URBANFRAME offers summer design/build projects to give teens opportunities to design and build architecture in response to needs within their communities. This summer, 30 teens led by graduate students in architecture, landscape and urban design, will design and build architectural structures to turn the “in-between” spaces in our cities into cool new uses. The community partner for this project will be the City of Boston’s Department of Main Streets & Neighborhood Development. A typical day might include team brainstorming in the studio, working with 3D software, making models, constructing our design on-site, and meeting with our client. On Wednesdays there are field trips to tour great architecture and meet interesting designers in their firms. There’s still room in the July 23-August 10 session. More info and enrollment at www.urbanframe.org.
Category Archives: Summer
Summer STEM Programs
NewtonSTEM’s Family Resources page lists 21 STEM-related summer programs for kids. The newest entry is for the Museum of Science’s series of one-week courses for students entering grades 1-8. If you know of any other summer programs — or have corrections to our listings — please email info@newtonstem.org. Other resources include programs for after-school, weekends, and school breaks, as well as Newton Public Schools programs and online resources.
Summer Internships and Study in BioTech
We’ve recently updated the Family Resources page of www.NewtonSTEM.org to include many more summer internships and summer study programs for middle and high school students interested in STEM. Applications for many are available now (or soon) and due in the next several weeks.
Summer Math Program, July 18-22 in Newton Highlands
Planet Kids in Newton Highlands is hosting a summer math program led by Christine Moynihan, Ph.D., an educational consultant and former principal of Williams School in Newton. Two programs will run July 18-22: Grades 2 – 5 from 8:30AM to 11:30AM, and Grades 4-7 from 1PM to 4PM, on the air-conditioned second floor of Green Planet Kids, 22 Lincoln Street in Newton. The aim is to show kids that math can be fun, exciting, and relevant to their lives. Using games, puzzles, and other materials, kids will cover number sense and theory, geometry, measurement, statistics, and patterns, all within a problem-solving context. Tuition is $275 plus $50 materials fee. Visit www.summermathforall.com.
Paid Summer Internship in Science Education
Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science (G.E.M.S.) is a one-week, paid, extracurricular, science education internship program, new this summer. Aiming to allow students to experience science in a real laboratory setting, it seeks highly motivated:
- Middle School students (grades 6-8) to serve as aspiring research participants
- College & High School students to serve as Near-Peer Mentors (stipend)
- Middle or high school Science Teachers to serve as an Instructor (stipend) Continue reading Paid Summer Internship in Science Education