Summer Explorations in Science, Technology, and the Natural World

Summer Explorations in Science, Technology, and the Natural World

Middle school is a critical time for students to explore and develop potential interest in STEMM. This annual program at Wright Lab, begun in 2024, engages a cohort of up to 12 middle school students from the New Haven area in exploring science, technology, and the natural world together across a range of disciplines. This year, participants will engage with and learn about programming and robotics through hands-on projects and group-led exploration.

group of students sitting at a table with boxes in front of them listening to instructor who is standing holding a robot.

August 4-7, 2025

9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Yale Wright Laboratory, 272 Whitney Ave., New Haven

Apply (Application coming soon; please check back.)

What to bring and other logistics

  • Lunch will be provided daily.
  • Participants should bring a water bottle.  
  • If you have your own laptop you are willing and able to bring, please feel free to do so.  Otherwise, we will provide one for your use.
  • Drop off and pick up:  The drop off window will be from 8:40 a.m.-8:55 a.m.. Please try to get there during this window so we can start on time.  Pick up will be at 5:00 p.m.
    • With construction going on all around the lab, we will have a student available to meet participants at our front entrance at drop off and will also bring them outside the front door for pick up. 
    • You should be able to drop off and pick up your student by the door, but parking is not available at this time.  Please plan accordingly. 
    • Directions are available on our website’s Visit page.

Enrichment activities

Sample enrichment activities from 2024.

  • Yale Peabody Museum Tour
  • “Computer programming, art, and animations,” Ted Kim-Professor of Engineering & Applied Science
  • “Stem Cells,” Amaleah Hartman-Lecturer, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
  • Tour of Wright Lab

Sample schedule

8:40-8:55 a.m. Drop off students at WL front entrance

9:00 a.m. Program activities

12:00 p.m. Lunch break, outside activity on Leitner lawn

1:00 p.m. Program activities

3.45 p.m. Enrichment activity (see below)

5:00 p.m. End; pick up students at WL front entrance.

People

Instructor

Lynn Connelly

A science teacher from Hopkins School who teaches physics and robotics and advises the Hopkins robotics team.

Headshot of Lynn Connelly

Faculty Advisors

Student Assistants

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Program Administrative Support

Technical Advisor

Paul Noel

Yale Physics Technology Services Specialist and Instructional Tech

paul.noel@yale.edu

Headshot of Paul Noel.

Sponsored by the Yale Department of Physics, the Michele Dufault Endowment for Yale Women in Science, the Yale Wright Laboratory, and Yale University