“e” inc. — Boston’s environment science learning and action center — still has room in its two one-week summer programs for ages 6-12:
To register, scroll down their program page to find the forms to print out and return (by USPS mail or email) and then pay online or by USPS mail.
Tuft’s Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) has a few spaces still available in these summer programs running 9AM-3PM:
The Studio of Engaging Math (320 Washington Street, Brighton) is hosting one-time, free, fun and playful trial classes for those who will be kindergarteners next fall…and their parents. The Studio’s ongoing classes introduce kids to spatial reasoning, number sense, geometry, critical thinking via activities and games. Register online for any of these free trial classes: June 12, 4-5PM (English) and June 13, 5-6PM (Russian).
Worcester Polytechnic Institute and WGBH will present Touch Tomorrow — a festival of science, technology, and robots — on Saturday, June 8, 10AM-4PM at WPI (directions). It’s family-friendly, fun, free, and open to all ages — with a particular focus on what’s interesting for middle- and high-school students. Programming includes hands-on activities, exhibits, presentations, and the high-school FIRST robotics competition, BattleCry (in which the Newton LigerBots will compete). WPI faculty and students will open their labs and share their work and engage the public in hands-on activities and demonstrations. Registration beforehand is appreciated.
WGBH will host the Design Squad Team Challenge competition for teams of 2-6 students in Grades 5-8 to design and build rubber-band cars for speed.
Empow Studios will hold an Open House for its STEM Camp and After-School Club on June 8, 3:30-5:30PM at its Newton location (180 Needham Street). Design, engineering, and coding activities will include Scratch programming, video-game design software, stop-motion and digital animation, digital architecture design, programming EV3 robots, painting with augmented reality, and touring the International Space Station via virtual reality
The New England Aquarium will celebrate World Oceans Day on June 9, 11AM-3PM with a free, outdoor festival (separate from museum admission) on its Harbor View Terrace. The event will feature activities and exhibits by 20 participating organizations, with an emphasis on reducing pollution by eliminating single-use plastics.
Two Destination Imagination teams represented Newton at the Global Finals in Kansas City, MO two weeks ago, and both teams did very well among teams from 15 nations around the world. At the elementary level, the Newton Noodle Nibblers placed 6th out of 60, and at the high-school level, team tiny.cc/2rb22y (that’s the team’s clever name, and not a link to its website!) placed 12th out of 60. Both teams competed in the Medical Mystery (Scientific) challenge, in which they:
FIRST Lego League (FLL) is a robotics competition for Grades 4-8 in which teams build and program LEGO robots and complete a project by creating and presenting a solution to a real-life problem related to the year’s FLL themed challenge. The Newton high-school robotics team, the LigerBots, supports local FLL teams through mentoring, promotion, and hosting two regional tournaments each year. On June 17, 7PM-9PM, the LigerBots will hold an information session in the Newton North HS Film Lecture Hall for parents to learn about FLL while interested students participate in fun STEM activities. For more information, email fll@ligerbots.com.
Edge on Science will offer Super Science Sampler — an “all-you-can-eat buffet of applied science and engineering” for ages 8-10 — at Regis College in Waltham, June 24-28. Each of the five days will focus on fun, educational activities in one of five areas: Chemistry & Physics, Astronomy, Biology, Engineering, and Science Fair & Beyond. Register by June 2 with promo code SUPER75 for a $75 discount.