STEAM Adventures: Biomaterials

Can we mimic the extreme resilience of human tissues? Can we grow alternatives to traditional plastics? Can we engineer a bio-inspired future?

Join us at the MIT Museum for an engineering design challenge! Take inspiration from the museum galleries and MIT researchers while learning new skills through hands-on activities in our education suite. Explore the mechanical properties of biomaterials. Make and test hydrogels to solve a problem of your choice. Finish the day with a showcase and a chance to show off what you have created. This program is part of our February School Vacation Week.

This program is for youth ages 12-15 (entering 7th-9th grade) with limited spots available. Registration required.

February 17
9:30am - 4:30pm
$150 per single student, $125 per student for siblings

You may also like the following events from MIT Museum:

• Next Thursday, 8th January, 06:00 pm, After Dark: Making Time in Cambridge
• Next Friday, 9th January, 06:00 pm, Artist Carsten Höller in Conversation with Dream Scientist Adam Haar Horowitz in Cambridge
• This month, 15th January, 06:00 pm, Science Diplomacy in Crowded Orbits: The Global Challenge of a Sustainable Space Age in Cambridge

Also check out other Trips & Adventurous Activities in Cambridge, Contests in Cambridge.