The Edgerton Center’s hands-on science and engineering challenges educate and inspire kindergarten through twelfth grade students, aiming to increase their curiosity and encourage life-long learning in these fields.
Students in our three-hour classes learn by doing
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Students direct a laser beam through a wooden maze using mirrors
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Students model the photosynthesis reaction with LEGO bricks by building the products (glucose and oxygen) from the reactants (carbon dioxide and water). Students can model cellular respiration and build starch and cellulose to show how plants use glucose.
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Working out the problem in Engineering Design Workshop
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During a snowy week in January, Barcelona-based television journalist Jordi Baste visited MIT to... Read more
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