several other custom learning experiences.
Breakout Box: Environmental Mission
Grades 6-8 (Capitol Region)
The Port of Corpus Christi’s Environmental Mission takes high school students on an immersive adventure using computational thinking and the practices of science and engineering to crack a series of puzzles to help the Environmental Team decide on mitigations for a new client site. From the moment they step inside this custom-built 22-foot shipping container, students experiment with augmented reality, game-based learning, and touchscreen walls, building their critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
Breakout Box: Body Systems Mission
Grades 6 – 8
The Breakout Box: Body Systems Mission takes middle school students on an immersive adventure using computational thinking and the practices of science and engineering to crack a series of puzzles to restore lost data in the abandoned Drop Anywhere Lab. Through progressive gameplay, students work as a team to analyze and interpret data in a cardiovascular simulation, selecting food, exercise, and insulin options to manipulate blood glucose concentration in diabetic and non-diabetic patients over time. Students also analyze and interpret data as they learn about concentration using plasma vials, interpreting graphs, and supporting a claim with reasoning and evidence.
Chemical & Physical Changes
Grades 4-8
Students view and collect information via video of a reaction. As a group, students make claims and use evidence to form arguments as to whether a presented reaction was a physical or chemical change. The experience uses projection mapping and interactive screens to provide students with an immersive game experience.
Engineering in Agriculture
Grades K-3
Students explore topics from seasons, weather, and ecosystem management through the lens of the engineering design process. Through interactive gameplay and team collaboration, students help a farmer to solve a few of the problems they’ve encountered. As a group, students decide on which solution(s) to implement, keeping in mind their constraint (budget) and their criteria (goal). The experience uses projection mapping and interactive screens to provide students with an immersive game experience.
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