Join Fresh Films Weekly Filmmaking to learn the art, science, and business of filmmaking, learn to tell your story through film. Meet and work with other teens from your Central Mass on projects that will build your skills and your portfolio. Apply by October 12th
WHO: Teen, aged 13-18 WHAT: Film & Media Career Pathway Program WHERE: Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg & Leominster WHEN: Thursdays, starting Oct 18th, 4 - 6:30 pm COST: FREE Register at: freshfilms.org/weeklyfilmmaking This program is offered through in part through the generous support of the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts and the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation To keep up on STEM Happenings throughout New England follow: STEM Advocates at www.mySTEMresource.com and on Facebook and Twitter @STEMAdvocates Registration is open for Brandeis University's Fall SPLASH program! Splash is a one day program for students, in grades 6-12, where they can take classes on a variety of topics of interest. Come learn about Ancient Greece, Animation, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Chocolate, or choose from many others. Who: Students in Grades 6-12 Where: Brandeis University, Waltham When: Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019 Cost: FREE!! For the link to this and other SPLASH programs go to www.STEMAdvocates.org, select Students, select SPLASH To keep up on STEM Happenings throughout New England follow: STEM Advocates at www.mySTEMresource.com and on Facebook and Twitter @STEMAdvocates
Clark University's Splash program provides students, in grades 5-12, a chance to learn while taking classes taught by Clark University student volunteers. Classes cover a wide variety of topics including the Arts, Humanities, Math & Computer Science, and Science. Students can join The Clark Key's A Cappella group, learn about DNA, take a yoga class, explore the topic of black holes and outer space, learn how to overcome challenges to achieve their goals, take a self defense class, learn how to design an escape room, and so much more.
Who: Students grades 5-12 Where: Clark University, Worcester, MA When: Sunday, Nov 10, 2019, 10 am - 5 pm Cost: FREE, lunch is included! Click here to see the list of local colleges offering SPLASH programs and to register To keep up on STEM Happenings throughout New England follow: STEM Advocates at www.mySTEMresource.com and on Facebook and Twitter @STEMAdvocates Science and Us, a youth-led nonprofit dedicated to helping high schoolers explore the intersection of STEM and society, is hosting a free Makeathon for middle and high school students at MIT. Who: Middle & High School Students What: Make-A-Thon Where: MIT When: August 17, 2019, 9am - 5pm Why: Hands-on activities are the most direct way for students to understand the challenges and rewards of making STEM accessible and interesting. Cost: FREE Register Here To keep up on STEM Happenings throughout New England follow: STEM Advocates at www.mySTEMresource.com and on Facebook and Twitter @STEMAdvocates The Boys and Girls Club of Fitchburg & Leominster is hosting a Geek Squad Academy from Best Buy. This two day program, for youth 10-18, will provide an opportunity for students to develop tech skills through hands-on experience with some of the newest and coolest technology. Local Best Buy employees help the students explore areas like:
Who: Youth ages 10-18, the Academy is not limited to those who live in the local area Where: Boys and Girls Club of Fitchburg & Leominster When: August 14 & 15th, 9 am - 3:30 pm Cost: Free Register here To keep up on STEM Happenings throughout New England follow: STEM Advocates at www.mySTEMresource.com and on Facebook and Twitter @STEMAdvocates MIT Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is hosting a "Ask Me Anything" Webinar where you can ask questions on college applications, women in stem, career advice, balancing school and extracurriculars, finding confidence in STEM, or anything related to STEM.
Who: MIT SWE Date: Friday, December 4, 2018 Time: 7 - 8 PM RSVP: Deadline, Wednesday December 12, 2018 Register here To keep up on STEM Happenings throughout New England follow: STEM Advocates at www.mySTEMresource.com and on Facebook and Twitter @STEMAdvocates
We have been to many of the SPLASH programs at Clark Univeristy over the years. Registration is now open for this fall's program. Wondering what Splash is? Check out my previous blog post "Splashing Into Fall".
Who: 5th - 12th grade students (though this program seems most popular with the middle school crowd) Where: Clark University; Worcester When: Sunday, Nov 4, 2018 - 10 am - 5 pm Cost: FREE, Lunch is included To register:
To keep up on STEM Happenings throughout New England follow: STEM Advocates at www.mySTEMresource.com and on Facebook and Twitter @STEMAdvocates
Registration opened today, Oct 7, for Yale Splash. This is a program for students run by Yale students where kids can take classes on any and everything. Open to students in 7th - 12th grade with a huge array of classes.
Who: 7th - 12th grade students Where: Yale University When: Oct 27, 2018, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Cost: $20, including lunch. Financial aid is available. Register here To keep up on STEM Happenings throughout New England follow: STEM Advocates at www.mySTEMresource.com and on Facebook and Twitter @STEMAdvocates Saturdays this fall will bring inquisitive 9th - 12th grade students to the Yale campus for the Sprout program. Sprout offers students the opportunity to choose classes of interest, which are taught by Yale students. An example of classes running this fall include: Introduction to Creative Writing, Media and Mindfulness, and Computer Arithmetic. The program is run on three consecutive Saturdays and attendance all three weeks is mandatory.
Registration is currently open Who: 9th - 12th grade student Where: Yale University When: Sep 29, Oct 7 & Oct 13 Cost: $45, including lunch. Full need-based financial aid is available. Register here To keep up on STEM Happenings throughout New England follow: STEM Advocates at www.mySTEMresource.com and on Facebook and Twitter @STEMAdvocates Cascade is a free program offered through MIT Educational Studies Program (ESP) for students in 9th or 10th grade from local partner Boston area schools. Students will choose two of six core classes which they will take every Saturday for five weeks. Class choices are:
The program includes free lunch and CharlieCards. If you are interested in Cascade, please encourage your school or one of your teachers to contact [email protected] or call 617-253-4882. Who: 9th or 10th grade students at local partner Boston area schools What: Cascade, Student Applications are now Open! Where: MIT's main campus When: Saturday's from 10:30-3pm, October 6th - November 3rd Cost: Free for all students Harvard Student Agencies, an organization run by Harvard students, is hosting a Women's Leadership Conference for high schoolers, focused primarily in the fields of STEM, business and politics. The program will feature key note speakers and panels and will include breakout session focused on building leadership skills of the participants. The conference will conclude with an ice cream social and networking event.
Who: High School Students When: July 21, 2018 Hours: 9am - 4pm, followed by a networking event Cost: $160 Register Here To keep up on STEM Happenings throughout New England follow: STEM Advocates at www.mySTEMresource.com and on Facebook and Twitter @STEMAdvocates Science & US Conference for High School Students featuring workshops, presentations, and conversations with scientists and journalists from Harvard University, MIT, Tufts University and Boston University Who: High School Students When: Saturday, June 9, 2018 Where: Boston University Cost: FREE Register here To keep up on STEM Happenings throughout New England follow: STEM Advocates at www.mySTEMresource.com and on Facebook and Twitter @STEMAdvocates Do you know or are you a high school student, ages 13-18, interested in learning about new technology, participating in workshops and working with experts with industry professionals from companies like Microsoft, Google, and Red Hat? If so, check out MetroHacks III, the largest high school hackathon in New England, being held May 19-20, 2018 at the Harvard SOCH in Cambridge. No coding experience required! The event is free and meals are provided.
Click here to register. To keep up on STEM Happenings throughout New England follow: STEM Advocates at www.mySTEMresource.com and on Facebook and Twitter @STEMAdvocates STEM Education Day - Science, Weather & Engineering Gates open at 7:30am
STEM Curriculum will begin at 8:30/9 am and conclude at 11 am Red Sox Game starts at 1:05 pm MIT is offering a free Science on Saturday program, Rockets and Flight. Science on Saturday is a 60-minute presentation followed with hands-on activity booths. The program is open to elementary, middle and high school students
When: Saturday, March 10, 2018, 10 am - 12 pm Where: MIT Kresge Auditorium Cost: Free No Pre-Registration Required To keep up on STEM Happenings throughout New England follow: STEM Advocates at www.mySTEMresource.com and on Facebook and Twitter @STEMAdvocates MIT Society of Women Engineers is hosting a free Python Workshop for high school students who are interested in learning how to code. The program encourages females to sign up but is open to all genders. Date: Saturday, March 10 Time: 9 am - 3 pm Cost: Free Registration Deadline: Sunday, March 4, register here To keep up on STEM Happenings throughout New England follow: STEM Advocates at www.mySTEMresource.com and on Facebook and Twitter @STEMAdvocates MIT Lincoln Laboratory Beaverworks Center is hosting a one-day "Girls Who Build Music" Tech Workshop for high school girls. The workshop includes keynote speakers from MIT and Bose and includes hands-on activities on how to build a speaker and how to program a guitar synthesizer. The cost is $50 which includes supplies and lunch. Who: High School Females When: Saturday, Feb 3, 2018 Time: 8:30 - 4:30 Where: MIT Lincoln Laboratory Beaverworks Center Cost: $50 Register here To keep up on STEM Happenings throughout New England follow: STEM Advocates at www.mySTEMresource.com and on Facebook and Twitter @STEMAdvocates
Help a team of hackers and cyber security professionals track down the bad guys that have hacked their system. This is the type of real-world scenario you'll experience when you attend 1NTERRUPT Cybersecurity Program held at Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science at WPI on January 27, 2018 from 8:30 am -3:00 pm. The program is free and offered to participates ages 13-22 who are interested in a hands-on opportunity to learning about hacking for good.
Who: Ages 13-22 Where: Mass Academy, Worcester When: Saturday, January 27, 2018 Time: 8:30 am - 3:00pm Cost: Free - you even get a free t-shirt and lunch! Register here To keep up on STEM Happenings throughout New England follow: STEM Advocates at www.mySTEMresource.com and on Facebook and Twitter @STEMAdvocates Are you or do you know a young female high school student, currently in the 11th grade, interested in technology? MIT Women's Technology program offers a four week residential academic experience, designed and taught by female MIT graduate students, exploring engineering through hands-on classes, labs and team-based projects. This program is geared towards students with no prior programming background.
This program is free of charge for families with incomes less than $120,000 and $3,500 for families earning more than $120,000. The program includes classes, housing and food. This is a competitive application process with over 500 applications for 40 spots. To learn more watch their YouTube Video or go to their website Program Dates: June 23 - July 21, 2018 Application Deadline: January 15, 2018 Registration is open for students to attend introductory classes at New England colleges by college students. Programs are available for students grade 5 - 12. Check out the schools, dates and links on the Students-STEM page of our site.
MIT Lincoln Laboratory has just announced their first fall Science on Saturday program, The Art of Science. The program explores the intersection of the sciences and performing arts. The Science on Saturday program is for children ages 5-17 (though I find it best for elementary and early middle school students). Two sessions are offered on Saturday, Oct 21, 2017 on from 9-10:30 and another from 10:45-12:15. The program is free of charge.
UPDATE: Registration Full, Registration closed on Sept 6th at 3:30 pm
Registration is now open for the Merit Badge University (MBU) held on the WPI campus. This program for the boy scouts is run by the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity and student volunteers (thank you!). Most merit badge university programs are run in the spring, so it is especially nice to see this one is hosted in the fall. A wide variety of merit badges are being offered including many that are STEM related such as: Animation, Environmental Science, Engineering, Space Exploration, Chemistry, Electronics, Robotics, Geology, Astronomy & Oceanography. The event will be held over two Saturdays, attendance both days are required, November 4 & December 2, 2017. The program runs from 9 am - 4:10 pm. The cost of the program - 3 merit badges and pizza is $15. Registration open until Oct 1st or until 225 scouts have registered. Click on the link to register. To keep up on STEM Happenings throughout New England follow: STEM Advocates at www.mySTEMresource.com and on Facebook and Twitter @STEMAdvocates CyberPatriot, a program created by the US Air Force, is a youth cyber education program and cyber defense competition offering middle school and high school divisions. The program was created to increase interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) education and cyber security. The first cyber defense competition was held in 2009 with just eight teams in Florida, since then, it has grown to over 4,400 teams across the United States.
Teams compete online and are scored on how well they identify vulnerabilities in a simulated virtual network. Winners of the online competitions are invited to attend the, all expense paid, National Finals Competition in Baltimore, Maryland held in April 2018 and winners receive national recognition and are awarded scholarships. Each team consists of a coach and 2-6 competitors (up to 5 competitors, 1 alternate) and an optional team mentor and/or assistant. On-line training materials are provided. Teams need to be registered by October 4, 2017, there is a fee of $205 per team (to increase the number of females in STEM, there is no charge for all female teams) To keep up on STEM Happenings throughout New England follow: STEM Advocates at www.mySTEMresource.com and on Facebook and Twitter @STEMAdvocates Are you looking for local STEM opportunities for your kids close to home? Try your local technical high school's School of Continuing Education classes. Montachusett Regional Technical High School in Fitchburg, Massachusetts has two programs for kids.
Cool Circuits for 7th & 8th grade students will be taught by Sehba Hasan, an electronics and telecommunications engineer. Students will learn about LED's (light emitting diodes), switches and fans. This course will be held Tuesdays, Sept 12 - Oct 17 from 4:30 - 5:30 pm and costs $149 Kidtronics for 5th & 6th grade students will teach the basics of electronic circuits. They will learn about electricity, electrons, voltage source, conductors and insulators. As a final project students will create a LED card. This course will be held Sept 11 - Oct 23 from 4:30 - 5:30 pm and costs $149. Register online at Montytechnites.com or call 978-345-9200 x5220 Mark your calendar, MIT Science on Saturday's 2017-2018 schedule has been released! All events are FREE and opened to students K-12, parents and teachers.
Science on Saturday events on the MIT campus are free and open to all K-12 students, as well as their parents and teachers. Each event features an hour of spectacular on-stage science demonstrations led by MIT presenters with volunteers from the audience, followed by an hour where kids can do their own experiments at 24 different hands-on activity tables. The events will be held 10:00 a.m.-noon on the following Saturdays in MIT’s Kresge Auditorium, 48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139: October 14, 2017 Biotechnology December 2, 2017 Nuclear Science and Engineering February 3, 2018 Materials with Magical Properties March 10, 2018 Rockets and Flight April 7, 2018 Optics Events are produced by MIT alumnus Todd Rider and sponsored by the MIT Museum and the Akamai Foundation. Attendees receive half-price, same day admission to the MIT Museum. |
AuthorWelcome! I'm Debbi and I'm so glad you're here! As a mom of two boys I found it difficult to find resources on STEM programs for my kids. I spent hours researching which resulted in my kids having some amazing STEM opportunities. I want to share information with other families. I try to focus on free or low-cost events so that opportunities are available to children no matter their family's income level. Archives
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