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Tufts CEEO In-Person Summer Workshops in Engineering, K-12

Summer

Tuft’s Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) will hold several in-person, one-week workshops this summer for elementary, middle, and high school students to learn engineering from Tufts University staff and undergraduate students who are researching how best to teach engineering to K-12 students. The goal of these in-person workshops is to evoke curiosity and passion for engineering through hands-on design challenges while keeping the health and safety of students and teachers the highest priority. Refunds will be paid in the event that workshops are canceled due to revised guidance from Tufts University or the CDC. Register at these links:

Asteroid Day: Celebrate Virtually with Christa McAuliffe Center, June 30

Events, Virtual/Online

The Christa McAuliffe Center at Framingham State University will celebrate Asteroid Day on June 30 with at-home activities:

  • 9AM-3PM: Videos, websites, and other at-home activities for kids, including Make a Crater and Incoming!, a 25-minute film.
  • 3PM: The Hunt for Asteroids, live-streamed webinar for middle school and families, with Pat Monteith, author and NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador (Registration required).
  • 6PM: Planetary Defense 101: Discussion for high school and adults about the threat of an asteroid hitting the Earth, with Dr. Alissa Haddaji, Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (Registration required).

Newton Community Ed: Online Summer Science & Technology Classes

Summer, Virtual/Online

Newton Community Education is offering week-long, online STEM classes for elementary, middle, and high school students. Classes include:

  • 3-D Game Development (Grades 9-12)
  • 3-D Printing, Coding, & Design (Grades 3-5, 6-9)
  • App Inventors (Grades 6-9)
  • Camp Invention: Live Online (Grades 1-6)
  • Chess Intensive Plus (Grades 3-6)
  • Circuitry 101 (Grades 1-4)
  • Game Creation (Grades 4-6, 7-9)
  • Hands-on Electronics (Grades 3-5)
  • Interactive Electronics (Grades 6-9)
  • Intro to Programming: Scratch (Grades 3-5)
  • Math Meets 3-D Printing (Grades 3-5)
  • MathemAddicts (Grades 5-9)
  • Minecraft Metropolis (Grades 3-6)
  • Minecraft Modding with Java (Grades 9-12)
  • Minecraft Mythicraft (Grades 2-5)
  • Nature in your Neighborhood (Grades 1-4)
  • Python Game Development (Grades 5-9)
  • Python Programming (Grades 9-12)
  • Science Scramble (Grades 1-4)
  • Space Lab (Grades 1-4)
  • Web Development (Grades 5-9)
  • Web Development: Javascript (Grades 9-12)
  • Wicked Cool Vet School (Grades 1-4)

Boston University: U-Design Virtual STEM Workshop, Grades 7-10, July 13-17

Summer, Virtual/Online

Boston University’s School of Engineering will offer a one-week, virtual U-Design summer engineering workshop for students entering Grades 7-10 to design and build gliders and also discuss topics in aerospace and astrophysics. This will be an online version of the popular U-Design Flight School program. This year, students will work together online, 10AM-Noon each day. with independent, off-line work on their own schedule. The cost is $200 per student, and a limited number of scholarships are available for those who qualify. Materials, including safety goggle and required tools,  will be mailed to students before the workshop starts. Registration is limited to 20 students. For further information, email Ann Mahoney at 617-320-5351 or ammahon@bu.edu.

Artisan’s Asylum 2-Week Virtual Program for Grades 6-10: Build a Martian Colony

Summer, Virtual/Online

This summer Artisan’s Asylum, a 10-year-old makerspace in Somerville, is offering a two-week, immersive virtual program, Mission Control: Build a Martian Colony, for students entering Grades 6-10. The program will run in two sections, July 20-31 and August 10-21, with each running online 10AM-3PM, Monday through Friday. No prior experience is required, just an interest in engineering, robotics, and space exploration. The goal will be to solve engineering challenges and program robots to create safe structures for a team of three astronauts. A kit of materials will be provided for pickup or mailing. Students will learn about programming, robotics & engineering, hands-on building, and critical thinking/problem-solving. Pay what you can afford in the range of $300-$800 per student.

MAST Awards: Nominate a Science Teacher by Oct. 1

Recommendations

Nominations are open until October 1 for several awards for science teachers from the Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers (MAST):

  • 14 county-level science educator awards
  • 1 award for an exemplary new teacher
  • 1 award for a distinguished “friend of science” working with educators
  • 1 award for a K-8 teacher who is inspirational in environmental education

Anyone may submit a nomination by completing this online form. All nominees will be notified of their nominations, and awards will be presented at the MAST Annual Conference.  For more information, contact Laura Carlin at awards@massscienceteach.org.