MIT K12 program and calendar

Dear Alumni with K-12 STEM Education Interest:

 

Have you checked out our Facebook page recently? We update the page daily to post events and news related to K12 STEM education.  Currently we have almost 1000 fans.  Facebook, Twitter (@MITK12STEM) and LinkedIn (MIT Alumni Focus: K-12 STEM Education) are great ways to connect with other MIT alums on the K-12 STEM Education Volunteer Network.

 

The calendar below notes some events and programs for educators and students occurring at MIT from now through the summer. If you click on the name of the program, it will take you to the webpage for more information. Programs are listed by date of occurrence, as well as by application deadline or when the application becomes available. Please feel free to forward to others, and please send any corrections to my email address below.

 

Finally, if you’ve not already done so, please create your K-12 STEM education profile in the Infinite Connection. When you join the K-12 STEM Education Volunteer Network, you indicate your interests and share current K-12 STEM activities with fellow alumni. If you have questions about any of these initiatives, please contact me at lliu@alum.mit.edu.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Leslie Liu ’89, SM ‘94

Co-chair, K-12 STEM Education Working Group

 

 

 

 

2/5: MIT ESP’s HSSP first round registration closes

2/10: MITES application due

2/14: MIT ESP’s Spark registration opens

2/28: Broad Institute Summer Internship application due

2/2012 (unspecified date): MIT Science of Baseball Program application available

3/1: Science and Engineering Program for Teachers (SEPT) application deadline

3/7: Whitehead Spring Lecture Series for High School Students registration opens

3/10: MIT ESP’s Spark

3/16: STEM Summer Institute application due

3/16: BioBuilding Curriculum Workshop @MIT application due

3/23: MIT Sea Grant’s Ocean Engineering Experience application due

3/31: MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s Science on Saturdays

3/2012 (unspecified): You GO Girl! application available, MIT ESP’s Junction application available

Ocean Science Internship application deadline

4/6: Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams application due

4/17-4/19: Whitehead Spring Lecture Series for High School Students

4/20-4/29: Cambridge Science Festival

4/2012 (unspecified): Research Experience for Teachers (RET) application deadline, MIT Sea Grant's 5/2012 (unspecified): Plasma Science and Fusion Center outreach

6/2: MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s Science on Saturdays

6/15-7/28: MITES

6/20-6/23: Lemelson-MIT’s Eurekafest

6/24-6/30: SEPT and NEST

7/2-8/3: STEM Summer Institute

7/9-8/17: Broad Institute Summer Internship

7/9-8/16: MIT ESP’s Junction

7/25-7/28: Scratch@MIT

7/28-8/5: MIT Sea Grant’s Ocean Engineering Experience

7/2012 (unspecified): MIT Biology’s HHMI Teachers’ Workshop, MIT Science of Baseball Program

8/1-8/3: BioBuilding Curriculum Workshop @MIT

8/2012 (unspecified): SEED Academy application available

Summer 2012 (unspecified dates):

You GO Girl!

Research Experience for Teachers (RET)

MIT Sea Grant's Ocean Science Internship

MIT Biology’s HHMI Summer Internship for High School Science Teachers

 

 

 

February 2012

 

 

 

Registration opens Feb. 14

Event date: March 10

Spark is a one-day event run by the MIT Educational Studies Program, open to students in grades seven through twelve. MIT students and community members teach a variety of classes, from urban orienteering to mathematics to Chinese brush painting and everything in between.

The summer internship program is designed for local high school students, during the summer in between their junior and senior years, who are interested in learning more about science and genomics. Students chosen for the program spend six weeks in a laboratory at the Broad Institute, where they carry out research projects designed for them by their mentors.

 

 

 

March 2012

 

Application deadline: March 1

Program dates: June 24-30

The MIT Science and Engineering Program for Teachers (SEPT) invites middle and high school science teachers to come drink from the MIT "firehose.” Teachers attend daily keynote lectures and have opportunities to simulate and explore related phenomena using MIT created software and materials.  Tuition for the program is $900 and includes accommodations, meals, and all sessions. Most SEPT attendees are recruited and sponsored by MIT Clubs. 

 

Registration opens March 7

Program dates: April 17-19

The Whitehead Institute Spring Lecture Series for High School Students is a three-day program held over spring vacation featuring lectures, laboratory demonstrations, visits to local biotech companies, and opportunities to meet with Whitehead scientists.

 

Event date: March 10

Spark is a one-day event run by the MIT Educational Studies Program, open to students in grades seven through twelve. MIT students and community members teach a variety of classes, from urban orienteering to mathematics to Chinese brush painting and everything in between.

Application deadline: March 16

Program dates: August 1-3

This professional development class will prepare middle school teachers to bring engineering into their science classrooms and laboratories using the BioBuilder curriculum.

 

 

Application deadline: March 23rd

Program dates: July 28 – August 5

The Ocean Engineering Experience (OEX) summer academic program is a weeklong opportunity for students entering 11th and 12th grade. The hands-on, residential camp at MIT will introduce the field of ocean engineering as applied specifically to marine vehicles and structures.

 

 

Applications available in March

Program dates: one week during the summer

You GO Girl! is a four-day summer program at the MIT Edgerton Center designed for girls entering the ninth grade in the fall.

 

Application available in early March

Program dates: July 9 through August 16

MIT Educational Studies Program offers college-level, academic courses four evenings per week during the summer for students finishing grades 8-12.

 

April 2012

 

InvenTeams are teams of high school students, teachers, and mentors that receive grants up to $10,000 each to invent technological solutions to real-world problems. Each InvenTeam chooses its own problem to solve.

 

Program dates: April 17-19

The Whitehead Institute Spring Lecture Series for High School Students is a three-day program held over spring vacation featuring lectures, laboratory demonstrations, visits to local biotech companies, and opportunities to meet with Whitehead scientists.

 

The Cambridge Science Festival is presented by the MIT Museum in collaboration with the City of Cambridge, community organizations, schools, universities and businesses. There are many ways to get involved, including submitting a proposal for an event or program, helping out with the Science Trivia Challenge, or being a volunteer.

 

Application deadline: sometime in April

Program dates: seven weeks during the summer

The Center for Materials Science and Engineering offers middle and high school science teachers an exciting opportunity to participate in cutting-edge materials research at MIT and design classroom material based on that research.

 

Application deadline: end of April

Program dates: four weeks during summer

During the course of the four-week long internship, high school interns venture out into the intertidal zone of several sites in the Boston Harbor. The students perform ecological surveys and assess ecosystem health under the guidance of MIT researchers.

 

 

 

May 2012

 

Twice a year (May and December) the Plasma Science and Fusion Center  reaches out to high schools or middle schools around Massachusetts, inviting one teacher and two students to a spend a day at the Center. Contact Paul Rivenberg, rivenberg@psfc.mit.edu about the outreach dates for 2012.

 

Summer 2012

 

Event dates: June 20-23

Eurekafest is a three-day event is geared toward inspiring young innovators, celebrating the thrill and spirit of invention by highlighting intrepid inventors at the high school, college and professional levels.

 

 

Program dates: July 9 through August 16

MIT Educational Studies Program offers college-level, academic courses four evenings per week during the summer for students finishing grades 8-12.

 

The summer internship program is designed for local high school students, during the summer in between their junior and senior years, who are interested in learning more about science and genomics. Students chosen for the program spend six weeks in a laboratory at the Broad Institute, where they carry out research projects designed for them by their mentors.

 

Event dates: July 25 to 28

At this conference, educators, researchers, developers, and other members of the worldwide Scratch community will gather to share their experiences and imagine the possibilities of Scratch.

Program dates: July 28 – August 5

The Ocean Engineering Experience (OEX) summer academic program is a weeklong opportunity for students entering 11th and 12th grade. The hands-on, residential camp at MIT will introduce the field of ocean engineering as applied specifically to marine vehicles and structures.

 

Program dates: one week in July

The HHMI Teachers' Workshop is offered in the summer to high school science teachers from the greater Boston area. The one-week workshop combines lectures and related hands-on laboratory courses and culminates in a session on science curriculum development for grades 8-12.

 

Program dates: August 1-3

This professional development class will prepare middle school teachers to bring engineering into their science classrooms and laboratories using the BioBuilder curriculum.

 

The Saturday Engineering Enrichment and Discovery (SEED) Academy is an academic enrichment and career exploration program for students who attend public school and also live in Boston, Cambridge and Lawrence, Massachusetts. Students are only eligible for admission in their freshman or sophomore year.

 

Program dates: one week during the summer

You GO Girl! is a four-day summer program at the MIT Edgerton Center designed for girls entering the ninth grade in the fall.

 

Program dates: seven weeks during the summer

The Center for Materials Science and Engineering offers middle and high school science teachers an exciting opportunity to participate in cutting-edge materials research at MIT and design classroom material based on that research.

 

Program dates: four weeks during summer

During the course of the four-week long internship, high school interns venture out into the intertidal zone of several sites in the Boston Harbor. The students perform ecological surveys and assess ecosystem health under the guidance of MIT researchers.

 

Program dates: six weeks in the summer

The Department of Biology is offering 6-week-long hands-on summer research internships for high school teachers who are teaching full-time in the greater Boston area. This program is an opportunity for local science teachers to spend six weeks in a research lab at MIT working on real-life projects and learning skills to bring back to the classroom. For additional information, please contact Dr. Mandana Sassanfar at mandana@mit.edu.