2023 STEM Week

Hosted by: Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts

Have you ever wondered, “How does that work” or thought, “I could build that!” Explore, experience and experiment, not for a grade, but for fun! Experience hands-on opportunities in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Discover how YOU can make a difference in the world!

Learn more and Register!

• Location: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Date/time: 9am – 5pm, October 14th, 2023
• Audience: Middle School, High School
• For more information:  Geek Is Glam Flyer

Hosted by: the EcoTarium

The EcoTarium will have a full day of programming related to Saturday’s partial annular eclipse! Watch the whole eclipse up on Sundial plaza or join us throughout the museum to build a solar system, discover planets around other stars, design a telescope, or create a calendar.

• Location: EcoTarium – 222 Harrington Way, Worcester MA 01604
• Date/time: 10am – 4pm, October 28th, 2023
• Audience: All Grades, Teachers, Families, Adults/Business

Hosted by: Mount Wachusett Community College

Abe Farley, Hydrologist from the National Weather Service’s Northeast River Forecast Center will share his extensive expertise in river forecasting for New England and New York. Don’t miss this chance to gain insights from a true expert and enjoy scrumptious waffles!

• Location: South Cafeteria
• Date/time: 12:20pm – 1:30pm, October 16th, 2023
• Audience: High School, Higher Education, All Grades, Teachers, Families, Adults/Business
• For more information: STEM Week Activities Flyer

Hosted by: Mount Wachusett Community College

Choose from one of 5 challenges and enter to win a prize. Post a picture of your creation on the MWCC app. Winners will be selected Thursday, October 19. Single participation and team are encouraged.

• Location: MWCC Commons – Gardner Campus
• Date/time: 10am – 4pm, October 17th &18th, 2023
• Audience: Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Higher Education, All Grades, Teachers, Families, Adults/Business
• For more information: STEM Week Activities Flyer

Hosted by: the EcoTarium

Curious little explorers conduct simple, safe, science and nature experiments.

• Location: EcoTarium Classroom A
• Date/time: 11am – 11:45am, October 17th, 2023
• Audience: Early Education
• For more information:   https://ecotarium.org/early-learning/

Hosted by: Mount Wachusett Community College

Come learn from a variety of first responders including a crisis team clinician, canine and police officers, firefighter, park ranger, an an ER trauma nurse. They will share how they use STEM in their work each day and what STEM track influenced their career choice.

• Location: Room 171 Gardner Campus
• Date/time: 12pm – 1:30pm, October 17th, 2023
• Audience: Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Higher Education, All Grades, Teachers, Families, Adults/Business
• For more information: STEM Week Activities Flyer

Hosted by: Mount Wachusett Community College

Learn more about the science and technology involved with cannabis cultivation and product development. This is the perfect opportunity to learn about one of Massachusetts fastest growing industries!

• Location: Murphy Room – Gardner Campus
• Date/time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm, October 18th, 2023
• Audience: High School, Higher Education, Teachers, Families, Adults/Business
• For more information: STEM Week Activities Flyer

Hosted by: Mount Wachusett Community College

Join us for a 38-minute documentary about sustainable food, urban farming, social action and circularity. Popcorn served! When the documentary is over, participants will plant and take home their own indoor herbs.

• Location: Murphy Room – Gardner Campus
• Date/time: 12pm – 1:30pm, October 19th, 2023
• Audience: Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Higher Education, All Grades, Teachers, Families, Adults/Business
• For more information: STEM Week Activities Flyer

Hosted by: the EcoTarium

Stay for 5 minutes or 25, drop in for an interactive, hands-on science experience.

• Location: EcoTarium Lower Level
• Date/time: 10am – 12pm, October 20th, 2023
• Audience: Early Education
• For more information:   https://ecotarium.org/early-learning/

Hosted by: Worcester Education Collaborative (*CMSN Ecosystem mini-grant recipient)

Free event for Children, Youth, Families, and the Community to learn and explore the wonders of STEM in daily life and careers through fun hands-on activities, exhibits, and demonstrations presented by colleges, organizations and businesses.

• Location: 65 Boys and Girls Club Way, Worcester
• Date/time: 6pm – 8pm, October 20th, 2023
• Audience: All Grades, Teachers, Families
• For more information: Family STEM Night at BGC Flyer

Hosted by: WPI

Panelists will discuss the landscape of cybersecurity needs, considerations, and technologies for smart medical devices, and explore how traditional computers may interact with medical devices, instruments, and people. Guests will also be able to tour the cutting-edge PracticePoint facility at WPI.

• Location: WPI PracticePoint – 50 Prescott St. Worcester, MA
• Date/time: 5pm – 7pm, October 25th, 2023
• Audience: Adults/Business
• For more information: Smart, Wireless, & Still Secure: Considerations for Smart Medical Devices and Networks Flyer

Hosted by: the EcoTarium

Why choose between tricks and treats when they’re both so exciting? Join us for Science Tricks & Animal Treats, the EcoTarium’s annual family-friendly Halloween event!

Learn more!

• Location: EcoTarium – 222 Harrington Way, Worcester MA 01604
• Date/time: 10am – 4pm, October 28th, 2023
• Audience: All Grades, Families
• For more information:

Hosted by: Al Hamra Academy

Inquiry driven lessons in all our science classes.

• Location: Al Hamra Academy
• Date/time: October 16th – 20th, 2023
• Audience: Early Education

Hosted by: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Students from South High school will attend an open house at the AMD site in Boxborough, MA. Students will assemble and take home a small electric light circuit, have discussions with AMD engineers about working in STEM and enjoy some food.

• Location: Boxborough, MA
• Date/time: 8am – 12pm, October 20th, 2023
• Audience: High School

Hosted by: Auburn Middle School (*CMSN Ecosystem mini-grant recipient)

Students in grade 8 STEM will gain life skills along with circuit building. The activity has students create a wearable circuit technology, learn to thread a needle, and sew a basic running stitch.

• Location: Auburn Middle School
• Date/time: October 16th – 20th, 2023
• Audience: Middle School, Teachers

Hosted by: Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg and Leominster (*CMSN Ecosystem mini-grant recipient)

The Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg, Leominster, and Gardner is celebrating STEM week within our Clubs by running activities that highlight many different aspects of the STEAM fields. Activities involving engineering, nature, circuitry, microbiology, and space will show our members many different career options within the scope of STEM.

• Location: 365 Lindell Ave. Leominster MA 01453
• Date/time: 2pm, October 16th, 2023 – 6pm, October 20th, 2023
• Audience: Elementary School, Middle School, High School

Hosted by: Fitchburg State University

Prospective students will be paired with a Fitchburg State Student Ambassador, attend class, and engage in an in-depth tour specially designed for them. 

Register!

• Location: Fitchburg State University
• Date/time: October 16th – 20th, 2023
• Audience: High School, Higher Education

Hosted by: FLEXcon Company

We are hosting students from Ware High School to tour our facilities, get an overview of what we do and then enjoy a pizza lunch with MFG employees.

• Location: FLEXcon Company in Spencer MA
• Date/time: 8am – 1pm, October 18th, 2023
• Audience: High School

Hosted by: Just Understand My Potential (*CMSN Ecosystem mini-grant recipient)

This event helps girls see themselves in STEM and get excited about STEM topics and careers.

• Location: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Date/time: 8am – 6pm, October 14th, 2023
• Audience: Elementary School, Middle School
• For more information:  Geek is Glam Flyer

Hosted by: Leominster Public Schools

STEM Speaker Series at Leominster High School (2nd year). Bring in speakers who are currently working in STEM careers to share their background and experiences with high school students. We video tape these and share them out to all grade levels.

• Location: 122 Granite Street, Leominster High School
• Date/time: 8am – 2pm, October 16th – 20th, 2023
• Audience: High School

Hosted by: Mass Academy of Math and Science at WPI

Students in grades 6 and 7 at Abby Kelley Foster Charter School will engage in the engineering design process while investigating properties of energy. Led by juniors and seniors from Mass Academy of Math and Science at WPI, Abby Kelley students will design and build spool racers to match specific constraints and use their models to demonstrate potential and kinetic energy.

• Location: Abby Kelley Foster Charter School
• Date/time: 9am – 1pm, October 23rd, 2023
• Audience: Middle School

Hosted by: Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives (MBI)

Each year the MOBD gives MBI money to invest in programs that increase diversity in STEM and create training programs to get diverse, untapped populations into meaningful jobs within the life sciences industry. This year we will be awarding seven (7) different organizations through our “Increasing Diversity in STEM Grants,” “Workforce Challenge Grants,” and our new “Empowering Minority Entrepreneurs in STEM Grants.”

• Location: MBI
• Date/time: 10am – 11am, October 20th, 2023
• Audience: Higher Education, Teachers, Adults/Business

Hosted by: Quinsigamond Community College

This invitation only event will provide an opportunity to learn more about STEM careers and educational pathways in Manufacturing and related areas such as electronics engineering, photonics, engineering quality control, etc. Resources will be shared so invited high school and QCC students know how QCC can prepare them for these careers. Area companies will staff info and demo tables to showcase opportunities within their companies and share contact information about job opportunities directly with students.

• Location: 670 W. Boylston Street Worcester MA 01606
• Date/time: 10am – 1pm, October 18th, 2023
• Audience: High School, Higher Education

Hosted by: Quinsigamond Community College

QCC students will present their project posters.

• Location: QCC Main Campus, Harrington Learning Center
• Date/time: 1pm – 2pm, October 19th, 2023
• Audience: Higher Education

Hosted by: Quinsigamond Community College

Emerging technologies will be demonstrated by partner schools who are developing and applying the technologies to solve real world problems. This is being held in conjunction with our Fall Transfer Fair.

• Location: QCC Main Campus, 670 W Boylston Street, Worcester
• Date/time: 10am – 2pm, October 31st, 2023
• Audience: Higher Education

Hosted by: Spanish American Center (*CMSN Ecosystem mini-grant recipient)

Transporting from North Central MA girls and attending all day event, Geek Is Glam, at WPI.

• Location: WPI
• Date/time: 8am – 6pm, October 14th, 2023
• Audience: Middle School
• For more information:  Geek is Glam Flyer

Hosted by: Spanish American Center 

Family engagement – field trip to Brick Fest, DCU Center with SAC Lego Robotics teams and families.

• Location: DCU Center
• Date/time: 11:30am – 2:30pm, October 21st, 2023
• Audience: Early Education, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Families

Hosted by: Spanish American Center 

Cosmetic Chemist Tori Moore will reflect and share her journey on becoming a Scientist within the Beauty Industry. Highlighting different challenges, she experienced and how to work through them with a dash of motivation so you too can begin to see yourself in STEM.

• Location: Spanish American Center after school program
• Date/time: 3pm – 4pm, October 16th, 2023
• Audience: Middle School, High School

Hosted by: True Robotics Inc.

True Robotics is partnering with Vernon Hill School to provide a free 4 hour STEM robotics workshop for over 250+ students in grades 3, 4, 5, and 6. Students will have the opportunity to build and program a robot kit, as well as learn about how robots work.

• Location: Vernon Hill School
• Date/time: 8am – 12pm, October 20th, 2023
• Audience: Elementary School, Middle School

Hosted by: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester Public School women, their adult champions and WPS educators take part in a day of STEM! Hands-on STEM activities with impactful WPI faculty and grad students, a college panel and team design challenge are sure to inspire women in STEM!

• Location: WPI
• Date/time: 8am – 3pm, October 28th, 2023
• Audience: High School, Teachers

Hosted by: Worcester State University

Students will be introduced to some of the basics of data science and will have the opportunity to perform exercises on a provided dataset. Students who plan to attend the session need to bring their own laptop.

• Location: WSU
• Date/time: 2:30pm – 3:45pm, October 17th, 2023
• Audience: Higher Education

Hosted by: Worcester State University

Short presentations by students about their summer research experiences.

• Location: WSU
• Date/time: 12pm – 1:30pm, October 18th, 2023 & 2pm – 3pm, October 19th, 2023
• Audience: Higher Education