TEACHERS

SCHOOLS will receive up to a two weeklong visit from the Breakout Box, an immersive learning environment that comes right to your parking lot.

STUDENTS will compete and collaborate in an immersive design and build challenge that builds STEM and manufacturing skills and introduces local career opportunities.

TEACHERS will receive a fully equipped classroom activity kit with standards-aligned curriculum, lesson plans, training, and all materials and supplies to explore manufacturing topics in the classroom. 

ALL PARTICIPANTS will gain access to our careers portal with information and resources about related events, internships, and more.

The Breakout Box Experience

Learning Undefeated’s onboard game experiences take place inside the Breakout Box and use immersive reality, light, sound, touch screen walls, sensors, and interactive gameplay to build understanding of relevant manufacturing-related concepts. Learning Undefeated currently offers the Manufacturing Challenge as part of this program.

2025 – 2026 School Year (Texas)

Breakout Box: Manufacturing Challenge (Grades 9-12)

In a world where sunglasses are not just a matter of fashion but a necessity for survival, participants will embark on an immersive adventure filled with intrigue, hazards, and reward. The Mission: infiltrate a manufacturing facility that has been monopolized by Evil Eye Corp. to manufacture affordable and sustainable sunglasses for the masses.  

The Breakout Box: Manufacturing Challenge takes high school students on a 35-minute immersive adventure where they apply computational thinking and problem-solving to successfully run an eyewear manufacturing facility. From the moment they step inside the custom-built immersive learning pod, students will experiment with game-based learning to build their critical thinking, collaboration, and manufacturing skills.

Participants will control and manipulate different areas throughout the manufacturing process including scheduling, inventory, machine operations, quality control, maintenance, and distribution.

Students will collaborate to overcome disruptions to each process area to meet their goals. By the end of the experience, students will be able to understand the manufacturing process and the importance of teamwork. Students will walk away with a resource card to discover local manufacturing opportunities including high school pathways, internships, and entry level career options.

Onboard Game Capacity: up to 30 participants
Recommended Grade Levels: 9-12
Experience Runtime: 35 minutes
TEKs aligned

MFG Night Events
To engage families and the community, Learning Undefeated will work with schools to facilitate Manufacturing Night (MFG Night) events in conjunction with Breakout Box visits. Learning Undefeated will collaborate with schools to create an after-school community event for students and their families. These open-to-the-public events are intended to showcase local businesses related to the manufacturing industry and expand parents’ awareness of manufacturing careers. The Breakout Box immersive learning pod will serve as the backdrop for the event and Learning Undefeated will engage industry volunteers to talk with students and families.

MFG Classroom Activities
To deepen student learning in manufacturing, Learning Undefeated has designed three in-classroom activities that are offered in tandem with the Breakout Box mobile laboratory. These activities – informed by students, teachers, and manufacturing subject matter experts – give students hands-on experience using manufacturing tools as well as exposure to real-work application of these essential skills in the manufacturing industry.

At the request of participating teachers, Learning Undefeated staff will teach the selected activities in the classroom and provide a professional development opportunity to teachers to learn the curriculum. Teachers who complete the professional development will receive: a certificate to demonstrate their training hours, access to loaner kits for the Design for Manufacturing and Lean Manufacturing activities, and a classroom-ready Metrology set to keep for their school.

Each activity can be run in a 40-60 minute class period. 

Available Activities: 

• Design for Manufacturing | In this activity, students are introduced to the work of engineers in the manufacturing field and are challenged to design a custom part for a new product.  Students choose the correct tools to gather precise measurements as well as create a code to print the design with a 3D pen. Skills Focus: Design, measurement, and programming.
• Lean Manufacturing (teacher materials to be added this Fall) | In this activity, students are introduced to the concept of lean manufacturing as they work in an airplane manufacturing plant.  Students will be challenged to identify waste in different steps of their production process and will be given multiple opportunities to modify the process to improve efficiency. Skills Focus: Problem solving, communication, and data driven decision making.

Leave Behind (teacher training required, certificate of completion provided):

• Metrology | In this activity, students are introduced to metrology: the science of measurement. Using metric and English rulers as well as precision calipers, students will learn the difference between precision and accuracy and how both play an important role in the manufacturing industry. Skills Focus: Using measurement tools, and precision measurement.

*If you are a teacher and would like training on our classroom activities but are not receiving a mobile lab visit, please contact our team and we’d be happy to schedule a virtual professional development session. All trained teachers will gain access to our loaner kits for all three activities. Each activity can be on loan for up to one month. 

Careers Portal
Check out our student page for information and resources about related events, internships, and more.

Questions?

Contact our team at manufactureyourpath@learningundefeated.org.