BSB is celebrating STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) Week this week, hosting parent visitors, arts and sciences workshops and bringing students out into the community to explore the STEAM fields.
This is a great week to explore the arts and sciences, and learn more about how the two areas intertwine. And in Boston this week, it will be easy for our families to continue this exploration outside of the classroom- with the Cambridge Science Festival!
BSB staff members were at the festival’s Science Carnival on Saturday, and performed some fun science experiments with hundreds of carnival visitors. It was a great day to share the strong science learning we have here at BSB.
The Cambridge Science Festival- one of the top science festivals in the country- continues through Sunday, April 27. Check out the chart below for some festival events recommended by the BSB Science Department and explore science as a family!
Visit the festival’s website for a full schedule of events.
| DAY | EVENT | TIME & LOCATION |
| Tuesday | Vijay Iyer: Embodied Cognition in Music“The idea of embodied cognition comes from the experience of processing sensory information. Vijay Iyer, who holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science of Music from U.C. Berkley was one of several people who brought together the idea of music as a physical experience, so that music is not viewed as an abstraction but as action, as something that we do and that we hear other people doing. Iyer is the recipient of a MacArthur “genius” grant for his interrelated work.” | 4 – 5:30pm939 Boylston |
| Wednesday | Science Meets Art“Harvard University undergraduate students will host an assortment of hands-on activities and demonstrations to explore the intersection of art and science. Children of all ages and their families are invited to investigate the chemistry of tie-dye, the physics of light and color, the art of microscopy, and more at this free, interactive event.” | 5:30 – 7pmHarvard Allston Education Portal |
| Thursday | Fab Lounge“Our Fab Lounge is “where magic happens.” You create digital designs using Open Office Draw, GIMP and Inkscape, and fabricate your designs on our laser-cutter and vinyl-cutter. Experienced Fab Stewards will be on hand to mentor you and your ideas. Fab Lab Boston is the first Digital Fabrication Laboratory in the world established outside of the MIT Media Lab.” | 4:00pm – 8:00pmSouth End Technology Center |
| Friday | Art & Bio Collaborative – Opening Reception for ISLAND LIFE Exhibition“A group of artists and scientists from Cambridge and beyond studied tropical wildlife of the Caribbean during ISLAND LIFE: Tropical Field Studies of Art+Nature in Puerto Rico, a unique travel program offered by the ART+BIO Collaborative. Fusing field biology, artmaking and experimentation, these Field-BioArtists used the natural habitat as a studio/lab to create hybrid art and BioArt installations on-site. This multi-media art+science exhibition focuses on the vast diversity of habitats and wildlife found in the rainforest, coastal, and marine environments of Puerto Rico.” | 7 – 9pmVOLTAGE Coffee & Art |
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