The Hubbard Woods IDEA Lab is part of a district-wide initiative to develop STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts and Math) sites at each academic level.  It was created after extensive site visits, research and review.  At HWS, the STEAM lab is a vital part of the school library.  In fact, we've come up with a new term for it: a 'libratory.'  It is a merging of the terms library and labratory.  In this space, students are as likely to experience design thinking challenges as they are to be researching topics for a presentation.