Empow Studios has expanded its new virtual online STEM classes to include 2D video game designing, robotics, and more coding. See a brief video here. Next classes start May 4.
MassBioEd Seeks Career Ambassadors in Life Sciences
MassBioEd seeks to recruit more life-sciences professionals into its Career Ambassadors program to share their career experience and enthusiasm for life sciences.
Mad Science of North Boston Offers Free Daily STEM Activities
Mad Science of North Boston is offering a free daily email of STEM activities that are designed for individual grade levels (Grades K-5), do not require additional screen time, and follow state frameworks. See a sample email and sign up here.
LigerBots Online Mentorship Program for Elementary Students
The Newton LigerBots high-school robotics team has started its “Awesome Mentorship Project 2877” to match high-school student mentors with elementary students by common interests for online mentoring sessions. Each mentor-student pair will spend an hour each week over a video call doing science experiments, tutoring in school subjects, or simply drawing and chatting — whatever the elementary student needs. All mentors are vetted and trained by the LigerBots and are excited to get to work! Parents of elementary students are invited to fill out this interest form. High-school students (both LigerBots and others) interested in mentoring are invited to fill out this form.
Celebrate Earth Day with Mass. Audubon, April 22
April 22 is Earth Day — the 50th anniversary of the original Earth Day. This year’s theme is Climate Action. The Massachusetts Audubon Society invites all to celebrate Earth Day — and Earth Month — with a variety of activities and to explore nature at home.
Museum of Science #MOSatHome Schedule, Apr. 20-24
Boston’s Museum of Science offers these live online sessions with museum educators the week of April 20-24, as well as in future weeks:
- Science Snapshot: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; 11AM. Explore the biggest science headlines with Museum educators and get a better understanding of what’s happening in the world of science.
- Meet the Museum: Tuesday and Thursday; 11AM. Live interviews with members of the Museum’s staff to learn about their work. Topics include library science and a new Spanish edition starting next week!
- Ask a Scientist: Monday – Friday; Noon and 3PM. Question-and-answer style panels on everything you’ve ever wanted to know about a variety of different science topics, including climate change, physics of light, solar systems, dinosaurs, awesome amphibians, ocean science, and much more!
- Science in Action: Monday – Friday, 1PM. Museum educators demonstrate science activities for viewers to try at home, Activities include Virtual Birding, Fantastic Forces, Ocean Chemistry, Planting for Pollinators, and Magnets!
- STEM Beyond School: Tuesday and Thursday, 2PM; Wednesday, 10AM. The Museum’s STEM curricula division, EiE, hosts STEM webinars with at-home engineering activities to keep viewers engaged in their STEM education. Topics include Go Green! Engineering Recycled Racers, Robot Game: Programming Your Family, and Taking Care of Our Earth: Designing Trash Collectors.
The Knowledge Society Online: AI with Uber & Google, Apr. 25
The Knowledge Society will host an online talk for teens, AI with Uber & Google, on April 25, 4PM-5:30PM, with the head of applied AI at Google and the former head of AI at Uber. It’s free, but limited spots are available and by invitation. Apply for an invitation by April 23. Future talks are planned on Quantum Computing, Self-Driving/Flying cars, Space Technology, and more.
Broad Institute Virtual Event: The Human Cell Atlas, Apr. 28
Celebrating its first 15 years, the Broad Institute in Cambridge is hosting Broad@15, a series of free, public lectures. On April 28, 5PM-6PM, Core Institute Member Aviv Regev will speak on The Human Cell Atlas: “Google Maps” to Navigate the Human Body in Health and Disease. View live stream here. You can view video of previous talks via links at broadinstitute.org/15.
Makers: Join MASC to Help Make Face Masks
Makers Against the Spread of COVID-19 (MASC) seeks people with sewing machines and/or 3D printers to help produce reusable personal protective equipment (PPE) — specifically face masks — for hospitals in the greater Boston area. Email matthew.frumento@gmail.com to help. MASC is sponsored in part by You-Do-It Electronics.
Edge on Science Co-Sponsors “Our Planet Our Purpose” Challenge
Edge on Science is co-sponsoring the Ashoka ChangeMakers sustainability challenge, Our Planet Our Purpose. Teams of at least two students (with the lead being 14-18 years old) will each propose a solution to an environmental challenges. Sign up for the challenge here. Although the submission form indicates that each student-led project must be in operation for at least three months, this is not required. The founder of Edge on Science, John Aviste (315-773-5673 or javiste@edgeonscience.com), will be available to mentor teams. Entries must be submitted by May 14 and will be publicly available between that date and the date on which 25 winners will be announced. Each winning team will receive $1000 in seed funding and admission to the ChangeMaker Summit — two days of mentorship, coaching, and skill building.