The Discovery Museum in Acton has announced the 2023 Discovery Museum Scholarship program, which will award four one-time $1,500 scholarships to Massachusetts high school juniors or seniors who embody the mission and values of the Museum. For one of the four awards, preference will be given to Discovery Museum past or current employees or volunteers. Video or written applications are being accepted until March 31.
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Teen Summer Expo highlights summer STEM programs, Feb. 6
The 18th annual Teen Summer Expo — where parents and teens (Grades 6-12) can get to know a range of camps, enrichment programs, and summer activities — will be held on February 6, 5:30PM-8PM at the cafeteria in Newton South High School (140 Brandeis Rd). STEM programs that will be attending the expo are listed here. Snow date: February 8. It’s free and open to all. Register here.
Shell collectors: Check out the Boston Malacological Club
The Boston Malacological Club is the second-oldest continuously active shell club in the U.S. It meets in in Room 101 of the Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology (26 Oxford Street, Cambridge). Guests are welcome, and the meetings are kid-friendly. At the next meeting, on February 7, 7:30-9:30PM, the topic will be shelling adventures in Sanibel Island, Florida and the Bahamas.
HMSC’s “I ♥ Science” Festival, Feb. 11
Harvard Museum of Natural History (26 Oxford Street, Cambridge) will host it’s I ♥ Science Festival on February 11, 1PM-4PM. Meet amateur and professional scientists who study and collect mushrooms, shells, insects, and minerals. Talk with experts who create chocolate and grow carnivorous plants. Design an imaginary insect or craft a button to display your passion for exploration. Free with museum admission.
Northeastern University: Engineering for Everyone Expo, Feb. 24
On Friday, February 24, 10AM-Noon, Northeastern University’s Engineering for Everyone Expo will return in-person, in a new location — the Cabral Center at the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute (40 Leon St, Boston). Students of all ages — and particularly those in Grades K-8 with their parent/guardian — are invited to have fun and learn about engineering through a variety of activities, experiments, and demonstrations. It’s free. Pre-register here.
McAuliffe Center: Stargazing, Feb. 24
The Christa McAuliffe Center at Framingham State University will host a free evening of stargazing and observation on February 24, 6PM-7:30PM (weather permitting), in FSU’s O’Connor parking lot by Maynard Road in Framingham. For more information, email cmc@framingham.edu.
Book a tour of Broad’s new museum, Broad Discovery Center
The Broad Institute now invites the public to book tours of its new museum, the Broad Discovery Center (415 Main Street, Cambridge), for groups of 10 or more, using this calendar. In addition, the museum hosts drop-in tours for individuals and smaller groups at 11AM, Monday through Wednesday each week.
MITES: MIT Summer and Semester Programs for Grade 11, apply by Feb. 1
MIT’s MITES (MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science) offers two programs for current Grade 11 students:
- MITES Summer is a six-week (June 23-August 4) residential summer program.
- MITES Semester is a six-month immersive online experience in two phases: STEM Immersion (June-August, 25-30 hours per week) and College and Career Prep (August-December, 3-5 hours per week)
See the FAQs. Applications are due by February 1, and teachers’ recommendations are due by February 15.
TKS: 10-month online global innovation program, ages 13-17
TKS is a ten-month (September-June) global innovation program for ambitious students in ages 13-17. It currently has in-person programs in three cities in Canada and three in the U.S., with future plans for other cities — including Boston at some point. For Boston and the rest of the world outside those six cities, TKS has an online program with weekly online sessions of 2-3 hours each, on weekends or weekdays after school. Tuition is $4,890 and TKS is committed to supporting ambitious students with financial aid on a need basis. Early applications are due February 28, after which applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until May or until the program is full.
Harvard’s Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments re-opens
The Harvard Museums of Science and Culture (HMSC) have re-opened the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments. The current permanent exhibition in the Putnam Gallery is TIME, LIFE, & MATTER: Science in Cambridge, open Sunday-Friday, 11AM-4PM. The exhibit presents stories based on items such as a geometric sector designed by Galileo, electrical experimentation apparatus purchased by Benjamin Franklin, clocks illustrating the development of modern synchronized time-keeping, medical apparatus designed in part by Charles Lindbergh, and artifacts of top-secret research by Harvard scientists during World War II.