On Friday, October 15th, 2021, we had our second reverse field trip of the year! We visited the 1st grade classes at the Mission Grammar School in Mission Hill (Boston). A younger field trip audience than usual (we typically do 4th-8th graders), this field trip was our third ever with Mission Grammar (the teacher we […]
On Friday, October 1st, we had our second field trip of the year – a “reverse” field trip (RFT) – where instead of students coming to us, we went to visit a school. We’ve done similar RFTs in the past, but it’s been awhile (last RFT in November 2017). For this field trip, we visited […]
STEM Harvest Fest Northeastern’s Center for STEM Education, in partnership with Northeastern student organizations and clubs, will be hosting a fall STEM expo, open to the public, on Saturday, October 30th from 10:00am to 1:00pm. The Fest will take place on the Northeastern campus – held (rain or shine) in outdoor tents located in West […]
Here at Northeastern University’s Center for STEM Education, we are extremely excited for the start of the school year. We have a lot planned for this upcoming semester, perfect for students, teachers, and volunteers. Field Trips, Afterschool Programs, and other Opportunities: Interested in getting involved? Check out the links below for upcoming opportunities! Field Trips: […]
“Northeastern Wins $10 Million NSF Grant to Boost People of Color and Women in Engineering Nationally” Despite decades of scattered efforts to improve diversity in engineering, the number of women and people of color remains far below their representation in the U.S. population as a whole. To solve this problem, Northeastern’s College of Engineering won […]
Are you in high school? Interested in learning more about potential STEM career paths / research in college? Pathways to STEM (P2S) is a virtual after school program geared towards high school students interested in STEM. Students will be exploring diverse career pathways through research presentations. Northeastern faculty members will be presenting their ongoing research […]
Dear Teachers, Principals, Science Coordinators, etc., We (Center for STEM Education) will be continuing our STEM Field Trip series in the 2021-2022 academic school year. We will be offering three types of field trips: Virtually, On-Campus (coming to Northeastern), and Reverse (we come to your school). The survey has questions related to all three types […]
We’d like to share with you an opportunity for a virtual, 8-week STEM summer program for BPS high school students, the Data Analytics Summer Program, run by Professor Alice Mello at Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies. This program will run from July 6th through August 26th on Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting at either 2pm […]
On Thursday, April 29th, we had our last field trip of the semester! The Boyden Elementary School from Walpole came for a special field trip, learning about engineering. The vast majority of our field trips have been for students in grades 4-6, occasionally teaching students in grades 7-9. This field trip however was for 2nd […]
On Friday, April 16th, we hosted the Driscoll Middle School (52 x 8th graders) for a virtual field, teaching about Natural Disasters. Field trip was led by myself (due to the modified schedule), with assistance by Sakura, Sena, Tasha, Tyree, and Anya. This was our first field trip where all the attending students where in […]