Category Archives: Vacation Programs

BioBuilder February Break Workshop for Ages 10-14, Feb. 20-22

BioBuilder Learning Lab is hosting SynBIO: Fiction vs. Reality, a February break workshop for 10-14-year-old students interested in synthetic biology and getting hands-on time in a biology lab with a trained scientist.  It will be held February 20-22, 9AM-3PM, at BioBuilder Lab Central (700 Main Street, Cambridge). Cost is $600. Register here. For more information, email info@biobuilder.org.

MIT Museum FebFest over School Vacation, Feb. 19-24

Over the February school vacation, February 19-24, the MIT Museum will host its annual Feb Fest. This year’s theme is Big Data, inspired by the Museum’s exhibition, Big Bang Data. Except as noted, the cost of all of the following events is included in the charge for museum admission:

Workshops for middle-school students (9:30AM-3:30PM), including trips to the MIT campus:  Pre-registration is required for each of the following (cost $85):

Showcases (daily 10AM-Noon), with topics changing daily. Drop-in; registration not required.

  • February 19:  Chain Reaction Construction with Data
  • February 20:  Data for Energy & Our Environment
  • February 21:  Data for Health & Wellness
  • February 22:  Data Communication & Visualization
  • February 23:  The Internet and Machine Learning

Idea Hub (daily 12:30-2PM) to explore programming in Scratch. On-site sign-up for 30-minute sessions.

Gallery Tours (daily 2-2:30PM) for ages 14+.  Tickets available for up to 25 participants starting 30 minutes before each tour.

  • February 20, 22, 23: Big Bang Data
  • February 21:  CAVS 50, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies

Finale (February 24, 1-4PM):  Citizen Science Fair:  Public participation in data collection, analysis, and reporting.