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2025 Fellowship Stories

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2025-2026 Xplorlabs Educator Fellows

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Throughout the Fellowship educators participate in virtual and in-person programming and collaborate to design unique, innovative learing experiences that engage students at the intersection of academic content and safety science — using Xplorlabs. This collection of fellows’ stories captures key moments, enduring understandings and inspiring calls to action.

The Science of Thermal Runaway

Engineering Solutions

From hoverboards to cell phones, portable electrical power makes life as we know it possible. But it can come with some dangerous possibilities. Let’s investigate, experiment and search for solutions.

The Science of Extraction to E-Waste

Trade-Offs & the Supply Chain

Safe and sustainable cities will depend on lithium-ion batteries to power our modern lives. But what are the costs?

The Science of Fire Forensics

Claims, Evidence and Reasoning

There’s been a fire. Your job is to figure out where the fire started, and how.

The Science of Fire Safety

Fire safety is a complex problem without a single answer. Learn how to engineer and design fire safe spaces.