Last Friday on March 31, Phineas Bates Elementary joined the Center for STEM Education at Northeastern University to tackle engineering! We began our day by learning all about engineering. This lead into our first activity for the day – Reverse Egg Drop. Working in teams, the goal of this activity was to build a device […]
Northeastern’s Center for STEM Education Giving Day! Northeastern University is hosting its annual Giving Day on April 11th! This is an amazing opportunity to support the Center for STEM Education. Every donation helps us grow the next generation of STEM thinkers by allowing us to provide fun and exciting STEM education to the nearby community. […]
Last Friday on March 24, the Center for STEM Education had a chance to invite Perkins Elementary to Northeastern for the Paper Birds Competition. Thanks to Professor Alireza Ramezani and the members of his Silicon Synapse Lab, Juliane Hyvert, Kaushik Venkatesh Krishnamurthy and Adarsh Kaushik, we were able to welcome the 5th and 6th grade […]
Northeastern University’s Center for STEM Education hosted this year Engineering Exploration week from Tuesday, February 21st to Friday, February 24th. On Tuesday, February 21st, we kicked off the program with and introduction to the engineering design process and chemical engineering. Students first began the day with introductions and some team building exercises. We then followed […]
Are you a local community college student? Interested in conducting research at Northeastern University this summer? We are running an REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) program this summer -> REU-PATHWAYS: Pathways for community college students to enrich their education and careers. REU programs support active research participation by undergraduate students in STEM fields that are […]
Splash offers the opportunity for high school students to take fun and informative workshops offered by Northeastern undergraduates. This day-long event is entirely free, running from 8:45am – 6:40pm on Saturday, March 18th at Northeastern University’s Boston Campus. Come for as many sessions as you want throughout the day! Workshops cover a wide variety of […]
Last Friday on February 3rd, the Center for STEM Education had an exciting day at Perkins Elementary as they taught three classes all about engineering, water pollution, and water filters. We began each session with a lesson on what is engineering, the engineering design process, and what makes an engineer. After learning that each and […]
Last Friday on January 27th, the Center for STEM Education welcomed Curley K-8 School to Northeastern University where they were able to learn more about rockets with AerospaceNU, Zombie Ants with Professor Henzy’s Lab and about the college experience at Northeastern University with the Center for STEM Education volunteers. The Center for STEM Education partnered […]
Welcome to Newsletter 43! >>Click Here for this week’s Newsletter<< Welcome back! For the next 6 weeks, we’ll be discussing the 17 UN Goals aimed to achieve global prosperity and peace by the year 2030. In our newsletter you will be introduced to a STEM topic and find a related-activity to work on during the […]
Last Friday on January 20th, the Center for STEM Education welcomed Milton Highschool to Northeastern University. The goal was to exposure these high school students to the college experience at Northeastern, all while learning more about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The day started off with an exciting engineering project, where groups of students competed […]
