Summer Programs in Quantum Computing

Qubit by Qubit is offering several summer programs in quantum computing, with live instruction taught by MIT researchers and PhDs. Full scholarships are available for students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds who have financial need.

Free previews in the form of workshops will be offered this month. Register at these links for:

Kids 4 Coding: Weekly Summer Tech at Roxbury Latin School

Kids 4 Coding, now starting its 5th summer season in Massachusetts, is offering one-week in-person summer programs throughout the summer at Roxbury Latin School, with a maximum of five students per instructor (see instructor bios) to explore autonomous cars, machine learning, game creation and modification, programming techniques, robotics, and other topics in computer science and engineering. Register by April 30 with code SAVE50 for a $50 discount. For more information, email info@kids4coding.com or call 800-484-2664.

Cambridge Science Festival, Virtual: #30DaysofScience Challenge, Apr. 1-30

The Cambridge Science Festival will be held virtually this year:  30 Days of Science, April 1-30. Underlying the festival’s many events is the #30DaysofScience Challenge, in which participants sign up and dedicate at least a few minutes each day — either to respond to daily emailed prompts or to pursue their own inquiries — and share their discoveries and questions with that hashtag.

Wellesley Education Foundation: See Yourself in STEM, Events in April

The Wellesley Education Foundation is sponsoring See Yourself in STEM throughout the month of April, and all events are open to the public beyond Wellesley. Register at the links below. The events are free, and you are invited to become a sponsor or donor.

There’s also a STEM scavenger hunt for elementary students and two hackathons hosted by Wellesley-based coding companies: iCode (April 24) and Code Ninjas (April 25), each with various age groupings and “office hours” in the week before the event to provide assistance.

Register Now for Virtual Northeastern Splash!, Apr. 3

Each spring, NEPTUN (a Northeastern University student group) hosts Splash!, a free program for students in Grades 9-12 to take fun and informative mini-classes led by Northeastern undergraduate students. This year, Splash! will be free and held virtually on April 3, 1PM-5PM. Registration is now open and is first-come/first-served and requires setting up a free student account. Separately, you can check out the Digital Splash! online offerings created from the content of previous Splash! courses. For more information, contact nu.neptun@gmail.com. Among the Splash! courses this year are these STEM offerings:

  • It’s a Gut Feeling: Engineering and Hacking the Bacteria in Your Body
  • Think like an Engineer
  • The Limits of Infinity
  • This is Your Brain on Drugs: Neuropsychopharmacology
  • What really is sleep?
  • Psychiatric and Neurological Disorder
  • Science at Home Mashup II
  • I’m Not a Morning Person: Chronobiology
  • Epigenetics: Why everything you know about genetics is wrong
  • Antibiotics and Vaccines
  • The Cat Conspiracy and Other Mind-Bending Parasites
  • What your High School teachers never told you about Chemistry

Habitat Groups to Host Inter-Generational Climate Cafe, Apr. 3

The Habitat Environmental Action Team (HEAT) — a youth-led group dedicated to climate action in the cities and towns surrounding Habitat Education Center and Wildlie Sanctuary in Belmont — and the Habitat Inter-generational Program (HIP) will host a free, online Inter-Generational Climate Cafe on April 3, 12PM – 1:30PM. People of ages 10+ who are concerned about climate change are invited to discuss climate action initiatives from 1970 to the present. Register here.