Innovation Lab Facilities

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  The Core

  Exposed, labeled, and metered mechanical systems generate real-time data for students to investigate how energy is being generated and consumed.
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  Exposed, labeled, and metered mechanical systems generate real-time data for students to investigate how energy is being generated and consumed. An intentionally revealing architectural and mechanical design makes the distribution and use of energy understandable and teachable. Class Example: Measure and compare the Bryan Innovation Lab’s energy use with the previous week's numbers and brainstorm energy-saving solutions.
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  The Kitchen Studio and Gardens

  These spaces engage students in the production, preparation, consumption, and composting of food, fostering lifelong, healthy decision-making skills.
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  These spaces engage students in the production, preparation, consumption, and composting of food, fostering lifelong, healthy decision-making skills. The demonstration kitchen is used to teach healthy food preparation and nutrition using items from the adjacent class gardens. Built-in video cameras can record students' and/or chef facilitators' cooking (shown on overhead screens). The large operable glass wall opens onto a cafe terrace with an outdoor kitchen including a grill and wood-burning pizza oven. Class Example: Experience a meal from farm to table—harvesting vegetables from the Ipsen Gardens and cooking a healthy meal in the kitchen studio.
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  The Makerspace

  Equipped with cutting-edge tools like 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC machines, and vinyl cutters, our Makerspace fosters creativity and innovation.
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  This space empowers students to bring their ideas to life through hands-on projects, whether they're crafting prototypes, designing custom products, or exploring new manufacturing techniques. With a wide array of common maker supplies available, the Makerspace encourages experimentation, collaboration, and problem-solving, providing a dynamic environment for students to develop technical skills and practical knowledge applicable to real-world challenges.
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  The Outdoor Learning Environments

  With wetlands, forest, and a garden, there are opportunities for all disciplines to explore and apply natural laws and systems thinking to the interaction of natural spaces and human design.
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  With wetlands, forest, and a garden, there are opportunities for all disciplines to explore and apply natural laws and systems thinking to the interaction of natural spaces and human design. Class Example: Examine water samples from Petronis Pond to determine the health of native organisms.
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  The Reynolds Innovation Studios

  These classroom spaces allow for scientific inquiry using cutting-edge equipment to develop creative, innovative, and collaborative solutions to real-world problems.
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  These classroom spaces allow for scientific inquiry using cutting-edge equipment to develop creative, innovative, and collaborative solutions to real-world problems. There is plenty of room for students to utilize technology and tools necessary for advanced problem solving. Class Example: Students design prosthetic arms using a 3-D printer.
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  The Wellness Studio

  A vital teaching space for physical exercise and social-emotional health. This dynamic, flexible space has movable partitions that can be closed to create quiet, reflective areas. 
  
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  A vital teaching space for physical exercise and social-emotional health. This dynamic, flexible space has movable partitions that can be closed to create quiet, reflective areas. Students have access to a large monitor for instructional videos and teleconferencing. Students learn about the importance of nutrition, lifestyle choices, and how we interact with our living environments from a systems perspective focused on overall health. Class Example: Students learn human development first-hand from visiting infants and their parents with a local pediatrician.