Lauren Applebaum

Museum of Science & Industry

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Lauren received her PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of Chicago. During her postdoctoral work with WISE, Lauren designed a unit on self-propelled vehicles as part of the PLANS grant. Self-propelled vehicles, or “Scooters” as it was commonly called, combined student investigations using computer models and hands-on investigations to explore concepts related to energy. As part of the Scooters unit, Lauren collaborated with other members of the WISE team to design computer models that directly connected the virtual explorations on the computer with the hands-on explorations in the classroom. Currently, Lauren works at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago as a senior evaluator.