- Place lens
- Inquiry lens
Next Lab · 14 studios · Aotearoa
Find a problem. Make a way through.
Fourteen studios for making, questioning and testing ideas. Start with what you notice, and finish with something you can explain.
- Observe
- Model
- Make
- Test
No login. Your work stays in this browser unless you choose to download it.
One lab. Many kinds of smart.
Every studio is a model or a making tool. None of them is a prediction, a professional service, or a stand-in for a teacher, an expert or local knowledge.
A place holds more than one story.
Move through five moments. Ask who was there, what changed, and which voices or evidence are missing.
Make a camera with almost nothing.
Change the pinhole and the screen distance. Watch sharpness and brightness trade off as the image forms upside down.
ImageInverted · 1.0×
Brightness—
Turn a manual into an assembly.
Edit the birdhouse instructions, build the sequence, then watch each part go into place in 3D.
Bold shapes. Your own remix.
Pop art borrows bold shapes, repeated symbols and everyday images. Add, move and layer your own shapes. Nothing here copies an existing artwork.
Colour
A habitat is a set of needs.
Design for a species, not for a score. This simplified model shows trade-offs. It is not real animal-care guidance.
Drawing mode · loading the 3D habitat when opened.
Use the lighter drawing modeIllustrative model fit—
Choose conditions, then test the model.
Look outside. Then check the evidence.
Open official camera and forecast sources in a new tab, record what you see, and compare rather than guessing from one image.
Live cameraCrown RangeMetService ↗Live map + camerasJourney plannerNZ Transport Agency ↗Official forecastWarnings + watchesMetService ↗
Log an observation
| Time | Place | Cloud | Wind | Temp | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No observations yet. Add your own rather than copying a forecast. | |||||
Run the stall. Read the system.
A made-up classroom market links price, supply, demand, stock and profit. No real money, shares or financial advice.
Made-up market · round 1 of 8
Ice blocks
Price$12.00
Cash$100
Stock0
Position value$100
Business transaction book
Revenue$0.00
Expenses$0.00
Net result$0.00
- No transactions yet.
Make the cut. Check the post.
Build an edit list from your own clips, then test a post for privacy, evidence and impact. Nothing uploads or posts.
No clips yet. Add one or more short clips to begin.
Notice your body. Plan the next step.
Try a reaction challenge, then plan a balanced movement session. This is learning play, not a health assessment.
Last—
Average—
Build a beat you can explain.
Four sounds, eight steps. Change the pattern and tempo, then describe repetition, syncopation and contrast.
Pattern 01 · four tracksReady
Listen like a producer
Which steps carry the pulse? Where does a sound land between beats? Remove one sound and notice what changes.
Your wardrobe, made visible.
Add garments, build an outfit and compare cost per wear. Items save only in this browser. Clearing browser data removes them.
Design the loop, not just the prompt.
Sketch a bounded, rule-based agent. Choose tools, set an approval gate and run a scenario where every step is shown. This does not call an AI model.
- Goal
- Tools
- Draft
- Human decision
- Set up the sketch, then run it to see every decision.
No action has been taken.
One body. Connected systems.
Follow oxygen from the lungs to the heart to a working muscle. Select an organ to see its job and its connections.
Nervous system
Brain
Connected to
Challenge: move oxygen to a working muscle
Choose the organs in order.
Your sequence will appear here.
Kaitiaki 2040
Restore a made-up island through eight connected choices. Funds, nature, community, resilience and emissions all respond. A what-if game, not a forecast.
Notice → ask → make → test → improve.
The subject lines are meant to be porous. A camera becomes physics and art. A wardrobe becomes design, maths and sustainability. An agent becomes systems thinking and human judgement.
Need a simpler starting point? Year 9 studio ↗