In a three-day workshop, 60 Beijing High School students build 20 underwater...
This past February, the Edgerton Center hosted 60 tenth grade students from the Beijing Chenjinglun School in Beijing, China, for a three-day workshop on designing, building, and testing underwater...
View ArticleCelebrating the Edgerton Center, an original MIT makerspace
One of MIT's original makerspaces celebrates a quarter century. On April 13, alumni, faculty, and relatives of Harold "Doc" Edgerton gathered to celebrate what the center has grown into...
View ArticleEdgerton Center holds workshops on creating, maintaining, and enjoying...
K-12 educators from New England and as far away as Michigan learned the value of makerspaces first hand: by rolling up their sleeves, donning safety glasses, and learning how to use the tools and...
View ArticleMIT team races to second in electric car competition
Strong performances across multiple categories boost MIT Motorsports electric vehicle team at SAE Collegiate Design Series event in Lincoln, Nebraska.Tags: clubs and teams
View ArticleHigh-school students in Engineering Design Workshop take education into their...
Sometimes the most important question to ask in an engineering workshop for high school students tasked with the creation of a project from idea to conception is: Who wants it? Who might use it? And...
View ArticleBecause Racecar
While many people travel to western Europe to see cultural or historic sites, my friends and I traveled to Europe for a different sort of attraction: single seat electric race cars.Tags: clubs and teams
View ArticleAFFOA and Greater Lawrence Technical School Launch Pilot Advanced Fabric...
Piloting a new program at the technical high school level with AFFOA and GLTS and STEAM Studio Ed. Foundation.Tags: K-12
View ArticleThe Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) awards the...
Edgerton Center awarded silver in the category of Video-Fundraising by CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education) District 1
View ArticleHigh school students learn to build big ideas
Visiting students learn what it takes to be an engineer — and a bit more about themselves — at the Edgerton Center’s annual Engineering Design Workshop.
View Article"Science Fair:" the movie and the life changer
Amid rain, mid-terms, and the World Series, the Edgerton Center and Admissions recently co-sponsored the screening of Science Fair, a documentary film that follows nine high school students on their...
View ArticleStudents from TechBoston Academy focus on gun violence, gentrification,...
Grade 9 students at TechBoston Academy — a Boston Public School in Dorchester — were given a challenge: Choose an issue that’s important in your community and do something about it.
View ArticleMIT Hyperloop II team to unveil Hyperloop II pod prototype at MIT Museum,...
On Wednesday, May 22, the MIT Hyperloop II team will unveil an innovative hyperloop pod prototype at the MIT Museum, offering the world a peak at the future of travel.
View ArticleMIT Museum fills to capacity at Hyperloop II unveiling
In an event attended by over 200 people, the MIT Hyperloop II team offered the public a chance to see under the hood of what one day, may determine the design of future human travel.
View ArticleWGBH visits the Engineering Design Workshop
In July, Aaron Schachter, host of WGBH’s On Campus Radio podcast, visited the Edgerton Center’s Engineering Design Workshop (EDW), a five-week engineering program for high school students.
View ArticleMIT-Delft University of Technology team places third in Formula Student...
MIT-Delft University of Technology team places third in Formula Student Germany driverless competition Teams were scored on speed, construction, performance, and financial planning at one of the...
View ArticleOvercoming obstacles with an electric hovercraft
MIT Hyperloop II team places first among U.S. universities at 2019 SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition.
View ArticlePivot, and pivot again in the time of Covid-19
The last few weeks at the Edgerton Center have been nothing short of extraordinary. After MIT President Rafael’s Reif’s announcement on March 5th, the Edgerton Center met for an emergency meeting to...
View ArticleFull steam ahead for remote K-12 learning
On March 19th, MIT cancelled all in-person K-12 student programming for the summer of 2020. For the Edgerton Center, this means that our...
View ArticleEmbedded and involved
When Covid-19 forced teachers to quickly crank up their understanding of best practices in online education, an unforeseen but positive outcome
View ArticleAn ocean apart, shared engineering projects catalyze a love of STEM
A collaboration between MIT’s Edgerton Center and Roiti High School in Italy is letting kids take their physics education outside the classroom.
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