Create Art in Community, a studio in Roslindale, will offer these three STEM programs for ages 3-8:
The Hanover Theatre in Worcester, in partnership with the Ecotarium, will present a series of three National Geographic shows:
Tickets are $35 each or $95 for the series.
Empow Studios (180 Needham Street in Newton) will host a free Robotics Expo on April 4, 3PM-5PM in honor of Robotics Week. It will feature demonstrations of robots from local businesses and FIRST Tech Challenge teams.
Tuft’s Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) will hold several one-week workshops this summer to teach students in Grades K-12 about design and engineering. Workshops are led by Tufts staff and undergraduates researching how to teach design and engineering to evoke curiosity and passion for engineering through hands-on design challenges. A limited amount of need-based financial aid is available.
The Harvard Museum of Natural History will host a free public lecture, Who Discovered Evolution?, on March 3 at 6PM in the Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge. The event will be live-streamed on the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Facebook page and a recording will be available three weeks later.
Registration is open for the 12th annual SET in the City, for girls in Grades 9-12 to spend a day exploring academic paths and careers in STEM. It will be held 9AM-5PM on April 4, with an agenda starting at the Boston University Photonics Center, then traveling to Brandeis or Emmanuel or Harvard or Simmons, then visiting Biogen in Cambridge and Merck in Boston for the keynote address and college/grad student panel discussion. Girls will participate in hands-on activities and interact with STEM students and professionals. The cost is $30 (or $10 for students meeting financial guidelines). Register and pay and submit waivers. There is a limit of eight students per school, after which others will be on a waiting list. The program is sponsored by Biogen, Boston University, Emmanuel College, Harvard University, MIT, Northeastern University, Simmons College, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Merck, and WGBH.
The Innovation Institute (TI2) in Newtonville offers its Living in the Lab programs this summer for budding scientists and engineers, ages 6-17, in one-week sessions (9AM-Noon), June 22 – August 26, to experiment and design alongside scientists and engineers and experience life in the lab. See the schedule for Living in the Wet Lab, Living in the Wet Lab (Chemistry), and Living in the Bioengineering Lab — then enroll here.
Boston Tech Mom (“a parent’s guide to raising a future techie”) is a great resource for all things STEM around Boston — including her monthly posts about free or low-cost STEM Events for Kids in Boston. Here’s her Boston Tech Mom: Tech Events for Kids in March list of STEM events.
In addition to her great list of summer STEM programs offered by colleges and universities in Massachusetts, Boston Tech Mom has compiled a list of summer engineering camps in Massachusetts.
The Newton Schools Foundation has announced that, for a fifth year in a row, an anonymous donor will match up to $25,000 in donations made in March for the Newton Public School’s Calculus Project. The Calculus Project works in all of Newton’s middle and high schools to have more Hispanic, African American, and low-income students successfully complete calculus in high school, as a path to success in college. Since its start in 2013, the program has increased enrollment by 70%, 200%, and 800% for these groups, respectively. The program provides intensive, small-group summer classes, enrichment activities, and year-round mentoring and tutoring. The summer program includes instruction in Computer Science, field trips to STEM-related companies, and college campus visits for rising 11th graders with a focus on STEM majors and careers. The program currently includes 149 students in Grades 8-12 and will welcome 30 incoming 8th Graders this summer.
While the NPS operating budget funds part of the program, tax-deductible donations via the NSF are needed for the summer program, tutoring, enrichment activities, and supplies.