Sign Up by Feb. 20 for MIT’s Spring HSSP, Saturdays, Grades 7-12

Opportunities

MIT’s Spring HSSP is a six-week academic program for Grades 7-12, held at MIT on Saturdays, February 29 to April 11 (except March 14), 1PM-4PM.  All online registrations completed by February 20 will be considered equally in the course-assignment lottery, and registrations after that will be taken first-come/first-served until February 26.  The cost is $40 per student (regardless of the number of courses taken) and generous, need-based financial aid is available. Email spring-hssp@mit.edu for more information.  The Spring HSSP course catalog covers many academic and non-academic topics, including these STEM offerings:

  • Brainy Bots: Robotics and Probability Lab
  • Introduction to Programming with Python
  • Design / Build / Fly
  • Being Real about Bioengineering
  • How to Build Nuclear Weapons
  • “Coincidences” in planar geometry
  • Introduction to Cryptology
  • Win Games with Math: Impartial Game Theory
  • The Mathematics of Music
  • The Gadget Framework: Which types of changing mazes can simulate each other?
  • How the immune system works
  • Building a Body
  • The Earth, Its Dynamics, and the Environment
  • The Science of Food
  • Current Topics in Public Health
  • Human Intelligence vs Artificial Intelligence
  • Fundamentals of the CRISPR-Cas9 World
  • Introduction to Immunology
  • STEM Lecture Series
  • A Gentle Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
  • Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere, Ocean and Cryosphere
  • The Biological Basis of Neurological Disorders
  • Sensational Neuroscience: How Your Brain Understands the World
  • Crime Scene Chemistry: Forensic Collection and Analysis
  • Viruses: The craziest collection of molecules in our time (and in all time)
  • Emotional and Artificial Intelligence
  • Global Health
  • Board Game Design
  • Politics for the Modern Era
  • Economics for Good: Applying Economics to Real-World Social Challenges