There are many ways to get your children involved in STEM-related activities this August.
August 1, 8, 15: Make rockets at the Seekonk Public Library. (Ages 6-12)
August 1-13, 15-18: Hands-on engineering and design at the MIT Museum in Cambridge. Free with Museum admission. (Ages 12+)
August 3, 4, 5, 6: Learn to make your own digital game at the Hour of Code at Microsoft’s store on Bolyston St. in Boston. Free class. (Grades K-12 plus parents) 
August 3: Learn the magic behind science at the Dudley branch of the Boston Public Library.
August 3: Explore and create with technology at the Creativity Lab at the Peabody Institute Library. (Ages 9-13)
August 3, 10, 17, 24: Learn to code and build an app at the Newton Free Library. (Grades 5-7)
August 3, 4, 5, 6, 7: Learn to code in Scratch’s 2D environment and the more advanced Kodu 3D environment at the Morse Institute Library in Natick. (Girls with an artistic flair; ages 11-14)
August 4: Meet live reptiles at the Grove Hall branch of the Boston Public Library. (Ages 6+)
August 4: Learn about robots from iRobot at the Newton Free Library. (Grades 2-5)
August 4, 11, 18, 25: Learn the basics of programming digital games using the 2D game engine HaxeFlixel at the Creativity Lab at the Peabody Institute Library. (Ages 13+)
August 5, 12, 19, 26: Learn about the weather at the Wellesley Free Library. (PreK- grade 2)
August 6, 7: Tinker with small appliances at TINKERLAB at the Seekonk Public Library. (Grades 3+)
August 6, 13, 20, 27: Learn the basics of programming code through shareable animation, storytelling, and gaming projects using the programming language Scratch at the Central branch of the Boston Public Library.
August 6, 13: Learn about circuits, craft, and play with technology at the HATCH Makerspace in Watertown. (Ages 8+)
August 8: Preview the Summer Camp Game Coding and Designing programs at Microsoft’s store on Bolyston St. in Boston. Free class. (Grades K-12 plus parents)
August 8: Create things that fly at the Newton Free Library. (Grades K-5)
August 8, 9: Attend Boston Fab Fest, a weekend that includes exhibitions, demonstrations, live performances, and hands-on activities about technology, innovation, and the Maker Movement. Free and open to all ages.
August 10: Join in super science experiments at the Frances Perkins branch of the Worcester Public Library. (Ages 5-12)
August 10, 11, 12, 13: Learn to code at Microsoft’s Youthspark coding camp at the Microsoft store on Bolyston St. in Boston. Free classes for beginners. (Ages 8-10)
August 11: Explore the moon’s phases, the constellation and the planets in an inflatable planetarium at the Weston Public Library. (Ages 3-7)
August 11: Find out what would it be like to live on a lunar space colony in 2081 in an inflatable planetarium at the Weston Public Library. (Ages 5-9)
August 12: Meet live reptiles at the Cambridge Public Library. (All ages)
August 13: Watch the Superhero Egg Drop Competition at the Bellingham Public Library.
August 13, 20, 27: Participate in a 6-week Javascript class for middle school students at Wellesley Free Library.
August 15: Explore the interactive clothing solutions that 8 teams of students developed this summer at the MIT Museum in Cambridge. Free with Museum admission.
August 17, 18, 19, 20: Learn to code at Microsoft’s Youthspark coding camp at the Microsoft store on Bolyston St. in Boston. Free classes for intermediate level. (Ages 11+)
August 18: Learn how 3D printing works with design software Tinkercad at the Newton Free Library. (Grades 2-5)
August 19: Join in TeenTech- UpCycled Fashion at the Creativity Lab at the Peabody Institute Library. (Grades 6-12)
August 20: Work with Scratch at the Newton Free Library. (Grades 3-6)
August 23: Explore, imagine and create something wonderful at the National Grid Tinker Tent at the Boston Children’s Museum. All ages.
Image Source: CERDEC Math and Science Summer Camp, 2013 by U.S. Army CERDEC, CC
