Portable Innovation Labs

Hands-on labs at no cost!

Powered by PAST and in partnership with Battelle, our Portable Innovation Labs (PIL) are designed to facilitate unique educational opportunities by providing teachers and students with the resources that schools may not be able to purchase on their own.

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Diverse Lab Experiences

We have over 20 labs available to lend to educators. We have three versions of our labs: labs that include equipment, materials, and curricula, labs that are just equipment, and a few that are equipment and materials. Our labs cover a vast number of subjects and topics! Anyone can use the labs and adapt them to almost any subject!

Nurturing STEM Identity

Our labs are designed to nurture each students’ STEM Identity and is a necessary step for students to see themselves in fields of science. It is our ultimate hope that each student is able to nurture their STEM identity while participating in our labs.

No Cost Learning

Our labs are free so that more educators can take advantage of STEM activities with their students. Our labs are able to be borrowed for 2–3 weeks to allow educators to work the labs into their curricula. We want students to experience the best science has to offer and expand their horizons.

Our Portable Innovation Labs are expanding to new locations!

OSLN Akron Hub

The Akron OSLN Hub is proud to function as a key distribution center for the PAST Foundation's Portable Innovation Labs. This strategic initiative aims to democratize access to robust STEM resources across Ohio, ensuring that every student, regardless of location, can cultivate a strong STEM identity.

Akron OSLN Hub Information

Serving a 13 county region in Northeast Ohio

OSLN Dayton Hub

The Dayton OSLN Hub is proud to function as a key distribution center for the PAST Foundation's Portable Innovation Labs. This strategic initiative aims to democratize access to robust STEM resources across Ohio, ensuring that every student, regardless of location, can cultivate a strong STEM identity.

Dayton OSLN Hub Information

Hosted by the Dayton Regional STEM School

Columbus Metro Library

The Portable Innovation Labs are comprehensive labs that library staff can borrow to engage students in hands-on STEM learning. This initiative is designed to enhance the educational experiences of students visiting the library.

CML Hub Information

*Only Columbus Metropolitan Library employees can rent from CML and utilize the labs at their branch location for programming*

PAST Foundation

Headquartered at our PAST Innovation Lab, the Portable Innovation Labs are a strategic initiative that aims to democratize access to robust STEM resources across Ohio, ensuring that every student, regardless of location, can cultivate a strong STEM identity.

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Central Ohio OSLN Hub

Testimonials

The PAST Foundation innovation labs have been an excellent hands-on addition to my current middle school medical career exploration curriculum. My students enjoyed the collaborative hands-on learning and extensions to our current curriculum.

Jen Hubble, Middle School Educator

Learn More

The Portable Innovation Labs are Powered by PAST in partnership with Battelle. Our labs are FREE and available for pick-up in three locations (The PAST Foundation, Akron's OSLN Hub, and Dayton's OSLN Hub). Connect with us to see how we can make a difference together!

Contact pil@pastfoundation.org to learn more about Portable Innovation Labs today!