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Outreach Events

Outreach is one of the largest sections of MIT's SWE chapter, which hosts several programs and events each semester. MIT SWE aims to promote engineering as a positive force in the community by educating community members, especially young and aspiring girls and woman, about the numerous opportunities in engineering as a future career! Outreach programs and events range from programs for Girl Scouts to design competitions for high school students. Each year, over 800 students in the local area have been a part of the outreach programming!

See below to to find a listing of all of our outreach programming, to join our mailing list (if you are MIT-affiliated), and to find where to direct your questions!


Current Outreach Programs

High School

Beaverdash Mystery Engineering Challenge is a one-day, hands-on mystery engineering challenge. Students arrive at MIT in the morning, and after the challenge is revealed, student teams pair up with MIT student mentors to build a mechanical device that solves the engineering problem. All teams compete at the end of the day for various prizes. No engineering experience is required - just some elbow grease and creativity! April
The Exploring Majors Fair brings together MIT professors and students for a discussion panel of what to expect from each major, how to prepare for it, and where a degree can take you after graduation. October
Technology Workshops at Teen Voices help the high school girls who create Teen Voices magazine to use tools - such as Google forms, spreadsheets, Drop Box, and more - to increase effectiveness and productivity of the magazine. November
Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) is a year-long science and engineering enrichment program that invites girls onto the MIT campus. Students are paired with an MIT student mentor, and participate in lectures, MIT lab tours, and career development activities. Year-Long

Middle School

Keys to Empowering Youth (KEYs) is a year-long program that invites girls onto the MIT campus to participate in museum and lab visits and fun engineering activities. Year-Round
Partnership with MIT@Lawrence allows MIT SWE to co-host educational sessions for students from Lawrence, MA and encourage a great interest in science and engineering fields. TBA
Discovery UnliMITed is a program to introduce middle school girls to simple and fun experiments and projects, inspiring interest in the world of STEM. Spring
Science Project in a Box is a new program that sends fun science project kits to science classrooms free of charge! Year-Round
Web Design Competition is a way for middle school girls to explore STEM fields and learn basic web design by creating a web site to show research into a chosen topic. Fall

Elementary School

Engineering Week is a week-long celebration of engineering at the Boston Children's Museum, which is open to the public. Activities are quick, fun, hands-on experiments with topics ranging from biology to physics. No sign up is required. February
Girl Scouts Brownie Day invites Brownie girl scouts on campus for a day of fun with science experiments! Spring Term
Girl Scouts Junior Day is the counterpart for Junior girl scouts. Fall Term
Mason Magellan Program is an after-school program in which MIT students travel to the Mason Elementary School to encourage hands-on learning in science and engineering. Year-Round

Contact MIT SWE Outreach

  For all of MIT SWE Outreach

  For the VP of Outreach

  For the KEYs Program

  For the WiSE Program