The Newton LigerBots high-school robotics team has room in two free programs it’s offering for elementary students:

• Awesome Mentorship Program:  Students in Grades K-6 are paired up with enthusiastic and vetted high schoolers to have Zoom calls once a week for reading together, science experiments, drawing together, and more. Sign your child up here.
• Virtual Summer Camp:  In Camp AMP, students entering Grades 1-6 can take online classes in programming, map-making, dance, mythical creatures, and more, 9AM-12:30PM. Materials are provided. Sign up here to confirm interest in Session 2 (July 20-31), Session 3 (August 3-14), or Session 4 (August 17-28).

The Innovation Institute is offering an additional online summer program, Making Sense of Information: The How-To’s of Scientific Reasoning, July 20-31 (Mondays-Wednesdays-Fridays). Ages 11-3 will meet 9AM-10:30AM, and ages 14-16 will meet 11AM-12:30PM. The program will be collaborative, building confidence and skills in quantitative reasoning and experimental design through discussions of modern controversies in science, polling data, and the ‘logic’ of advertisements. Enroll by July 8.

In lieu of its canceled in-person summer camps at Lasell College, Einstein’s Workshop is offering virtual classes online in two-week sessions from June 29 through August 31 for students entering Grades 1-9. See the grade-specific schedules. Each virtual class will be held two days a week (either Monday-Tuesday or Wednesday-Thursday) for about an hour each time, with a “games and activities” session on Friday.

Building upon their successful Awesome Mentoring Project during the shutdown this spring, Newton’s high-school robotics team, the LigerBots, will offer a free, virtual summer camp for students entering Grades 1-6 in the fall. Kids will be grouped by Grades 1&2, 3&4, and 5&6. Classes will include programming, dance, astrology, and much more. The camp will be run over Zoom, with Slack for communicating with parents. It’s free, and materials will be provided. Sessions will run every weekday, 9AM-12:30PM, for multiple two-week sessions:  July 6-17, July 20-31, August 3-14, and August 17-28. You may sign up for multiple sessions, though capacity is limited. Sign up by June 22.

STEAM Workshops, based in Newton, is offering live, online STEAM workshops this summer for middle- and high-school students. Enrollment is limited to 10-15 students per workshop. Workshops include: Zoom into STEAM (Grades 1-5), Math Circle (Grades 2-7), SAT II Biology Tutoring, Innovations in BioTech (Grades 8-12), and Translational Medicine and Research (Grades 8-12). Program dates are flexible. For more information, email info.steamworkshops@gmail.com.