The Christa McAuliffe Center at Framingham State University will offer the following events:
The Harvard Forest will hold a free online workshop, Trees Telling STEM Stories, for Grade 6-12 STEM teachers and informal educators to introduce the Harvard Forest’s Witness Tree research and social media initiative. It will be held on August 26, 10AM-4PM. Register by August 13.
The Southeastern Massachusetts STEM Network will host two mornings (9AM-12:30PM) of online panel discussions and workshops exploring diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in STEM education on the next two Wednesdays Register at the links below for either or both events in the series — Addressing DEI While Advancing STEM Education in Education, Workplaces, in Communities:
The Newton Free Library will host the following online STEM-related events:
Empow Studios has opened registration for BUILD, its monthly membership program that includes two one-hour, after-school STEM classes each week. Classes are available in-person in Newton or Lexington, as well as online. The available classes include beginner and advanced levels in various topics, and an academic advisor assists in class selection and provides regular updates. Parents/guardians may schedule an online session for a free class and consultation.
Tuft’s Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) will host an in-person Girls Engineering Week workshop, August 2-6, 11:30AM-1:30PM, for students in Grades 4-8 who identify as female. It will include a series of open-ended mini design challenges followed by a larger, user-centered design project. The focus will be on engineering and on understanding the user to better address problems with design solutions. Register here.
The TiE Young Entrepreneurship Academy is a rigorous, six-month, in-person extracurricular program (September-April) for Boston-area students in Grades 9-12 to foster skills in building a startup. Participants meet in Kendall Square in Cambridge every other Saturday, except for school breaks. The program uses a proven curriculum in entrepreneurship and business acceleration, taught by experts in the field, to help students tackle real-world problems. Along the way, it helps students identify and develop pathways to reach personal and professional goals while collaborating with like-minded peers and learning from startup founders and industry experts. The program includes a competition for up to $5,000 in seed funding and a chance to represent Boston at the TYE Global Competition (where the Boston team came in 2nd place this year). The cost is $1,750 and financial assistance may be available. Space is limited, and the application deadline is August 15. For more information, email Katie Quigley Mellor, Program Director, at katie@boston.tie.org.
The Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers (MAST) seeks proposals for presentations at its annual conference, November 5 at the Best Western Royal Plaza in Marlborough. The theme of the conference will be “Rekindle, Rethink, Recharge,” and presentations may be lectures, workshops, or share-a-thons. Applications will be accepted online until September 18.
The New England Aquarium‘s next public lecture, supported by the Lowell Institute, will be Countdown to 2030: Leveraging Art and Creativity for the Ocean Decade, on July 22, 6:30PM-8PM in the Aquarium’s Simons Theatre. It’s about the role of art and creativity in the drive to protect 30 percent of our lands, waters, and ocean by 2030 in order to prevent mass extinctions and bolster resilience to climate change. Register here.
As part of its Science for All Seasons program, the Broad Institute will host a virtual talk on July 29, 5PM-6PM, Genomics, COVID-19, and Us: Understanding Variants and Our Susceptibility to Disease. Human geneticist Benjamin Neale will discuss how our DNA influences our body’s response to the virus, and viral geneticist Bronwyn MacInnis will talk about genomic epidemiology and the evolution and spread of viral variants. Register here.