The MIT Museum will celebrate Engineers Week by holding vacation-week workshops for students in grades 6-12 during the winter school break, February 17-21.  Sessions will be held at 10AM and 1PM each day.  Registration is now open for the following:

Monday, February 17 – Visualizing Science (grades 6-12):  Observation skills, microscopy, biological engineering, nanoscience, and nanotechology.

Tuesday, February 18 – Fish ‘n’ Ships (grades 6-12):  Nautical engineering workshop,  nature-inspired engineering, hands-on experiments, a boat design challenge, robotics exhibition.

Wednesday, February 19 – Introduction to Robotics (grades 6-12): LEGO Mindstorms robot programming, tour of Robots & Beyond exhibition.

Thursday, February 20 – Hello Holography!  (grades 9-12):  3D imagery, properties of light, holography.

Friday, February 21 – Structural Engineering  (grades 6-8):  Bridge-building using recycled materials.  Introduction to architecture and civil engineering.