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Call for Presenters, Demos, Workshops for Girl Scouts “Geek is Glam” Event at WPI, Oct. 15

Events, Opportunities

Can you — or your company or your organization — contribute to the success of the Girl Scouts’ STEM Geek is Glam event at Worcester Polytechnic Institute on Saturday, October 15?  Registration for girls in Grades 4-8 opens August 19, and the Girls Scouts would like to hear from potential presenters by July 31 so all may be included in the promotional materials for the event.  Fill out this participation form if you can offer any of the following:

  • Hands-on, interactive workshops (55 minutes; for up to 15-20 girls)
  • Career workshops (55 minutes; 3-4 presenters each speak 10 minutes, followed by Q&A)
  • Tables in expo hall (12:25-4:35PM; inviting, informative, and preferably hands-on)
  • Donations of any relevant sort

For more information, contact Tammy Breen at tbreen@gscwm.org or 413-584-2602 x3608.

Newton Free Library: Upcoming STEM Events in July

Events

Upcoming STEM-oriented events in the Newton Free Library’s calendar:

Summer STEM Fun: Khan Academy + Pixar

Resources

Khan Academy and Pixar Studios have teamed up to create Pixar in a Box, a series of free online tutorials that demonstrate how STEM and the arts are used in film animation. Each tutorial focuses on the use of a concept learned in school and starts with a design-challenge lesson (for Grades 5+), followed by several different grade-appropriate lessons focused on particular math concepts.  Topics include:  Effects, Patterns (randomness), Rigging (controls), Animation (curves), Environmental Modeling (parabolic arcs), Character Modeling (weighted averages), Crowds (combinatorics), Sets & Staging (geometric transformations), and Rendering (algebra).

Mass. Bay iCREATE Summer High-School Robotics Program Presents Results, July 21

Opportunities

The Massachusetts Bay Community College offers its iCREATE summer program for high-school students — a month-long exploration of engineering design, electronics, and coding.  This summer’s participants will showcase their work on July 21, noon to 1PM, on the MassBay Wellesley Hills campus (50 Oakland Street).  The event is free and open to the public, with particular invitation to business/industry professionals, community organizations, and high-school students, teachers and administrators.

Mass. Audubon Offers “Virtual Internship” Simulation for Land-Science Education

Resources

The Massachusetts Audubon Society invites both formal and informal educators to apply to join the Land Science Educator Network LSEN and gain free access to Land Science, its online simulation of an urban planning firm during the coming school year.  This “virtual internship” is suitable for middle- and high-school students, either in the classroom, in after-school clubs, or in other organizations.  Over the course of 8 to 12 hours, students play the role of interns at a virtual urban planning firm and take on real-world STEM problems in land science that have no clear-cut, optimal solutions.  Teachers overseeing these projects can share resources online via LSEN.  For more information, contact Jen Klein, Mass Audubon LSEN Project Manager, at jklein@massaudubon.org.

Science Club for Girls is Hiring for the Fall

Opportunities

Science Club for Girls is hiring for positions in the Fall:

The Cambridge headquarters is also seeking an Events and Special Projects Intern (unpaid):  Write to jobs@scienceclubforgirls.org with subject line: “Summer 2016 Fundraising Intern.”

SCFG, in its 20th year, is a terrific non-profit organization that “fosters excitement, confidence and literacy in STEM for girls from underrepresented communities by providing free, experiential programs and by maximizing meaningful interactions with women in STEM.”

‘STEM in the City’ Summer Day Camp at Wheelock College

Summer

We wrote last December about STEM in the City, a summer day camp at Wheelock College in Boston for students entering Grades 8 or 9 in the fall.  Registration appears to still be open.  Students may register for one or two weeks during July 18-29.  The focus is on STEM career and college awareness, with field trips to companies and organizations as well as laboratory classes and tours of Wheelock’s facilities.  Week 1 will focus on Marine and Space sciences, and Week 2 will focus on Environmental and Health sciences.  The cost is $400 per week.  Register online.