

The lessons taught in the MXLab, by MdBio’s own educators, can introduce students to MdBio’s curriculum focused in biology, chemistry and environmental science, Pelletier added, or even engage them in new activities like data set modeling, integrated computing, cybersecurity and game-based learning. We use a near-peer mentor model, with trained scientist educators that we hope will inspire the students to see themselves in a STEM career.” “The lab provides students with access to cutting-edge technologies and techniques not typically available at schools, as well as experience with practical real-world applications in use by today’s scientific and tech communities.

“Our approach to mobile education is to provide an exciting hands-on learning activity that supplements the classroom experience, right in the school parking lot,” Pelletier said in an email. Janeé Pelletier, vice president of communications and events at the MdBio Foundation, said the lab is a way to inspire students with new educational experiences.
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In addition to visiting schools, the lab will help promote the STEM fields at community events and provide professional development for educators. The lab features interactive flat-screen video displays, computational equipment and foldaway workstations that feature electricity and water. At 1,000 square feet of interior space, it can comfortably accommodate more than 40 students, a class size increase of 20 percent. It also features additional space outside to serve larger audiences. The new lab is 53 feet long with double expandable slide-out sides, making it three times larger than the current mobile lab.
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The MXLab is a major upgrade to the existing mobile laboratory, designed and manufactured with Madison Heights-based Triune Specialty Trailers, located at 950 E. MdBio has provided mobile STEM education for more than a decade, serving over 150,000 middle and high school students since 2003. The mobile science lab is one way it achieves this. It achieves this through experiential education programs for middle school and high school students, as well as workforce development programs for adults. The MdBio Foundation is a nonprofit group aimed at underserved communities, dedicated to creating interest in life-changing career opportunities through STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math). And soon it will bring hands-on learning to kids across the country. MADISON HEIGHTS - A local manufacturer has teamed up with the MdBio Foundation to create what is effectively a science lab on wheels - the largest of its kind in the nation.
