The Dot Lab™
Real Missions. Big Ideas. Learning in Action.
The Dot Lab brings purposeful learning into the community through immersive, hands-on experiences for young learners ages 3–7.
Each Dot Lab experience begins with a mission. Children step into a real-world role, receive a challenge, investigate the problem, and use their ideas to create a solution.
One month, they might become Wildlife Biologists investigating how animals survive. Another, they may become Structural Engineers challenged to build something that seems impossible.
There are no worksheets to complete and no single path to the answer.
Children wonder, discover, design, build, test, share, and reflect.
This isn't just a workshop. It's a mission.
HOW THE DOT LAB WORKS
A New Mission. A New Role. A New Way to Think.
Every experience is different, but the idea remains the same:
STEP INTO A ROLE
Become a scientist, engineer, designer, inventor, explorer, or problem-solver.
GET THE MISSION
Receive a real-world-inspired challenge.
INVESTIGATE
Ask questions, gather information, experiment, and explore possibilities.
CREATE + TEST
Turn an idea into something tangible—and discover what happens when you try it.
MISSION COMPLETE
Share what you discovered and reflect on what you might do differently next time.
Ways to Experience The Lab
Community Missions
Pop-up learning experiences hosted throughout the community.
Weekend Missions
75–90 minute drop-in experiences designed for hands-on discovery.
Family Experiences
Special events where children and their grown-ups explore and create together.
Winter Break Missions
Seasonal programming that turns time away from school into opportunities to explore, create, and discover.
Spring Break Missions
Hands-on break experiences filled with new challenges, creative exploration, and purposeful play.
Summer at The Lab
Expanded seasonal programming that gives young learners more time to investigate, invent, build, and explore.