To mark the opening of its new exhibit, Swimming with Sharks: A Deep Dive into Shark Biology and Behavior, the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture will host an in-person event, Swimming with Sharks: A Photographic Journey, with underwater wildlife photographer Keith Ellenbogen, on November 12, 2PM-3PM at Harvard’s Museum of Natural History. Ages 10+. Free with museum admission. Advance registration is required.

The Broad Institute’s Broad Discovery Series of free, public lectures (formerly Science for All Seasons) will launch on November 15, 5PM-6PM with a hybrid event, Taking an Engineer’s Approach to Understanding Biology. Broad researchers Paul Blainey and Alex Shalek will explain how scientists can make new types of biological measurements to explore cells and tissues, developing new perspectives about how living systems work. Register to attend either online or in-person (415 Main Street, Cambridge).

Boston College will hold BC Splash on Sunday, November 13, in-person.  Splash is a one-day, student-run program in which undergraduates and graduate students teach mini-courses for students in Grades 7-12. There will be a parallel Parent Program about admissions and financial aid, sample splash classes, student panels, and campus tours. There’s a $10 fee for the day, which includes a pizza lunch. Registration is required and is first-come/first-served. For more information, email bcsplash@gmail.com. Among the courses offered this year are these STEM-related ones:

• Forensics 101
• Infant to Teen Psychology: How We Become Who We Are!
• Let’s Innovate! A Choose Your Own Adventure Game about Technology
• Introduction to Organic Chemistry: Medical and Daily Application
• How useful are quantum computers?
• Math is Weird, Math is Fun
• Psychosocial Epidemiology
• Intro to Programming in Python
• Global Public Health Issues & How We Can Help
• COVID-19: Understanding and Modeling Viruses
• Straws and Turtles: Our Global Plastic Pollution Problem
• Neurophysiology of Timothy Syndrome
• Understanding Cryptocurrency
• Congressional Apportionment
• Cancer: Investigations of Basic Biology and Public Health
• Pre-Dental Info Session
• The Final Frontier: A History of Space Exploration
• Intro to Game Programming
• How to Save a Life
• Want to be an EMT?
• The science behind photography
• Math intersects Art: Tessellations!
• Ethics of Genetic Engineering

A group of Newton South HS students has created M Snake, a new, friendly, in-person math competition to introduce students in Grades 6-8 to the world of competitive math. It’s open to students living in Newton and/or attending NPS schools, and it’s designed for students with little or no experience in competitive math. The problems will be fun, exciting, and intuitive rather than strictly challenging, in order to foster excitement, exploration, and community.

The competition will take place at Newton South HS on November 12, 10AM-4:30PM and consist of two individual rounds in the morning and a collaborative round in the afternoon. Afterwards, students and parents will hear from the guest speaker, mathematics Professor Po Shen Loh, who founded a revolutionary online math education program and coaches Team USA for the International Math Olympiad. Register here, either individually or in teams of up to four (team members do not need to be from the same school). Email msnakecompetition@gmail.com with any questions, concerns, or registration changes.

MIT’s Splash program runs for two days each year on the weekend before Thanksgiving — running in-person this year on November 19-20. Students in Grades 9-12 can take a wide range of mini-courses taught by MIT undergraduates and participate in drop-in activities. This year, Splash! is offering over 300 courses including many in Science, Computers & Programming, Engineering, and Mathematics. The cost is $40 regardless of the number of courses taken, and generous financial aid is available. The first phase of registration is now open, in which students will have until October 29 to register and specify their preferences for classes. Classes will then be filled by lottery, treating equally all those who register anytime in the first phase of registration. After the lottery results are announced, some classes may be available for those registering later, in a subsequent phase of registration. See the Program Details. For more information, email splash@mit.edu.

Brandeis University’s Splash! — a free program of mini-courses taught by undergraduates for students in Grades 6-12 — will be held November 13, Noon-5PM on the Brandeis campus. Take as many 50-minute courses as you wish. Bring or purchase your lunch on campus. Registration is open now until November 11. For more information, email ess-club@brandeis.edu.