Michigan Tech Summer Youth Programs: Stay in MTU's residence hall and participate in hands-on explorations in engineering, science, technology, computer science, business, design, and the humanities, and participate in various recreating activities in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan. https://www.mtu.edu/syp/
Competitive Scholarship Programs https://www.mtu.edu/syp/discover/competitive-scholarships/
-Junior Women in Engineering (middle school)
Watch the Perseverance rover land on Thursday, February 18th at 1:15 Central
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/watch-online/
Even if you miss this event it will be prerecorded and there are recordings of a tour of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on this site as well!
Hosted by the University of St Thomas Engineering school, these are free one day programs open to middle schoolers in the summer.
FIRST Tech challenge teams are an excellent opportunity to get into robotics. Every fall, students are challenged to design, build and program a small robot to compete in a yearly game. The Carver County School district has a number of FTC teams but you can always get together with a group of friends and register to be a team.
Dates: Tuesday Jan 12 12:00-1:00 pm; Wednesday January 27 12:00-1:30 pm; Tuesday February 9 12:00-1:00 pm; Tuesday February 16 12:00-1:30 pm, Wednesday March 17 12:00-1:30 pm
Description: We invite you to celebrate the fun, beauty, and power of math through games, puzzles, math, magic, uplifting and intriguing talks, beautiful and engaging films and film panels, live performances, and much more.
Not just for little kids, the Science Museum of Minnesota has plenty of opportunities to see STEM in action. Attend one of the STEM mini theatre shows and laugh, or play with some of the little STEM machines. It is entirely up to you
It is currently closed due to COVID, but there are all kinds of fun things on their website.
This is another fun local museum to visit when COVID is over, it has all kinds of fun engineering toys to build and play with. They currently have a lot of virtual programming and you can buy kits to bring home and build.