STEM and Career Exploration Lab Solutions
At LJ Create we pride ourselves on creating innovative learning spaces for a wide range of STEM and technical education disciplines. We combine and customize these spaces to design a solution that meets the needs of each customer.
Please check out these sample STEM/Career Exploration lab options for middle and high school, and let us know how we can help you.
Design and Technology
The D&T program introduces students to the concepts of engineering design and the basic principles of technological systems such as control systems and mechatronics through project-based problem-solving.
The project-based nature of the program gives students the opportunity to:
- Learn, develop and apply academic skills and knowledge.
- Gain a foundation in STEM-based career pathways.
- Develop necessary skills such as critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, creativity, self-paced learning, and computational thinking.
A sample D&T Projects lab configuration could include the following resources:
- Biomedical Technology Kits
- Engineering Construction Kits
- Basic Electricity Trainer
- Educational Robotics Invention Kits
- Fluid Power Resource Packs
- Green Energy in Buildings Trainer
- Sustainable Energy Production Trainer
- Electronic Circuits Trainer
- Structures and Materials Resource and Consumables Packs
- Injection Molding Machine
- 3D Printer
Career Exploration
The Career Exploration lab is a flexible program based on STEM themes such as agriculture, biotechnology, transportation, and computer science, with a focus firmly on technology and engineering.
A highly flexible program for middle or high school, the STEM Career Pathways Lab can be designed as a broad-based career exploration lab, providing the foundational skills and knowledge for a wide range of high tech career pathways, or focused on a specific pathway, including Health Science, Manufacturing, Logistics and Transportation, and/or Information technology.
The curriculum utilizes a mixture of hands-on activities – using real industry hardware – and interactive simulations to provide general workforce skills and put the learning of academic skills in an occupational context.
A sample Career Pathways Lab configuration could include the following resources:
Industry 4.0
The Industry 4.0 program is designed to provide students with an introduction to Industry 4.0 concepts and applications across multiple industry sectors.
- Construction
- Health and Biomedical
- Information Technology
- Manufacturing
- Transportation
- Logistics and Supply Chain
- Agriculture
The Industry 4.0 Lab will provide the opportunity for students to explore concepts such as sensors and control, data analytics, and the efficient utilization of resources. The program is designed to provide students with the skills and expertise they need to succeed in high school, college, industrial skills programs, and industry certification courses.
A sample Industry 4.0 Lab configuration could include the following resources:
- Biomedical Technology Kits
- Engineering Construction Kits
- Basic Electricity Trainers
- Educational Robotics Invention Kits
- Fluid Power Resource Packs
- Green Energy in Buildings Trainer
- Sustainable Energy Production Student Resource Pack
- Electronic Circuits Trainers
- Structures and Materials Teaching Set
- Industrial Control Trainer
- Machine Tools Class pack
- Data Logging Kit
- 3D Printer
Mechatronics
This program introduces students to the basic principles of mechatronic systems (mechanical, electrical and electronic, fluid power, and control) in a wide range of career pathways.
Available in 3 different skill levels, our mechatronic programs fully prepare students to undertake higher-level certification programs and college-level courses. Computer and device programming is included in many different forms for a diverse and rounded engineering experience.
The Mechatronics Lab:
- Provides students with the foundational skills of mechatronics applications in a wide range of career pathways.
- Provides students with a solid grounding in the basic principles of mechatronic systems; mechanical, electrical and electronic, fluid power, and control.
- Aimed at and suitable for students of all abilities and aptitudes.
- Integrate academic subjects, careers, technical skills and knowledge, and 21st Century Skills.
- Aligned to educational standards and industry certification standards.
- Can be customized and flexibly implemented to align with specific pathways.
A sample Mechatronics Lab configuration could include the following resources:
Every Smart Lab includes:
Innovative Hardware
Real-world trainers with hands-on activities + Design, prototyping and modeling kits + Desktop fault-finding trainers
Online LMS and lesson libraries
10,000+ digital lessons + Tracks and records student progress and attainment + Curriculum aligned to academic standards
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Ongoing support from LJ Create + Training and professional development
eLearning
LJ Create produces blended-learning teaching resources in the form of hardware, software, and eLearning curriculum. Our vast online STEM curriculum has been organized into digital libraries so you can choose the courses that best suit your needs, from elementary STEM and career exploration through middle school, high school, and college.
The benefits of the annual licenses are:
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- Extensive content library is continuously updated and expanded to align with technology or topical changes.
- Exciting, interactive Investigations
- Easy-to-follow lessons
- Content designed to support teaching staff – teach just what you want
- Granular content that can be configured to match learning objectives
- Multi-platform compliant
- Integrated performance assessment
- Audio support for every lesson
- On-screen skills practice