There are many ways to get your child involved in STEM-related activities this June.
June 1: Intro to 3D design and printing at the Central branch of the Boston Public Library. (Ages 13-18)
June 1: Weekly Girls Who Code Club at the Newton Free Library. For teens.
June 2: Create, share ideas, and explore technology in a Teen MakerLAB at the Morse Institute Library in Natick. (Ages 11-18)
June 2: Six-week course to learn the basics of programming digital video games with HaxeFlixel game engine at the Peabody Institute Library. (Ages 13+)
June 2: Weekly Girls Who Code Club at the Peabody Institute Library. For teens.
June 2, 9,16, 23, 30: Participate in STEAM stories and activities at Tinker Tots at the Central branch of the Boston Public Library. (Ages 0-5)
June 2, 10: Use Photoshop to design 3D images at the Central branch of the Boston Public Library. (Ages 9-13)
June 3: Weekly Girls Who Code at the Cambridge Public Library. (Grades 6-12)
June 4, 25: Program your own animations with Scratch at the Central branch of the Boston Public Library. (Ages 9-13)
June 7: Hands-on engineering and design at the MIT Museum in Cambridge. Free with Museum admission. (Ages 12+)
June 8: Use 3D creating and editing software, 123D Design, to build a model home at the Central branch of the Boston Public Library. (Ages 13-18)
June 8: Learn how 3D printing works at the Newton Free Library. (Grades 6-12)
June 8: Intro to 3D printing at the Seekonk Public Library.
June 11: Makerspace projects at the Watertown Free Public Library. (Ages 8+)
June 13: Attend TouchTomorrow– a festival of science, technology and robots at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Free and open to all ages.
June 13: Learn how radar works at Science on Saturday with Lincoln Labs in Dorchester. All ages.
June 15: Use 3D software to design your own jewelry at the Central branch of the Boston Public Library. (Ages 13-18)
June 16: Build a nameplate key-chain using the 3D design and modeling tool Tinkercad at the Central branch of the Boston Public Library. (Ages 9-13)
June 17: Learn to use Photoshop as an artistic platform to draw or paint at the Central branch of the Boston Public Library. (Ages 13-18)
June 18: Explore and work with Scratch at the Newton Free Library. (Grades 3-6)
June 19, 20: Celebrate inventors at the EurekaFest 2015 at MIT and the Museum of Science. Free and open to all ages.
June 20: Learn about air at the Mad Science event at the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy. (Ages 6-10)
June 22, 23, 34, 25, 30: Learn to code at Microsoft’s Youthspark coding camp at the Microsoft store on Bolyston St. in Boston. Free classes for beginners, ages 8-11, and intermediate, ages 11+.
June 23: Use Blender software to design 3D objects at the Wayland Free Public Library. (Ages 14+)
June 23, 30: Intro to 3D printing at the Peabody Institute Library. (Ages 9-18)
June 24: Create your own comic book with Photoshop at the Central branch of the Boston Public Library. (Ages 13-18)
Image Source: Green Gadgets by The Bakken Museum, CC
