Welcome to Spark!

Spark has become MIT’s largest annual teaching and learning extravaganza for middle-schoolers! For one weekend this March, students like you will flood MIT's campus to take classes, taught by MIT students, on anything and everything. Come be a part of this iconic MIT event!

Spark is fully student-run by MIT ESP and is fully in-person this year.

A student learns to solder during an electrical engineering class

Learn Anything!

From painting to cryptology to immunology, Spark has over 100 classes that span a wide variety of areas. Want to take a class on rockets? Build electrical circuits? Learn about the history of memes? All of these could be options open to you!

Over the weekend of Spark, you can get a quick bolt of knowledge 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 headfirst into in-depth seminars and intensive workshops!

Miniature paintings made during Spark walk-in

Middle schoolers and a teacher doing arts and crafts

Who Can Participate?

Students in grades 7–10 can attend Spark. (Unfortunately, absolutely no exceptions can be made to this policy.)

If you are a high school student, we also recommend looking at Splash, which runs in November, or other similar programs around the country.

Spark Classes

The Spark catalog is not out yet, but feel free to view the catalog from Spark 2024 to get a sense of the classes often taught at our programs!

Spark Details

Spark 2026 will take place over one weekend, March 14–15. The program cost will be $70, but we offer generous financial aid for students that request it. Cost should NOT prevent you from coming to our programs. If you think you or your parents would have trouble paying to attend, please fill out the financial aid application when you sign up. For more information, please visit our program details page.

Questions? Email us at spark@mit.edu.

Register Now!

Registration for Spark 2026 will open in mid-late February!

Looking to attend Spark as a teacher? Visit our teacher page.

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    <div class="announcement-header">Latest Announcement</div><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Spark 2026 will be March 14-15! Stay tuned for more information!</span></strong></div>

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        <h1>
            Welcome to Spark!
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        <p>Spark has become MIT’s largest annual teaching and learning extravaganza for middle-schoolers! For one weekend this March, students like you will flood MIT's campus to take classes, taught by MIT students, on anything and everything. Come be a
            part of this iconic MIT event!</p>
        <p>Spark is <a href="https://esp.mit.edu/join/whoisesp.html">fully student-run</a> by MIT ESP and is fully in-person this year.</p>
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        <img class="photo" src="https://i.imgur.com/adh1zGr.jpg" title="A student learns to solder during an electrical engineering class" alt="A student learns to solder during an electrical engineering class">
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        <h1>Learn Anything!</h1>
        <p>From painting to cryptology to immunology, Spark has over&nbsp;100 classes that span a wide variety of areas. Want to take a class on rockets? Build electrical circuits? Learn about the history of memes? All of these could be options open to you!</p>
        <p>Over the weekend of Spark, you can get a quick bolt of knowledge 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 headfirst into in-depth seminars and intensive
            workshops!
        </p>
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        <h1>Who Can Participate?</h1>
        <p>Students in grades 7–10 can attend Spark. (Unfortunately, <strong>absolutely no exceptions</strong> can be made to this policy.)<br><br>If you are a high school student, we also recommend looking at <a href="/teach/Splash/index.html">Splash</a>,
            which runs in November, or <a href="https://www.learningu.org/current-programs/">other similar programs around the country</a>.</p>
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        <h1>Spark Classes</h1>
        <p> The Spark catalog is not out yet, but feel free to view <a href="/learn/Spark/2024/catalog">the catalog from Spark 2024</a> to get a sense of the classes often taught at our programs!</p>
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        <h1>Spark Details</h1>
        <p>Spark 2026&nbsp;will take place over one weekend, March 14–15. The program cost will be $70, but we offer generous financial aid for students that request it. Cost should NOT prevent you from coming to our programs. If you think you or your parents would have trouble paying to attend, please fill out the financial aid application when you sign up. For more information, please visit our <a href="/learn/Spark/moreinfo.html">program details page</a>.
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        <p>Questions? Email us at <a href="mailto:spark@mit.edu">spark@mit.edu</a>.
        </p>
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        <h1>Register Now!</h1>
        <p>Registration for Spark 2026 will open in mid-late February!</p>
        <p>Looking to attend Spark as a teacher? Visit our <a href="/teach/Spark/index.html">teacher page</a>.</p>
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Last modified by mm028 on Feb. 01, 2026 at 11:43 p.m.