There are many ways to get your children involved in STEM-related activities this January.
January 2, 3, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31: Attend the Hour of Code workshop with Minecraft at the Microsoft Store in Boston. Free (Ages 8+)
January 2, 3, 10, 16, 17: Hands-on engineering and design at the MIT Museum in Cambridge. Free with Museum admission. (Ages 12+)
January 2: Weekly Girls Who Code club at the East Boston branch of the Boston Public Library. (Ages 13-18)
January 4: Apply for Blueprint, a weekend long learnathon and hackathon for high school students at MIT February 27 and 28th. Free event.
January 4: Weekly Girls Who Code club at the Newton Free Library. (Grades 6-12)
January 4: Join for stories, a snowflake craft and other STEAM activities at the Hyde Park branch of the Boston Public Library. (Ages 6-12)
January 4: Weekly Girls Who Code club at the Cary Memorial Library in Lexington. (Grades 6-12)
January 5: Create your own mechanical hand using only one material: drinking straws at the Worcester Public Library. (Ages 9-12)
January 5: Weekly Girls Who Code club (Level 1) at the Cambridge Public Library. (Grades 6-12)
January 6: Weekly Girls Who Code club (Level 2) at the Cambridge Public Library. (Grades 6-12)
January 6, 13, 20, 27: Use a student-friendly eLearning platform to build projects, and step by step, produce completed app pages at the Newton Free Library. (Grades 6-7)
January 6: Explore physics with deep sea diving and Newton’s rocket car experiments at the Uphams Corner branch of the Boston Public Library. (Ages 6-18)
January 7: Attend a Girls Who Code Informational session at the Belmont Public Library. (Grades 6-12)
January 7: Come to a storytime to explore math, science, and the arts with children’s books and related activities at the Newton Free Library. (Ages 3-5)
January 7: Build your own robot with KIBO at the Newton Free Library. (Ages 7-9)
January 7: Create a game from the ground up using tools like Game Maker Studio at the Worcester Public Library. (Teens)
January 7: Weekly Girls Who Code club at the Wellesley Free Library. (Grades 6-12)
January 7: Weekly Girls Who Code club at the Waltham Public Library. (Grades 6-12)
January 9, 23: Participate in simple experiments, structure building, and other fun creations and activities at the Worcester Public Library. (Ages 7-12)
January 11: Register for FabFest and learn what it takes to plan, design and build a community over school vacation week (Feb 16-19) at the MIT Museum. (Grades 6-8)
January 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21: Attend YouthSpark Camp and learn to code and create your own game at the Microsoft Store in Boston. Free (Ages 8-15)
January 13: Use 3D software and a 3D Printer to create your own cell phone case at the Central Library branch of the Boston Public Library. (Ages 13-18)
January 14, 27: Use 3D software and a 3D printer to create your own dice at the Central Library branch of the Boston Public Library. (Ages 13-18)
January 15: Do fun simple science experiments at the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy. (Preschoolers)
January 18 (MLK, Jr. Day): Attend a full-day NanoCamp at Empow Studios and learn about programming/coding, video game design, robotics, animation, and more in Lexington. Cost $95 (Grades 2-8)
January 18 (MLK, Jr. Day): Participate in Star Wars themed workshops on 3D printing and Minecraft at Einstein’s Workshop in Burlington. Cost: $75 (Grades 1-5)
January 19: Attend the Teen MakerLAB at the Morse Institute Library in Natick. (Ages 11-18)
January 20: Join for an engineering challenge and build a bridge with two favorite things: marshmallows and toothpicks at the Robbins Library in Arlington. (Ages 7-10)
January 21: Explore the scientific process and the art of experimentation through a mix of magic tricks, circus arts and more at the Robbins Library in Arlington. (Ages 5-12)
January 21: Come explore a variety of STEAM tools at the Teen Tinker Club at the Newton Free Library. (Grades 6-12)
January 23: Attend a fun, casual, math-themed storytime at the Cary Memorial Library in Lexington. (Ages 3-5)
January 23: Explore a tessellation where you fit geometric shapes together to cover a surface at the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy. (Ages 3+)
January 28: Build LEGO models and then program them to move and react at the Newton Free Library. (Ages 7-10)
Image Source: STEM Outreach: Eagle River Elementary School 5-6-15 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
