Newton Community Education will host the following STEM programs during the February school vacation:
Boston Tech Mom is sponsoring the second annual Boston STEM Fair open house on March 11, 1PM-4PM at the Embassy Suites hotel (550 Winter Street, Waltham). It’s free for parents and kids (Grades K-12) who want to learn about opportunities in STEM including summer camps, after-school programs, college planning, etc. Exhibitors will discuss robotics, engineering, coding, science, tech entrepreneurship, and more. There will also be raffles for prizes.
MetroHacks, run by high-school students to host high-school hackathons in the Boston area, will host MetroHacks: Women in Code, a 12-hour girls hackathon on March 24 at the Cambridge Innovation Center. It will feature speakers, workshops, collaborative projects, and prizes. The event is free, and meals will be provided. Girls in Grades 8-12, with or without computer experience, are invited to register. Read about their event last year.
Mirror Maze: Numbers in Nature, the latest temporary exhibit Boston’s Museum of Science, opened today and will run through June 30.
Boston Leadership Institute offers one-week summer STEM programs: at Dana Hall in Wellesley, Gann Academy in Waltham, and Longwood Medical Center: Intro to Biotech, Anatomy, Chemistry Edge, Forensics, Sport Statistics, Contagion, Clinical Psychology, Physics of Space, Intro to Surgery. No application is necessary. Make a deposit to reserve a spot. For more information, email info@bostonleadershipinstitute.com.
Genes in Space invites students in Grades 7-12 to a contest to design DNA experiments for space. Five finalist teams will receive mentoring by Harvard/MIT scientists and present at the International Space Station R&D Conference for a chance at the national award. Winners will attend Space Biology Camp and send their experiment into space. Applications are due April 20. The contest is free and does not require equipment. Proposals will be judged solely on their creative and scientific merit.
The MIT Museum is seeking middle- or high-school STEM educators as Teachers-in-Residence to teach established science and technology workshops in an informal education environment, in collaboration with the Museum’s work Education & Public Programs team. Teachers will also develop and implement an independent project that augments current workshops at the MIT Museum. They will also gain a behind-the-scene perspective of the Museum, explore current science and technology research at MIT, share their classroom expertise with Museum staff, and serve as a liaison between the Museum and their schools. These positions are temporary, full-time, July 2-August 10 (plus 1-2 days prior for orientation and training). To apply, send resume and cover letter to edsearch@mit.edu.
The New England Aquarium runs a series of one- and two-week summer day camps. Registration has started for members and will open to the general public on February 5. Applications for scholarships will be accepted until March 2.
Grades 4-5
Grades 6-7
Grades 8-9
Grades 8-10 (two-week camps)
The Newton Free Library will host the following STEM event(s) in February (not including the Girls Who Code club or the Crazy 8s Math club, for which registration has ended):
Boston Tech Mom (“a parent’s guide to raising a future techie”) is a great resource for all things STEM around Boston — including her monthly posts about free or low-cost STEM Events for Kids in Boston. Here’s her February list of STEM events.