Community Outreach
Educational Outreach
MIT Lincoln Laboratory K–12 Science Outreach Program
Science on Saturday ›
Science on Saturday events are fun, free science demonstrations at Lincoln Laboratory and are given several times each school year by our
scientists and engineers. All local community K–12 students, their parents, and their teachers are welcome to attend Science on Saturday events. Some previous events have focused on cryogenics, electricity and magnetism, acoustics, chemistry, optics, ions, hands-on engineering, and mathematics.
Classroom Presentations ›
Lincoln Laboratory scientists and engineers are available to give free science presentations in local K–12 classrooms. Most presentations can be adapted to different lengths and different grade levels. Presentations and lab activities cover a wide variety of subjects.
Robotics Outreach at Lincoln Laboratory ›
Laboratory engineers volunteer to help students learn about robotics and engineering by advising robot-building teams participating in FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). Robotics Outreach at Lincoln Laboratory (ROLL) also hosts workshops and in-house competitions with teams composed of Laboratory employees' children. Volunteers are on-hand to provide demonstrations or mentorship to classrooms.
LIFT2 Teacher Externships ›
Lincoln Laboratory has joined a group of companies in sponsoring Leadership Initiatives for Teaching and Technology (LIFT²) externships. LIFT² is an innovative professional learning program for middle- and high-school science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers. It is designed to help experienced and developing teachers relate classroom curriculum to authentic and relevant applications in the 21st century workplace.
The Ceres Connection ›
MIT Lincoln Laboratory has partnered with Society for Science & the Public to promote science education through the Ceres Connection program. This program names minor planets after students in fifth through twelfth grades and their teachers. Students and teachers are selected through the following programs of the Science Education Department at Society for Science & the Public:
- Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
- Intel Science Talent Search (STS)
- Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF)
All minor planets named in the Ceres Connection program have been discovered by LINEAR, the
Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research program.