Category Archives: Resources

Science Club for Girls Extends its Reach Online

Resources, Virtual/Online

Science Club for Girls is using online facilities developed during the pandemic to extend its reach for fostering excitement, confidence, and literacy in STEM for girls and young women from underrepresented communities. These online programs will continue post-pandemic, too.

SCFGLive! is starting its third season and is now more available than ever. Started in April, 2020 and aimed primarily at Grades K-5, SCFGLive! broadcasts live on Fridays at 4PM on the SCFG Facebook page, YouTube channel, and website. Previous broadcasts are available on-demand on the SCFG YouTube channel and website, as well as on Comcast Xfinity and several community-access CATV stations:  Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Lawrence, Lowell, and Somerville (…but not yet NewTV).

SCFG’s Fall Clubs will be offered both in-person and virtually for Grade K-5 Science Clubs, Middle School STEMinistas, and Grades 8-12 Junior Mentors.

Adults and STEM-related companies are invited to get involved as mentors, volunteers, and partners.

New England Sci-Tech: Summer Classes, Clubs, and Programs

Events, Resources, Summer

The New England Sci-Tech STEM education center (16 Tech Circle, off Route 9 in Natick) offers a range of STEM courses, events, and clubs this summer and throughout the year:

Summer Programs

Courses

Events

Clubs

Mass. DESE Offering Free Support for Accelerating Math Instruction

Resources

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is contracting with vendors to offer free support to school districts, both this summer and next school year, to accelerate mathematics instruction in response to COVID-related disruptions. An informational webinar for this program will be shown on May 13 at 4PM and on May 27 at 11AM. More information about vendors, priorities, and application details will be available soon. For more information, email AcceleratingMath@mass.gov.

NNHS STEMentors Offer Free STEM Resources for K-8

Events, Resources, Virtual/Online

STEMentors is an program by Newton North HS students, led by juniors Rachel Kimball and Peter Dukakis and advised by NNHS Chemistry teacher David Bennett, to provide free, engaging STEM lessons to K-8 students through virtual drop-in classes, lessons with NPS classrooms, 1:1 math tutoring, and guest speaker sessions.

The next session in the STEMentors Guest Speaker series will feature Arielle Conti, a sensor systems engineer at MITRE and NNHS alum, speaking online on February 17, 4:30PM-5:30PM, about her career path and a bit about geodesics. The event is free and aimed for Grades 6-8 but open to all. Register here.

STEMentors is also distributing free STEAM Kits for Kids, under the initiative of NNHS sophomore Sabrina Cohen. These kits provide materials for hands-on experiments that may be conducted standalone or in conjunction with STEMentors free, online STEM sessions. They are aimed primarily for Grades 3-5 but others may apply. Sign up for kits here.