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
This looks like fun! Join MIT Beaver Works at their Racecar Crash Course 6-Week Coding Class for girls being held in Cambridge on Saturdays in November and December.
Who: High School Girls interested in learning coding and robots! When: Saturdays 10 am - 1 pm; Nov 3 - Dec 15 (excluding Thanksgiving week) Where: MIT Beaver Works, Cambridge, MA 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 YouthCities L3 Innovation Challenge is a 10-week program that explores entrepreneurship in the context of larger organizations. The Design Challenge Bootcamp, introducing students into innovation, design thinking, entrepreneurial problem-solving, and prototyping. Set up to somewhat mimic a 24-hour hackathon spread out over 7 weeks, students are role playing as employees of Boston Children’s Hospital’s Innovation Team to address a central challenge issued. Beyond a tech hack, students are challenged to work in teams and figure out how to leverage technology to address a user-driven need, not just focus solely on creating the technology itself.
Where: LabCentral, Cambridge When: Oct 3 - Nov 14, 2018 Registration Deadline: Sep 26th, students selected will be notified Sep 29th, 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
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.
high school students learn how to design video games at becker college video game summer studio5/30/2017
Becker College, ranked number five worldwide by the Princeton Review for computer game design, is again holding their Video Game Summer Studio for high school students. My son attended this program last summer and said it was the best two weeks of his life! He was surrounded by peers with similar interests and the classes were taught by great teachers.
Becker's Video Game Summer Studio is a two-week residential program where students live, learn and play together. The program is an introduction to all aspects of game development including game design, game art and animation, motion capture, programming, sound, testing and production. Students will work in small groups, as part of a development team, and collaborate to build an original game. Students will have a chance to meet professional game developers at companies such as Petricore Games. At the culmination of the program, students will showcase their new game and discuss the programs and processes they used during game development. The program will be held on the Worcester, Mass. campus for students grades 9-12. Registration deadline, June 10, 2017.
Students who attend the Summer Game Studio can qualify to receive a $5,000 annual scholarship if they go on to enroll full-time in Becker College's Bachelor of Arts Interactive Media Design Program. See Becker College's website for scholarship details. Registration is now open for CODEIT!, a free program offered by MIT students aimed at decreasing the gender-gap in technology. Middle school girls with little or no programming experience will have the chance to explore computer science through interactive workshops and MIT student mentors. The program meets weekly on Saturday afternoons from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. beginning October 7, 2017 through December 2, 2017 (students are expected to attend all classes). Computers and smartphones will be available for student use and a catered lunch will be provided. If you live in Central Massachusetts, sometimes it can be hard making the trek into Boston to attend STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, & Math) enrichment programs with your kids. Luckily, close to home, is the Worcester Think Tank. The Worcester Think Tank offers many STEAM based hands-on youth programs for kids ages 8 - 17. This summer, the Worcester Think Tank is hosting 2 weeks of summer programs with planned hands-on STEAM projects in science, technology and art. All classes will take place at Technocopia's Maker Space or outside on the Worcester Common. Summer programs will be held the weeks of August 7 and 14th, 2017. |
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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