There are many ways to get your child involved in STEM-related activities this February.
February 1, 8, 15, 22: Hands-on engineering and design at the MIT Museum in Cambridge. Free with Museum admission. (Ages 12+)
February 2, 9, 23: Learn science at the Tinkerlab program at the Seekonk Public Library. (Grades 3-5)
February 2: Weekly Girls Who Code club at the Newton Free Library. For teens.
February 2: 3D printing at the Peabody Institute Library. (Ages 9-13)
February 2, 9, 16, 23: Learn to code at HATCH in the Arsenal Project in Watertown. All ages.
February 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 21, 23, 24: 3D design and printing classes for kids at MakerBot in Boston. Cost: admission price varies.
February 3: Weekly Girls Who Code club at the Peabody Institute Library. (Grades 6-12)
February 3: Intro to 3D printing at the Beverly Public Library. (Ages 10+)
February 3, 17: Learn Arduino (electronics platform) at the Morse Institute Library in Natick. (Ages 11-18)
February 5, 12, 26: Learn Scratch at the Newton Free Library. (Grades 3-6)
February 5: Study comets and meteors at the Science and Astronomy club at the Beverly Public Library. (Grades 1-5)
February 7: Learn about physics at Science on Saturday at MIT’s Edgerton Center (Cambridge). Free event (All ages)
February 7, 21, 28: Intro to 3D modeling at HATCH in the Arsenal Project in Watertown.
February 9: Intro to 3D printing at the Seekonk Public Library. (All ages)
February 10: Learn to code with CoderDojo at the Lumira office at the Waltham Watch Factory in Waltham, MA. (Ages 10-17)
February 11: Perform daring science experiments at the Cary Memorial Library in Lexington. (Grades 4-6)
February 11: New! Girls Who Code club at the Cambridge Public Library. (Grades 6-12)
February 11, 18: Perform science experiments at the Faneuil branch of the Boston Public Library.
February 14: Learn HTML/CSS, Javascript and Python with CoderDojo at Microsoft’s NERD Center in Cambridge. Free event (Ages 7-17)
February 16-20 (vacation week): Tech camp at Empow Studio in Lexington, Newton and Belmont. Cost: $350-$625 (Ages 7-13)
February 17-20 (vacation week): Girls in STEM at Minuteman in Lexington. Free for In-District female students. (Grades 7-8)
February 17-20 (vacation week): Tech programs at Einstein’s Workshop in Burlington. Cost: $240-$261 (Grades K-6)
February 17, 18: Take part in YouthSpark Coding Camp at the Microsoft Store in Boston. Free (Ages 8-10)
February 17: Build a synthesizer and learn about Sonic Pi at the Morse Institute Library in Natick. (Ages 11-18)
February 18: Take apart small appliances and see how they work at the Newton Free Library. (Grades 6-12)
February 18, 19, 28: Make duct tape creations at HATCH in the Arsenal Project in Watertown. (Ages 8-11)
February 19: Makerspace activities at HATCH in the Arsenal Project in Watertown. (Grades 2-5).
February 21: Mad Science programs about the human body and secret codes at the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy. (Ages 3-5 and 6-10)
February 24: Learn how 3D printing works at the Newton Free Library. (Grades 2-5)
February 26: Participate in a STEAM project at the Bellingham Public Library. (Grades 3-6)
February 28: Day-long STEAM activities at the Belmont Public Library. (Ages 10+)
February 28: Attend Science Saturdays at the Seekonk Public Library. (Ages 10+)
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