There are many ways to get your children involved in STEM-related activities this June.
June: Maker Camp 2016 is coming soon. Join a free community for kids who are making around the world, online and in your neighborhood. You can start making projects anytime!
June 1: Learn to code with Python at the Belmont Public Library. (Grades 5-8)
June 1, 8, 15, 22: Attend CodeCampKidz and you will take a “mobile first” approach and build a series of re-usable Bootstrap Tools that you can use over and over again on your own responsive design projects at the Newton Free Library. (Grades 7-8)
June 2, 9, 16, 23: Join Time for STEM: topics will include 5 senses; building; bubbles; and sorting at the Newton Free Library. (Ages 15-30 months)
June 2: Explore math, science, and the arts with children’s books and related activities at the Newton Free Library. (Ages 3-5)
June 3: Free admission to The Discovery Museums: Science in Acton.
June 3: Learn STEM concepts through hands-on activities, story time, music and movement, challenges and simple experiments at the Shrewsbury Public Library. (Ages 3-5)
June 4: Come transform with littleBits, easy-to-use electronic building blocks that empower students to understand the world around them and create inventions that transform it at the Newton Free Library. (Ages 9-12)
June 4, 5, 11, 12: Hands-on engineering and design at the MIT Museum in Cambridge. Free with Museum admission. (Ages 12+)
June 8: Build a robot using LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 kit, complete with a robotic arm attachment to pick things up at the Adams branch of the Boston Public Library. (Ages 8+)
June 8: Learn about Raspberry Pi®, is a single-board computer developed the size of a tiny credit-card at the Grove Hall branch of the Boston Public Library. (Ages 13-18)
June 9: Come learn the basics of Tinkercad, a simple 3D modeling program at the Shrewsbury Library. (For teens)
June 10: Create habitats with Hexbugs, little robotic creatures that react to their environment at the Newton Free Library. (Ages 5+)
June 11: Celebrate five years of TouchTomorrow at Worcester Polytechnic Institute on June 11, a family-friendly festival featuring interactive science, robotics, and technology exhibits by WPI, NASA, WGBH, and friends – for kids of all ages. Free event!
June 11: Explore science around Latin America at Science on Saturday at Lincoln Laboratory in Lexington. Free (Ages 5-17)
June 13: Learn how to code with the Finch, a small robot that has support for over a dozen programming languages at the Newton Free Library. (Grades 6-12)
June 13: Come design and print on the 3D printer at the Newton Free Library.
June 14: Build and customize a Pinball kit from the Maker Shed and add light and sound with Arduino the Morse Institute Library in Natick. (Ages 11-18)
June 16: Join the Teen Tinker Club and use littleBits and hexbugs to invent new things at the Newton Free Library. (Grades 6-12)
June 17, 18: Attend EurekaFest, a multi-day celebration designed to empower a legacy of inventors through activities that inspire youth, honor role models, and encourage creativity and problem solving at MIT and the Museum of Science.
June 18: Problem-solve and build creatively while constructing a tower at the Cary Memorial Library in Lexington. (Grades K-2)
June 21: Join the Teen MakerLAB and explore technology under the guidance of Tech Mentors at the Morse Institute Library in Natick. (Ages 11-18)
June 25: Make things fly, spin, move, and soar while hearing stories at the Cary Memorial Library in Lexington. (Ages 4-12)
June 27: Learn to code with Minecraft at the Wellesley Free Library. (Grades 4-8)
Girls Who Code Clubs
The Girls Who Code Clubs Program teaches computer science to 6th-12th grade girls. Girls who participate in the clubs will receive 40 hours of instruction from volunteer instructors in computer science including project based activities to reinforce concepts like conditionals, lists, and loops as well as skills like mobile app development.
Girls Who Code clubs are free and many are held at libraries and schools around Massachusetts. With the growth of the clubs, I am now including a list of the public clubs here. If you are interested in information about a club, please contact the Club Site directly.
- Belmont Public Library: 336 Concord Ave, Belmont, MA
- Cambridge Public Library (2 sessions): 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
- East Boston Branch of the Boston Public Library: 365 Bremen Street, Boston, MA
- Harvard University: 93 Dunster Mail Center, Cambridge, MA
- LEAP for Education, Inc.: 209 Essex St., Salem, MA
- Light of the World Empowerment: 275 Washington St., Dorchester, MA
- Medway High School: 88 Summer St., Medway, MA
- Memorial Hall Library: 2 North Main St., Andover, MA
- Needham High School: 609 Webster St., Needham, MA
- Newton Free Library (2 sessions): 330 Homer St., Newton, MA
- Paulo Freire Social Justice Charter School: 161 Lower Westfield Rd., Holyoke, MA
- Public Library of Brookline (2 sessions): 361 Washington St., Brookline, MA
- Reuben Hoar Library: 41 Shattuck St., Littleton, MA
- Smith College: 1 Chapin Way, Northampton, MA
- Watertown Free Public Library: 123 Main St., Watertown, MA
- Wellesley Free Library: 530 Washington St., Wellesley, MA
Image: Robotics at the Library by Franklin Park Library
