MIT SPLASH!

September 21, 2015 Cassie Sinichko

A BUNCH OF SHORT CLASSES ON A HUGE VARIETY OF COOL TOPICS AT AN AMAZING UNIVERSITY IN BOSTON!

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Game Lab

Our GWCS Coyotes love learning so much that six of them traveled to Boston from September 21-25, 2015 to participate in the MIT Splash weekend. They took classes in a variety of subjects from science and math to philosophy and hip hop. This year our students enjoyed learning about strategy and game design (not to mention the chance to play Super Smash Brothers with MIT students on the day of first release!) at the MIT Game Lab and they programmed robots and toured the MIT museum. In addition to full days of MIT Splash classes, they extended their visit to explore and tour Boston's history and cuisine.

The six GWCS students (Joshua, Kelley, Holden, Danny, Emily and Bobby) and five parents (Mrs. Bellows, Mrs. Carlisle, Mr. Carlisle, Dr. Dana, and Mrs. Saile) who attended MIT Splash this year had lots of fun filling their heads with new ideas and experiences. This is the second year in a row that Mrs. Saile (GWCS parent & PAC President) organized this parent-led trip to MIT Splash in Boston, MA. The feedback about the trip and the students' experiences were so exciting that GWCS plans to make this an annual school sponsored trip in the future.

For one awesome weekend each November, thousands of high schoolers flood MIT’s campus to take classes, taught by MIT students, on anything and everything. From music theory to Hungarian history to aircraft analysis, Splash offerings number over 400 every year and span a wide variety of areas. Want to take a class on origami? Lasers? Neuropharmacology? All are open to you. Over the course of 19 hours during Splash, you can get your feet wet with a short introduction to any number of subjects—things you always wanted to learn and topics you never knew existed—or you can dive head first into an in-depth seminar or intensive workshop. In addition to normal classes, Splash also offers walk-in activities: hands-on events where you can show up or leave whenever you want. Walk-ins are great for filling gaps in your schedule, and they don’t require you to sign up in advance (although you must be registered for Splash to attend). Planned activities include everything from modular origami to bubble tea-making to games of SET to chainmail crafting. There’s something for everyone!

MIT Splash Website

https://esp.mit.edu/learn/Splash/index.html