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), many of which come 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 to help educators feel confident using these materials with their learners.
Team
Leah Rosenbaum, PhD
Katie Schober, M.Ed, MBA
Co-Founder/Head of Research & Development
Leah is an education researcher and designer with a background in hands-on learning, especially for mathematics.
Co-Founder/Head of Operations
Katie is an educator with fifteen years of experience in integrating STEAM concepts into science through hands-on projects.
Volunteers
We're grateful for the significant contributions of the following individuals
Sue Coenen- Website/ Kit Development and Outreach
Eli Peckerman- Education Outreach
Jim Rosenbaum- Kit Development
Howard Ting- Business Development
Armando de la Torre Figueras- Education Outreach
Robin Roseman- Play Activator
Katie Christon- Education Outreach
Funding Partners
These organizations have generously supported our development.
