On Friday January 23, 2026, the Michael B. Silevitch and Claire J. Duggan Center for STEM Education hosted 40 fourth grade Boston Public School students from the Henry Grew School in Hyde Park for another successful STEM field trip! Several Northeastern student volunteers helped teach and facilitate activities throughout the day. The Grew students first […]
On Friday, January 16th, 2026, we hosted twenty-five fourth grade students from the Samuel Adams Elementary School (Boston Public School) for a STEM Field trip focused on civil engineering and disaster preparedness as our first field trip of the Spring 2026 semester! We had several Northeastern student volunteers to help teach and facilitate activities throughout […]
On Friday, October 31st (Halloween!) the Rafael Hernandez Dual-Language (Spanish) school came with 45 x 4th graders to campus for a day on engineering and to do hands-on engineering activities related to what they’re learning in science in school: forces and motion. Students used what they learned about forces in two ways: designing devices to prevent […]
In lieu of a field trip on Friday, November 14th, we hosted a second volunteer training day of the semester. This time we partnered with Northeastern’s chapter of SWE (Society of Women Engineers) [NEU Link] – and so their volunteers had a chance to practice some of the activities we do with students: specifically reverse […]
The week of Oct 20-24 was Massachusetts STEM Week 2025 (mass.gov link). This year’s focuses on “STEM starts now”: at any age you can learn about STEM, from our youngest learners to adult learners, and STEM educational opportunities and jobs are here at this very moment in Massachusetts. As part of this week, we wanted […]
On Friday, October 17th, the Center for STEM Education had their fourth STEM Field trip of the semester, in which 69 x 6th grade students from the McKay K-8 School came to campus for a day all about Civil & Environmental Engineering and City Planning. The day started off right away with a Do-Now Activity […]
On Friday, October 3rd, 2025, we had our third field trip of the academic year, in which 55 fifth grade students from the Conservatory Lab Charter School came for a day on energy and electrical/environmental engineering. In a change from previous years, we implemented a Do-Now activity for the students to complete right as they […]
On Saturday, September 27th, 2025, we hosted the Beacon Communities Youth Enrichment Program for a STEM Field Trip to campus! 45 students in grades 6-10 attended the day, which was run in collaboration with NEU student groups: AerospaceNU and NUCLEUS. After a quick introduction to the engineering design process with the Center for STEM, AerospaceNU […]
On Friday, September 26th, 2025 we had our first STEM field trip of the 2025-2026 academic school year! The Edward Everett Elementary School from Dorchester (Boston) came with 45 fifth grade students for a day all about engineering! Students learned about engineering and the engineering design process and did three activities focused on different fields […]
In the Fall 2024 – Spring 2025 academic year (Sep-Mar), the Center for STEM Education hosted a total of 15 field trips, with a total of ~725 students in grades 3-8. Over 75 NEU students and six student groups assisted us with field trips this year. Our field trips prioritize Boston Public School (BPS) schools, […]