Category Archives: Summer

Roger Williams University (Bristol, RI): Summer Food Science Camp, July 23-28

Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island has just launched a new summer STEM Food Science Camp, July 23-28, for students currently in Grade 9-11 to explore the equipment and techniques that scientists use to understand why some foods are delicious. Topics will include the microbiology of bread and fermentation, the chemistry of preserves like pickles and jams, and engineering the perfect milkshake. Email summer@rwu.edu for more information.

Registration is open for BU’s Biotechnology SummerLab

Boston University’s School of Medicine is offering two separate tracks for SummerLab, its summer biotechnology laboratory program for students currently in Grades 9-12:

  • DNA, Genes, and Drug Production (July 10-14 or July 24-28) focuses on the central concepts and skills of recombinant DNA technology as they apply to biotechnology — focusing on the processes of gene expression, cell lysis, and protein purification.
  • Let’s Get Physio! (July 17-21) allows students to explore the relationships among body movements, power generation, biomechanics and muscle physiology — focusing on sports and exercise science and an introduction to data science.

Both programs meet 9AM-3PM daily. The cost is $1000 for one week or $1500 for two consecutive weeks, and scholarships of 50% are available for students who qualify for free/reduced price lunch program and children of full-time BU faculty and staff. Registration is now open. For more information, email sumlab@bu.edu.

HMSC Summer Science Weeks for Grades 1-8

Harvard Museums of Science and Culture will offer Summer Science Weeks for students entering Grades 1-8. Each program runs for one week, 9:30AM-noon.

  • Earth Explorers: July 17-21, Grades 1-2
  • Ancient World Adventures: July 17-21, Grades 3-5
  • Budding Botanists: July 24-28, Grades 1-2
  • Ins and Outs of Skeletons: July 24-28, Grades 4-6
  • Amazing Animals: July 31-August 4, Grades 1-3
  • Super Scientists: August 7-11, Grades 2-4
  • Tools of a Scientist: August 7-11, Grades 6-8
  • Spineless Wonders: August 14-18, Grades 1-3
  • Nature’s Designs: August 14-18, Grades 4-6

Empow Studios: Save $100 on STEM Summer Camp, through Apr. 30

Empow Studios is celebrating World Creativity and Innovation Day (April 21) — and a few days following — by offering a $100 discount on any of its STEM Summer Camps through April 30 if you use code INNOVATION. Empow’s award-winning camps include Minecraft, Roblox, Coding, and STEM Survey. Its risk-free registration policy offers refunds up until 14 days before camp begins. Empow now has locations in Newton Upper Falls and Newton Centre, as well as Natick, Lexington, Cambridge, Boston, and Milton.

PATHwayS Camp to design living space on Mars, July 24-28

The PATHwayS Camp is a free, one-week (July 24-28) NASA camp for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) students 18 and older to work in teams to respond to this challenge: “Design a fictional self-enclosed system that could be used to support human life on Mars for 1 year. How can you ensure thriving in addition to just surviving? Consider the various aspects of living: health, communications, community, water, food, or energy systems.” The camp will include field trips and presentations that will help guide students to design the life support system. This camp is free for the 15 students who are accepted. Applications are due April 30. For more information, email Aimee.Bonanno@umb.edu.

PATHS is a new coalition of two minority serving institutions, UMASS Boston and Bunker Hill Community College, with funding from NASA, working to increase diversity in engineering in Massachusetts. The group supports students to explore STEM activities, persist through the barriers by finding a path that works for them, and change the status quo.

Edge on Science offers mentorship to teams in Changemaker Challenge

Ashoka and T-Mobile are jointly hosting the 2023 Changemaker Challenge, in which teams in ages 13-18 may submit a project idea that drives digital empowerment, puts equity into action, and supports a thriving planet. The deadline to submit project ideas is May 18. There are online info sessions on April 18, May 4, and May 10.

Edge on Science, which runs week-long summer STEM programs in Newton and Beverly, is offering a free hour of mentorship to the first five Changemaker Challenge teams that contact the founder of Edge on Science, John Aviste.

MIT’s You Go Girl! Summer Program for 9th Grade Girls, July 18-21 or Aug. 1-4

Registration is open for You GO Girl!, the MIT Edgerton Center’s summer introduction to science and engineering for girls in the Greater Boston area who will be entering Grade 9.  Students may attend either July 18-21 or August 1-4, 8:30AM-2:30PM each day. A suggested donation of $100 for materials is requested. Apply by April 28. For more information, contact Amy Fitzgerald at 617-253-7931 or amyfitz@mit.edu.

IQ Learning: Summer STEM Camps in Brookline and Northborough

IQ Learning will offer two one-week summer camps this summer:

  • Northborough: STEAM: Building SculpturesAugust 7-11, at Trinity Church in Northborough, for students entering Grades 3-6. Students will weave math and science into art by grappling, creating, observing, and applying their understanding to designing artistic challenges through hands-on experiences. 
  • Brookline: STEM Mysteries: Breaking the CodeAugust 21-25, at United Parish in Brookline’s Coolidge Corner, for students entering Grades 4-7. Students will explore optical illusions, time travel, and breaking codes with the end goal of creating the camp’s own escape room.

IQ Learning and its summer STEM camp were started in Brookline last year by two certified, experienced, Harvard-trained teachers and math specialists, Cristina and Shephali, who met while working together in the Watertown Public Schools.

The aim of their STEM camps is to have kids engage in long-term STEM projects inspired by exciting themes and enable students to make connections to STEM concepts that they experience on interactive field-trips. For more information, email iqlearning314@gmail.com.

BU offers summer programs for young women in Grades 8-11

This year, Boston University Learning Resource Network (LERNet) will offer three in-person summer programs for young women living and attending school in Massachusetts.

AI4All is a three-week summer program focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI). It’s open to young women (and those who identify as such) currently in Grades 10-11 and living and attending school in Massachusetts. Participants explore topics such as robotics, computer vision, and natural language processing through team projects, industry field trips, and presentations from guest speakers. The program concludes with a small group research project and a presentation for friends and family. It runs July 24-August 11, Mondays-Fridays, 9:30AM-3:30PM. Apply by May 1.

The Artemis Project is a five-week summer program focused on computer science and led by BU undergraduates majoring in Computer Science or Engineering. It’s open to young women (and those who identify as such) currently in Grade 8 living and attending school in Massachusetts. Priority is given to students who live within 15 miles of Boston. Participants learn computer languages such as Scratch, AppInventor, HTML, CSS, and Python. They also are introduced to cryptography, artificial intelligence, robotics, and circuits. In addition, they learn how computer science is applied in the real world by hearing from guest speakers and visiting local industries. It runs July 10-August 11, Mondays-Fridays, 9:30AM-3:30PM. Apply by May 1.

GROW (Greater Boston Research Opportunities for Young Women) offers young women currently in Grade 11 the opportunity to perform research in a lab at Boston University for six weeks. Applicants must be 16 years old by July 1, live in Massachusetts, and attend school within 30 miles of Boston. Participants will have the opportunity to participate in cutting edge research in a collaborative setting. They will learn best research practices, hear from guest speakers, and develop communication skills by presenting their research at a culminating symposium. Participants who complete all program requirements will receive a stipend of $1500. Orientation is June 28-29, and the program runs July 5-August 11, Mondays-Fridays, 9:30AM-4:30PM. Apply by April 15.