Code Ninjas (161 Linden Street in Wellesley) will host the following events in February:
Beaver Works Summer Institute (BWSI) is a rigorous, world-class STEM program for rising high-school seniors offered by MIT and Lincoln Laboratory. It’s free and runs July 6 – August 2, and this year it will offer ten courses:
There’s a multi-step process to qualify and apply. Students must first submit a nomination/reference from a STEM teacher or school administrator in order to receive an application for the free BWSI Online Education Program, which the student must complete in order to apply for the summer programs.
Boston University hosts many STEM-related summer programs for middle- and high-school students. Some have registration open now and processed on a rolling basis, while others have registration open now with a deadline. Here are the ones open now:
Registration is open now, with decisions on a rolling basis, for these:
Registration is open now, with an application deadline of March 15, for:
MassBay Community College in Wellesley will offer free, one-week STEM Sampler Workshops this summer for eligible high-school students to explore one of the following, July 13-17, 9AM-3PM:
Eligible students are those who identify as female and are eligible for free or reduced lunch, or will be the first in their family to attend college, or are under-represented in college admissions. Preference will be given to juniors and seniors. Submit the registration form and application by April 1. For more information, call 781-239-2582 or email STEMStarter@massbay.edu.
The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center is facilitating and funding summer internships for Massachusetts high-school students who are at least 16 years old and currently in Grades 10-12. The Summer Apprenticeship Challenge program connects these students with employers throughout the state and subsidizes intern stipends for six weeks) so that life sciences companies and academic researchers can hire interns. Employers do the interviewing and selection, then provide a mentor and a hands-on learning experience. Employers sign up here and students sign up here. For more information, email internship@masslifesciences.com.
Celebrating its first 15 years, the Broad Institute in Cambridge is hosting Broad@15, a series of free, public lectures. On February 13, 6-7PM, Broad Institute Core Members Deb Hung and Pardis Sabeti will speak on From Patients to Populations: The Battle to Fight Infectious Diseases Continues. Register here. All Broad@15 talks will be live streamed. You can view the live stream and video of previous talks via links at broadinstitute.org/15.
For the fourth year, NuVu Studios in Cambridge offers summer programs in three sessions, each with a choice of two-week studios. Registration is now open.
Kids 4 Coding, based in Atlanta and now in its 5th year in Massachusetts, will offer half-day and full-day summer programs at Roxbury Latin School (101 St. Theresa Ava, West Roxbury) and Lesley University (31 Everett Street, Cambridge). Programs are collaborative and entertaining, supervised by Massachusetts certified teachers, and taught by university students passionate about technology.
Ages 7-9:
AM: Frozen 2 Game Design, Circuits & Digital Art
PM: Minecraft 3D, Circuitry & Design
West Roxbury: July 20-24 or August 3-7.
Cambridge: July 6-10 or July 13-17
Ages 7-9:
AM: Star Wars Game Design & BOTs
PM: Minecraft Mods, Engineering & Solar
West Roxbury: July 6-10, July 13-17 or August 10-14
Cambridge: July 20-24, July 27-31 or August 3-7
Ages 10-12:
AM: Python: Games, Music & Micro:bit
PM: Game Development & AR
West Roxbury: July 20-24 or July 27-31
Cambridge: July 6-10 or July 13-17
Ages 10-12:
AM: Autonomous Cars & BOTs
PM: Mobile Apps & Machine Learning
West Roxbury: July 6-10 or July 13-17
Cambridge: July 20-24 or July 27-31
Ages 12-14:
AM: 3D Game Development with Unity & C# I
PM: 3D Game Development with Unity & C# II
West Roxbury: July 27-31
Cambridge: August 10-14
Ages 13-15:
AM: Create Apps with Java
PM: JavaScript 101
West Roxbury: August 3-7 or August 10-14
Cambridge: August 3-7 or August 10-14
After a week of hard work in Artificial Reality and Virtual Reality Projects, teams at MIT Reality Hack will show off their work at the MIT Reality Hack Public Expo, January 20, 2-4:30PM, at MIT’s Ray and Maria Stata Center (32 Vassar Street, Cambridge). Register for free here.
iCode (73 Central Street in Wellesley) will offer one-day Minecraft camp on January 20, 8:30AM-3:30PM. It will include gaming, coding, modding, and an introduction to the Augmented Reality version of Minecraft. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. For more information, call 781-291-3131 or email wellesley@icodeschool.com.