First mission. Build a Neighborhood Needs Dashboard — A spreadsheet-based dashboard with cleaned data, charts, and a written insight summary ready for a community partner.
Right now in Brainerd, MN
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Proofs that lead here
- Percents. Every dashboard, margin and on-time rate is a percent.
- How science works. Controls, variables and cause against coincidence are the analyst's and the lab technician's whole job.
Start here: one problem
A first name or nickname is all we ask for. No email, no last name, no birthday. For a child under 13, a parent or teacher signs up and sits beside them.
The ten steps of the track
- Data Operating Basics
- Spreadsheet Mastery
- Neighborhood Dashboard
- Charts & Summaries
- KPI Framework
- Decision Reporting
- Partner Data Project
- SQL Intro
- Trend Analysis
- Analytics Portfolio
Proof you leave with
- Spreadsheet Mastery Pack — Organize and sort real-world data
- Neighborhood Needs Dashboard — Deliver a community data analysis
- KPI Report — Surface performance indicators
- Decision Brief — Recommend action from data findings
Where this work is hired
Healthcare networks, city planning, education systems, small business reporting.
About Brainerd, MN
6 counties across Minnesota; 0 metro. Economies: 4 tourism and recreation and 1 manufacturing. Flags: 4 a retirement destination.
The first person from Brainerd, MN to reach a claim holds its Pioneer badge for good. There is one per county, one per metro area and one per state.
What the national data says
In 2012 NSF asked eleventh graders whether they agreed with “I see myself as a math person.” 44% did. In 2016, 43% of those who agreed were STEM majors, against 31% of those who disagreed.
Being seen counts as much as seeing it yourself: for “Others see me as a math person.” the figures are 43% and 30%. Test confidence is more common (65% have it) and weaker: 39% against 31%.
Counties in Brainerd, MN
Metro areas around Brainerd, MN
Where the claim leads: twelve tracks
The claim is the front door. Behind it are the twelve STEM Farm tracks, each one starting from zero, each with a first mission and proof at every gate. Your own proofs pick the ones shown to you first.
Questions people ask
Why can't I claim it right away?
Because in the national data a claim with nothing behind it does not move anything. Here the claim unlocks after one graded proof and one witness, so the sentence means what it says.
What do I get for sharing my link?
2 points for each new person who opens it, 40 when someone joins through it and solves their own proof, 20, 10, 5, 2.5 and 1.25 for the generations below them, and 20 more when someone you brought in reaches their own claim. The Share badges run from 1 recruit to 81 and from a chain 2 deep to 13 deep.
Does it cost anything?
No. There is nothing to buy, and no badge, rank or point can be bought. A purchase never fires a trigger.
What do you collect about my child?
A first name or nickname, a role, a language and, if you choose, a county. No email, no last name, no birthday. For a child under 13 the adult signs up and sits beside them.