October 3 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Home Builders Online Bring the National Zoo to your preschool to learn how animals and humans create a safe and comfortable homes. Free
October 7 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Cardboard Challenge: MASKS (Ages 5-11) Glenwood Branch : 2350 MD-97, Cooksville, MD, United States Engineer a 3D mask using cardboard, recyclables, & your imagination. Masks are then displayed from Oct. 18-19. Free
October 10 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm STEAM Fall Fun Festival Lyon Mills ELementary School 9345 Lyons Mill Road, Owings Mills, MD, United States hands-on activities and interactive booths. Various organizations will be present, showcasing STEAM Free
October 10 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Robotic Pumpkin Smash North Carroll Library 2255 Hanover Pike, Hampstead,, MD, United States Each year the Robo-Lions Robotics Team (www.robo-lions.org) build a new robot to smash pumpkins!! Free
October 12 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Community Stem Day Rockville Science Center hjlichtman@lichtman.ws, Rockville, MD, United States Join us for an exciting afternoon of hands-on STEM learning and exploration for all ages. Free
October 12 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Science Saturday – Hunt for Aliens Maggie Nightingale Library 19633 Fisher Avenue, Poolsville, MD, United States Explore symmetry and balance with a reconfigurable spinning top! Online preregistration required. Free
October 14 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Sugar Skull String Lights — Makerspace Monday Elkridge Branch Library 6540 Washington Blvd,, Elkridge, MD, United States Celebrate the Day of the Dead while learning about sugar skulls and creating a decorative simple circuit. Free
October 16 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Candy Pumpkin Challenge Pocomoke Library 301 Market, Pocomoke City, United States STEAM activities and candy pumpkins. Are you up for the challenge? For ages 6-11. Free
October 17 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am Ready 2 Read STEM: Catapults Largo-Kettering Branch 9601 Capital Lane, Largo, MD, United States Explore and have fun with engineering as you build your own catapult! Free
October 17 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm STEM for Families: Engineering Surratts–Clinton Branch Library 9400 Piscataway Road, Clinton, United States Explore science, technology, engineering and math. Drop in for hands-on experiments and activities. Free
October 17 @ 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm Youth for Astronomy & Engineering Program: STEM Forum Space Telescope Science Institute 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD, United States Please join us in-person to learn more about astronomy during our Youth for Astronomy and Engineering Program Free