Curiosity Lab

The John W. Knight Curiosity Lab is an initiative to spark and support curiosity, creativity and entrepreneurship for youth of all ages, from toddlers to high school. It begins as a physical space for making, breaking, inventing and exploring and will grow into a body of curriculum and content to cultivate generations of curious lifelong learners. The Lab was conceived in the spirit of the late John Knight, a technologist and entrepreneur, whose insatiable appetite for knowledge, learning and innovating, is the mindset we aim to instill in learners across the globe. The Curiosity Lab: - Is designed to support and amplify creative exploration, deconstruction, myth busting, invention and ideation. - Features different tools, technologies and ‘situations’ to spark curiosity and scaffold deeper exploration and skill development. - Also responds to learner interest and ideas, nurturing inherent curiosity and challenging learners to build on their own interests, question assumptions and reimagine everything. - Arms youth with the appetite, expectations, skills and mindset to support their lifelong curiosity, creativity and entrepreneurship. We launched the flagship Curiosity Lab and initial programming in Portland, ME on the Breakwater Learning campus in 2017. We are working to expand from there to serve youth and educators throughout New England and beyond.