Today is the last day to apply for the Biogen-MIT BioTech in Action virtual fall program. It’s a free, 9-week, virtual program for Grades 10-12. Students will use virtual labs, online learning and conferencing software, and online conversations with BioGen and MIT employees to learn about biotechnology and invention, with a focus on Alzheimer’s disease. Apply here by September 26. Priority will be given to students from low-income households and groups historically underrepresented in science. The program will have a two-day kickoff 2PM-5PM on October 9-10 and then meet on Saturdays, 2PM-5PM, October 16-December 11 (not November 27).
Category Archives: Virtual/Online
Newton Free Library Online: Animal Antics, Ages 3-6, Sept. 27
The Newton Free Library will host an online session of its Animal Antics program, for ages 3-6 and their caregivers, on September 27, 10:30AM-11AM. Each session focuses on a different class/order of animals.
New England Aquarium Virtual Lecture: Achieving Drawdown: A Hopeful, Science-Based Approach to Address Climate Change, Sept. 29
The New England Aquarium‘s next public lecture, supported by the Lowell Institute, will be Achieving Drawdown: A Hopeful, Science-Based Approach to Address Climate Change, on September 29, 6:30PM-7:30PM on Zoom. Dr. Jonathan Foley, Executive Director of Project Drawdown, will speak about a set of practical solutions to fix the world’s energy, food, and material systems to help stop climate change. Register here.
HMSC Online: Animal Encounters — Radical Reptiles, Oct. 5
Harvard Museums of Science and Culture will host another free, online session of Animal Encounters called Radical Reptiles on October 5, 4PM-4:45PM. Register here at least 30 minutes prior to the event.
HMSC Online Lecture: Did We Evolve to Exercise?, Oct. 13
Harvard Museums of Science and Culture will host a free, online lecture, Did We Evolve to Exercise?, by Harvard professor Daniel Lieberman on October 13, 6PM-7:15PM. Register here at least 30 minutes prior to the event.
Science Club for Girls: Registration Open for Online Clubs, Grades K-12
Registration is now open for Science Club for Girls Fall Virtual Science Clubs, which will be held online for 8 weeks starting in October. All girls and those who identify with girlhood in the greater Boston area in Grades K-12 are welcome to apply to be a Participant (Grades K-8) or Junior Mentor (Grades 8-12). Choose a one-hour time slot from among these: 4PM-5PM on Mondays OR Tuesdays OR Fridays (starting the week of October 4), OR 10:30AM-11:30AM Saturdays (starting October 16). A total of 350 places are available, and priority will be given to those who are underrepresented in STEM (i.e., those of color, demonstrating economic need, and/or are first generation college bound). Participants need to have a smart phone, tablet, or computer with Internet access, and all other club materials will be provided free of charge.
SCFG also seeks adults who are studying or working in STEM fields to apply to be Volunteer Mentors for Science Clubs — either the virtual clubs described above or SCFG’s in-person clubs, which are at locations with closed registrations. Mentors commit to teaching hands-on explorations in STEM in Grades K-8, for two hours a week over 8 weeks, in collaboration with Junior Mentors who are in Grades 8-12..
Lincoln Labs’ Science on Saturday: Aviation Engineering, Oct. 23
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is offering its Science on Saturdays programs virtually this year, and registration is NOT required. The programs are free and designed for children aged 5-17, their parents, and teachers. On Saturday, October 23 at 10AM, the program will be Space Weather! or Take Cover! The Sun’s Getting Stormy!, featuring a discussion of plasma and radiation from the sun — and how they affect us on Earth. Click here for the Zoom link at the time of the event.
Science Club for Girls Extends its Reach 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.
FSU Planetarium Celebrating the Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, Sept. 15 & Oct. 15
The Christa McAuliffe Center at Framingham State University will celebrate NASA’s launch of the James Webb Space Telescope with two events, one virtual and one in person:
- AstroNights LIVE online event: The James Webb Space Telescope — A Giant Leap Forward in Our Quest to Understand the Universe and Our Origins, on September 15 at 7:30PM, for ages 12+. View the presentation on Zoom (registration required) or the Christa McAuliffe YouTube channel. Free.
- In-person event at McAuliffe Center (also livestreamed): The James Webb Space Telescope: We Can See the Beginning, on October 15 at 7PM. Dr. Kathryn Flanagan, Astronomer Emerita at the Space Telescope Science Institute and former Webb mission head, will speak.
HMSC Online: Animal Encounters — Pint-Sized Predators, Sept. 14
Harvard Museums of Science and Culture will host another free, online session of Animal Encounters called Pint-Sized Predators on September 14, 4PM-4:45PM. Register here at least 30 minutes prior to the event.