LEAP Lab: Get Your Spark

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Dates:	Saturday, June 13, 2026 - Saturday, June 13, 2026
Hours:	11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Ages:	Kids
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	Free
Category:	Learn Something

Registration recommended!

You’ll be the first to learn of event details or if the location or date changes due to inclement weather.

In this fun and hands-on program, award-winning scientist and author Dr. Ainissa Ramirez will share the work of an inventor who changed the world—Jim West, the creator of the microphone.

Participants will make their own microphone using balloons and paper cones, followed by a storytime reading of Spark: Jim West’s Electrifying Adventures in Creating the Microphone.

This program is designed with ages 5-9 in mind, but all ages are welcome.

This event is presented in collaboration with MIT Kids Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press, and the MIT Press Bookstore.

About Dr. Ainissa Ramirez [accordian-style on the website]

Dr. Ainissa Ramirez is a scientist and science writer from New Haven, CT.

She received her bachelor’s degree from Brown University and her doctorate from Stanford, both in materials science and engineering.

She began her career as a scientist at Bell Labs and later joined the faculty at Yale.

She wrote the award-winning book “The Alchemy of Us” (MIT Press) and “Spark” (MIT Kids Press).

About L.E.A.P. Lab

L.E.A.P. stands for Learn, Explore, and Play!

These programs are geared towards kids and families.

All minors must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

Responsible adults, please keep a close eye on your kids.

Photos and/or videos will be taken at this event.

By entering and attending this event, you acknowledge and agree that your likeness may be included in photos and videos of the event and that those photos and videos may be used by MIT in connection with communications about MIT Open Space Programming or in other MIT communications, and/or shared with third parties, including on the Internet.

If you do not agree to this usage, please notify a staff member when you arrive.

We are committed to creating an inclusive, accessible environment on our website and in person at our events.

If you would like to request a disability-related accommodation, please contact us at openspace@mit.edu as soon as possible to allow us time to respond.

Requests made less than 2 weeks before the start date of your program may not be able to be met in time.

With any questions, email us at openspace@mit.edu.

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LOCATION

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