K-12 education

MIT hosts American Junior Academy of Science delegates

February 21, 2013

The Institution provides day’s worth of activities for more than 200 conference attendees.

Also labeled: AAAS, Biology, Brain and cognitive sciences, Collaboration, Education, teaching, academics, Media Lab, Special events and guest speakers, Faculty, Staff, Students

Chinese students set their sights on an MIT future

February 19, 2013

Middle and high school students from Beijing engaged in project-based hands-on science and engineering lessons at the Edgerton Center.

Also labeled: China, Collaboration, Edgerton, Global, Students, Volunteering, outreach, public service, Alumni/ae, Circuits, LED, Photography, Student life

Inspiring the next generation

December 19, 2012

Telling Your Story workshop connects scientist and engineers with teachers and in the process helps to demystify STEM and excite the next generation of learners.

Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Cambridge Science Festival, Cambridge, Boston and region, Collaboration, Edgerton, Education, teaching, academics, Harvard, STEM, Volunteering, outreach, public service

Aiming deep with the Marine Robotics Team

December 13, 2012

Jacqueline Sly ’14 and Tommy Moriarty ’14 discuss their experiences and lessons learned leading the Marine Robotics Team.

Also labeled: Edgerton, Exploration, Learning, Ocean exploration, Student life, Students, Community, Ocean science, Research, Volunteering, outreach, public service, Marine Robotics Team, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV), Civil and environmental engineering, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)

CSAIL team honored for printable robot

November 8, 2012

Also labeled: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Electrical engineering and electronics, Robots, Education, teaching, academics, National Science Foundation (NSF)

Understanding Light

October 24, 2012

Sixth-graders in Cambridge attend workshops at the Edgerton Center and the MIT Museum.

Also labeled: Edgerton, Light, Volunteering, outreach, public service, STEM, Cambridge, Boston and region, Education, teaching, academics, Learning, MIT Museum

Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams selected from national pool of student applicants

October 17, 2012

16 high school teams awarded up to $10,000 in grants to bring invention ideas to life.

Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Education, teaching, academics, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Lemelson-MIT, Volunteering, outreach, public service

Three Washington, D.C. biology teachers create online video lessons for MIT BLOSSOMS Program

October 12, 2012

Also labeled: Collaboration, Education, teaching, academics, Volunteering, outreach, public service

The Edgerton Center turns 20

September 17, 2012

Professor J. Kim Vandiver on the history and future of the Edgerton Center.

Also labeled: 3 Questions, Edgerton, Education, teaching, academics, Faculty, Photography, Students, Volunteering, outreach, public service, D-Lab

ARTEMiS brings art to teaching of science and engineering concepts

June 4, 2012

ART for Engineering, Mathematics, and Science an initiative launched last summer through MIT’s Office of Educational Innovation and Technology (OEIT).

Also labeled: Data, Design, Education, teaching, academics, Faculty, Information Services and Technology, Software, Staff, Visualization

Studying school quality, to fight inequality

May 9, 2012

New MIT center examines education and its lifelong effects.

Also labeled: Collaboration, Economics, Education, teaching, academics, Inequality, Research, Schools, Students

MIT launches student-produced educational video initiative

April 25, 2012

Original short videos, in collaboration with Khan Academy, aim to fuel K-12 students’ interest in engineering and science.

Also labeled: Education, teaching, academics, Graduate, postdoctoral, MIT Administration, Students, Undergraduate, Video, Volunteering, outreach, public service, Alumni/ae, Collaboration, Khan Academy, MIT+K12