Bio-Coding Club
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We are a weekly science and coding club for 6th-8th graders at several upper schools in Cambridge.
Sign-up Information
Ages: 11 to 14.
Grades 6th grade through 8th grade.
Cambridge residents only.
Students must attend the school the Club is partnered with. Starting January 2025, the Club will be offered to students at Vassal Lane and Putnam Ave Upper Schools.
Refreshments provided.
Registration required
- Sign-up is ongoing
Contact ecoffin@broadinstitute.org for more information about how to participate. Registration dates are still to-be-determined.
Cost
This Program is free!
Location
- In-person only.
100 Putnam Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
Maraykanka
Riverside
15 Upton St.
Cambridge, MA 02139
Maraykanka
Riverside
158 Spring St
Cambridge, MA 02141
Maraykanka
Area 2, East Cambridge, The Port, and Wellington Harrington
- Transportation from school provided for some eligible students; check with your child's school.
Dates and Times
This program runs during the school year.
Tuesday and Thursday.
Afternoon.
We meet from 3:20-4:20 PM on Tuesdays at Putnam Avenue Upper School and Thursdays at Vassal Lane Upper School starting late January 2025.
Additional information
The Broad Institute is offering its after school Bio-Coding Club at Putnam Avenue Upper School and Vassal Lane Upper School this spring. Club participants will have the opportunity to learn the Scratch programming language from Broad Institute scientists while also using hands-on activities to explore the world of biology. Program themes include: Biology, hands-on experiments, Coding with Scratch, DNA, the microbiome, infectious diseases and more.
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