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 Saturday, October 4th was the Massachusetts Teacher STEM Fair at Gillette Stadium. Organizations came to tabletop for visiting teachers, parents, and students to le arn more about possible classroom activities and connect with STEM Organizations. The Center for STEM Education took part in this event and showcased our Sumo Hexbugs activity, in which students […]
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, […]
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. Of these 15 field trips, 2 schools were from […]
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. Of these 15 field trips, 11 schools were Boston […]
We would like to invite K-8 students to join us at our Engineering for Everyone Expo on Friday, February 21st from 10:00am-12:00pm at Northeastern University (during February BPS Vacation week). This expo is open to the public and we encourage students and their parents to attend. During this time, Northeastern student organizations and volunteers will […]
Are you a high school student interested in computer science? Consider taking part in MIT’s Blueprint, a weekend-long learnathon and hackathon for high school students happening on March 1-2, 2025. Blueprint places a particular focus on reaching out to students from underrepresented high schools and communities to make computer science education available to all. Sign-up […]