Coding places
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Discovery Children's Museum Resources
Free family and educator activities from Discovery Children's Museum, including STEM, coding, math, creative projects, books, games, and accessibility resources.
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Draper Spark!Lab
The National Museum of American History’s Spark!Lab invites children to create, collaborate, test, experiment, and invent through hands-on STEM and art activities.
KID Museum
A hands-on maker museum with coding, robotics, engineering, electronics, woodshop, textiles, and design challenges.
Museum of Science Boston Youth Programs
The Museum of Science Boston Youth Programs page gathers high-school STEM opportunities including science series, computer-science events, a 2026 innovation hackathon, biotechnology and renewable-energy workshops, MEDscience, and internships.
UT Austin Academy for All
UT Austin Computer Science offers a free residential summer academy for rising high-school seniors, combining Arduino or Python/AI projects with teamwork, campus life, and technology-career exploration.
Boise State Kidsteam
Boise State University’s Kidsteam invites children to help design technology with researchers through free twice-weekly after-school sessions involving drawing, programming, problem solving, and collaborative making.
UArizona Girls Who Code Club
The University of Arizona’s Girls Who Code club offers free Saturday coding classes for grades 6–12, including Python, Arduino, robotics, AI, website development, and game projects.
UTD Summer Math Camps 2026
The University of Texas at Dallas 2026 Summer Math Camps offer five-week programmes for high-school students in Mathematical Adventures, SAT Math, and Mathematics Behind Artificial Intelligence, with in-person and online components.
Wiz Robotics We Do
Wiz Robotics We Do is an in-person introduction to robotics, coding, and engineering through storytelling and LEGO WeDo components, with small-group sessions for beginners.
Alamance County Library Kids
Alamance County Public Libraries’ children’s hub combines early-literacy programs, storytimes, virtual tours, digital resources, coding links, and family reading activities.
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