Category Archives: Virtual/Online

Newton Community Ed’s Fall Online STEM Programs

After School, Virtual/Online

Newton Community Ed is offering these STEM-related online courses this fall:

Kids Science

  • Mad Science Home Lab: Grades K-1
  • Nature in Your Neighborhood: Grades 1-3
  • Tiny Worlds: Grades 1-3
  • Earth & Sea Science: Grades K-2, 3-5

Kids Technology

  • Circuitry 101: Grades 1-3
  • Game Design with Tynker: Grades 2-5
  • Intro to Programming — Scratch: Grades 3-5
  • Roblox: Grades 3-5
  • 3-D Printing, Coding & Design: Grades 3-5, 6-8
  • Intro to Python: Grades 3-6
  • Robotics Programming with Micro:bit: Grades 3-6
  • App Inventors: Grades 4-7
  • Interactive Electronics: Grades 5-8
  • Mobile Apps: Grades 6-9
  • Python Multi-Player Games: Grades 6-9
  • Minecraft Modding with Java: Grades 9-12
  • Object-Oriented Programming with Java: Grades 9-12
  • Web Development: Grades 9-12

Adult Technology

Artisan’s Asylum: Online After-School Programs for Ages 11-15

After School, Virtual/Online

Artisan’s Asylum offers STEAM-based online after-school programs for ages 11-15. Each week has a theme and a project that can either build on previous weeks or stand alone. Sessions are 3:30-5PM, Monday-Friday, and some programs are one week while others are over a few weeks. Artisan’s Asylum offers a Pay What You Can Afford model ($65 to $125 per week) to help defray the cost for families in need. Registration closes 72 hours before each week’s first session.

  • September 14-18: Reimagining Your Home: A Photo Montage & Collage Unit
  • September 21-25: Exploring “Yes, And…” in Creative Storytelling
  • September 28-October 21: Get On My Level: Exploring the Relationship Between 2D and 3D
  • October 5-8: Art & Activism: Using Your Illustrative Voice

MSEN Online: Equity and Anti-Racism Practices in STEM, Aug. 19

Events, Virtual/Online

The MetroWest STEM Education Network will host a free, online workshop — Equity and Anti-Racism Practices in STEM: It’s Not a Simple Conversation, But It Can Be Achieved — on August 19, 8:30AM-10:30AM. It will be led by Dr. Laurie Nsiah-Jefferson, the Interim Director for the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy and the Graduate Program Director for the Gender, Leadership, and Public Policy Graduate Certificate Program at University of Massachusetts Boston. Register here.

Z-Kai Offers Online Coding, Robotics, and STEM Literacy Enrichment for Elementary Students

After School, Summer, Virtual/Online

Z-Kai USA, based in Arlington, started in 2018 as a U.S. subsidiary of the large Japanese college-prep training company Z-Kai, started in 1931. It’s pursuing a different strategy in the U.S. by focusing on coding and robotics classes for elementary students and partnering with LEGO Education, Tufts CEEO, and MIT Scratch. During the COVID shutdown, several of its classes are online: Zoom Up Math, Java Script Coding, Basic Robotics, and STEM Literacy. In the STEM Literacy course, students read a book (e.g., about bridges), learn relevant terminology, then are asked to define the problem to be solved, and finally solve the problem (using LEGO). See schedule here for summer and after-school programs. For more information, email info@zkai-usa.com.

New England Sci-Tech Gradually Opening for Members Only, Maintains Online Classes for All

Events, Virtual/Online

The New England Sci-Tech STEM education center in Natick is gradually opening up with programs and activities for members only, including:

In addition, NEST continues to offer online classes, many of which are free for members, and admission is low-cost for everyone else.

Tufts CEEO Online Design & Engineering Workshops

Summer, Virtual/Online

Tuft’s Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) is offering these online Design and Engineering Workshops in August: