On Friday, Feb 21, 30+ elementary and middle school students visited Northeastern to attend the Engineering for Everyone Expo in McLeod Suites (Curry Student Center). 11 clubs on campus offered table top activities ranging from an RC Race Car Activity (ASME) to Spaghetti Marshmallow Structures (ASCE). Also present were NUSound, Innovators for Global Health, AerospaceNU, […]
26 fourth grade students from Grew Elementary School in Hyde Park visited Northeastern. A Northeastern student group, FirstByte, taught the students binary communications via a Find the Mountain Climber activity. The students then asked our volunteers questions during the College 101 panel. They enjoyed learning about the different majors and were all interested in what […]
On Friday, February 23, 2018, the Center for STEM Education celebrated National Engineers Week with the support of over twenty student organizations holding their 2nd Engineering for Everyone Expo. This event was part of the CoE’s celebration for National Engineers Week. Thank you to the faculty, staff, and volunteers that made this event possible! Over 180 […]
The Boston Public Schools Science Department and Northeastern University’s Center for STEM Education will host Boston’s 72nd Annual Boston Science Fair on Saturday, March 3rd. Over 300 middle and high school students from across the City of Boston will present their projects to 100+ judges from Northeastern University, partner universities, and local industry. The general public is […]
In celebration of Engineers Week, Northeastern University Center for STEM Education hosted a variety of activities and events for aspiring K-12 students interested in the STEM field. During the week, the students learned about engineering through a variety of activities, experiments, and demonstrations. Day 1- Tuesday February 20, 2018: 25 fourth, fifth, and sixth […]
On February 9, 60 fifth grade students from the Blackstone Innovation School came to Northeastern University for a field trip on engineering. In the morning the students completed a Reverse Egg Drop activity. The students had a wide range of materials to ‘buy’ with their allotted budgets, in order to create a device that results in a successful […]