Each fall, NEPTUN (a Northeastern University student group) hosts Splash! (Waterfall), a free program for high-school students to take mini-classes led by Northeastern undergraduate and graduate students. This year it will be held on two consecutive Saturdays, November 9 & 16, 9AM-4:30PM, in Ryder Hall (11 Leon Street, Boston). Registration is open and is first-come/first-served and requires setting up a free student account. Pizza will be available, or you can bring your own lunch. For more information, contact nu.neptun@gmail.com. This year’s catalog includes these STEM-related classes:
- How to Use Biochemistry for Fun and Profit (but mostly fun)
- This is Your Brain on Drugs
- Your Body Is a Clock: Chronobiology
- Clinical Microbiology: You Are What You Poop
- The Cat Conspiracy and Other Mind-Bending Parasites
- Psychology: Let’s Get Stressed!
- Psychiatric and Neurological Disorder
- What’s in Your Head 101
- Who Wants To Live Forever? An Introduction to Stem Cells and Regenerative Therapies
- Chemistry Around the House
- The Science of Pokémon: Synthetic Biology and More
- Mars Rover Egg drop Challenge!
- Material Science of Medieval Warfare
- Intro to Circuits and Coding with Arduino!
- The Spaghetti Challenge
- Cookie Assembly Line
- Git Gud with Git + other CS things
- Cybersecurity: The Coffee Shop Hacker