Enroll Now for Innovation Institute Classes Beginning Sept. 7

Opportunities

The Innovation Institute in Newtonville offers enriching after-school (and Saturday) STEM courses for kindergarten through high school students, led by a team of doctoral students and advanced graduate students.  Fall classes start as early as September 7.  Check the course schedule and enroll online.  For more information, email welcome@theinnovationinstitute.org or call 617-340-9907.  Courses for this year include:

  • Architects of the Future: Design, Building and Geospatial Skills Development (Grade K)
  • Investigate, Discover and Design: Developing Critical Thinking through Science & Engineering I, II & III (Grades K, 1-2, 3-4)
  • The Institute’s “Jr NeuroExplorer” Team:  Neuroscience of the Senses (Grades 1-2, 2-3)
  • Biology, Physics and The International Space Station (Grades 2-3)
  • Sensation and Perception:  The Biology of the Brain (Grades 3-4, 5-6)
  • Microworlds: Introduction to Micro and Molecular Biology  (Grades 4-5, 5-6)
  • Mechanical Advantage: Introduction to Mechanical Engineering I, II, III (Grades 3-4, 5-6, 7-9)
  • Mechanical, Electrical Engineering & Robotics (Grades 4-5, 5-6)
  • Chemistry of Human Body Systems (Grades 3-4, 4-5, 5-6)
  • Introduction to Computer Programming for Social Entrepreneurs  (Javascript) (Grades 5+)
  • Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Earth’s “Cosmic Address”  (Grades 5-6, 6-8, 8-12)
  • Science & Engineering of Renewable Energies (Grades 5-6, 6-8)
  • Biology of the Brain:  Intro to the Nervous System (Grades 6-8, 8-11)
  • Physics (Grades 6-8, 7-9, 8-11)
  • Genome Science & Space Physics:  An Interdisciplinary Exploration (January-April 2017) (Grades 6-8, 7-9, 8-10, 9-12)
  • Introduction to Neuroengineering:  Electrical Engineering and the Nervous System (Grades 6-8, 7-9, 9-12)
  • Molecular Biology, Genetics and Genomics (Grades 7-9, 8-11)
  • Biochemistry and Human Health (Grades 7-9, 8-12)