High-school students in Grades 10-12 may take courses for high-schoolers at Tufts — in-person on the Medford campus, or virtual, or hybrid. The Fall semester courses run September 8 to December 23. Registration is open now.
2021 Congressional App Challenge is Now Open; Apps Due Nov. 1
All Massachusetts members of Congress have joined other House colleagues in hosting the Congressional App Challenge. Students in Grades 6-12 may register, as individuals or in teams of up to four, in the Congressional District in which they live or attend school. Apps may be created in any language, on any platform, on any theme or purpose. They must be submitted by November 1. Submissions will be evaluated by local judges who work in academic, software, and entrepreneurial fields. The winning app from each participating Congressional District will be announced in December and will have their apps highlighted online and in an exhibit in the Capitol.
Boston Tech Mom: Online STEM Classes for Kids and Teens
Boston Tech Mom has a new post, Fall 2021 Online STEM Classes for Kids and Teens. Take a look!
Museum of Science: Imagination and STEM (Survey and Public Panels)
Boston’s Museum of Science, through funding from the National Science Foundation, is exploring the relationship between imagination and STEM. The public is invited to participate in these activities:
- An online survey about imagination and STEM
- Unpacking the STEM Imagination, a 3-session series of public panel events:
- Raising the Imagination: September 8 (12:30-1:45PM)
- Imagination and STEM Futures: September 9 (5:30-6:45PM)
- Cultivating Contexts for Imaginative Thinking in STEM: September 13 (3:30-4:45PM)
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.
CSRecitations: Fall Classes (In-Person and Online) Start Sept. 11
CSRecititations (5 Michigan Drive in Natick) will offer both in-person and virtual classes this fall in coding (Scratch, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Python) and math, starting September 11. The center also hosts math and coding competitions and offers private and semi-private sessions in math and computer science. Registration is now open.
Code Ninjas: Fall Classes …and Hiring Part-time Instructors
Code Ninjas in Wellesley is offering these in-person classes this fall:
- JR Program (ages 5-6): Weekly hour-long classes (of up to 10 students) to explore programming, robotics, science experiments, and STEAM-related arts. Sign up for Signup here for free, exploratory workshops on August 31 (2PM-3PM) and September 11 (10:30AM-11:30AM) to try it out.
- Create (ages 7-14): Coding program. Sign up for a free game-building session and a (virtual or in-person) tour of Code Ninja’s facilities.
Also, Code Ninjas is hiring part-time coding instructors (ages 15+). For more information or to apply, contact Annie Duong at 781-591-2413 or annie.duong@codeninjas.com.
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.
FSU Planetarium: In-Person, Full-Dome Films are Back!, Aug. 24-26
The Christa McAuliffe Center at Framingham State University will return to offering in-person, full-dome films, starting August 24-26 with this film schedule, generally for ages 10+. The cost is $5. Masks are required. Register here.
Mass. STEM Week, Oct. 18-22; Webinar on Programs, Aug. 25
This year Massachusetts STEM Week will be October 18-22. Schools and after-school programs are invited register here for an online meeting on August 25, 8:30AM-10:30AM, to discuss STEM Week programming and STEM-focused Design Challenges offered for STEM Week.