Maryland STEM Festival

Build-In Movie: Big Hero 6
2025-11-04 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Orleans Branch, 1303 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD, 21231, United States
It’s Maryland STEM Fest! Can you build a robot like Hiro and his friends out of our building chips? Set mechanical energies and your own creativity in motion while you watch Disney’s Big Hero 6.
A young tech whiz named Hiro must save his city from a nefarious villain with the help of his inflatable robot Baymax, as well as his friends Go Go Tomago, Wasabi, Honey Lemon and Fred.
2014 | PG | 1hr42min

Light Street Lab: DIY Kazoo
2025-11-04 15:30 - 16:30 | Light Street Library, 1251 Light St, Baltimore, MD, 21230, United States
Let’s celebrate the MD STEM Festival. This year’s theme is Energy!
Learn about the science behind the energy of sound waves and make your own kazoo out of household items!

STEAM Lab
2025-11-04 16:30 - 17:00 | C. Burr Artz Library, 110 East Patrick St., Frederick, MD, 21701, United States
Join us for a variety of science, technology, engineering, arts and math activities for elementary-aged children.

Drones 101
2025-11-04 16:30 - 17:30 | Ocean Pines Library, 11107 Cathell Road, Berlin, MD, 21811, United States
Learn all about drones with Worcester Tech instructor Valerie Zienty.

STEM Challenge at Frostburg Library
2025-11-04 16:30 - 17:30 | Frostburg Library, 65 E. Main Street, Frostburg, MD, 21532, United States
Join FSU Engineering Students & Faculty for a hands-on STEM Challenge activity on Tuesday, November at 4:30 PM at Frostburg Library in the Toll House. This will be an excellent opportunity to spark creativity, build teamwork, and critical thinking skills! This session is for students in grades 6-12.

Design. Build. Discover: Explore Mechanical Engineering at UMBC
2025-11-04 18:00 - 19:00 | UMBC at the Universities at Shady Grove, 9636 Gudelsky Dr, Office 3111 - BSE (Building IV), Rockville, MD, 20850, United States
Explore mechanical engineering at UMBC-Shady Grove! Join us for an overview of the program, a tour of our labs in USG’s Biomedical Sciences and Engineering Building, and a simulation where current students will show off a project they’re working on. You’ll also get to connect with our staff and faculty, including new Program Director Adam Bridendolph.

Preschool Science: Dancing Balloons
2025-11-05 10:30 - 11:00 | Queen Anne’s County Library, 121 S Commerce St, Centreville, MD, 21617, United States
Ages: 3-5 with caregiver
Learn how to create a vortex and make the balloons dance! We will learn all about a vortex using balloons and fans in this hands-on experiment!

Toddler Tinker Time
2025-11-05 10:30 - 11:30 | Broadneck Branch, 1275 Green Holly Dr, Annapolis, MD, 21409, United States
Get creative and inventive – through play!

Tiny STEAM
2025-11-05 11:00 - 11:30 | Myersville Community Library, 8 Harp Place, Myersville, MD, 21773, United States
Explore Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math concepts. Designed for ages 2-5 with a caregiver.

MD STEM Fest Challenge
2025-11-05 13:30 - 19:00, 2025-11-06 13:30 - 19:00 | Sharpsburg Library, 106 East Main ST, Sharpesburg, MD, 21782, United States
Stations will be set up with Legos and marble runs. Look through our microscope and magnifying glass, what do you see?

Science Heroes Presents: Adventure of the Missing Color
2025-11-05 15:00 - 16:00 | Roland Park Libray, 5108 Roland Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21210, United States
Join Science Heroes on their mission to turn science into an adventure!
Discover how fun and colorful science can be through hands-on experiments all about:
chemical reactions
air pressure
physical explosions
and more!
Don’t miss this exciting and interactive STEM learning adventure!

Minds in Motion (STEAM)
2025-11-05 15:30 - 17:30 | Wicomico Public Library-Paul S Sarbanes Branch, 122 South Division Street, Salisbury, MD, 21801, United States
Get ready to imagine, explore, and create! Minds in Motion is a hands-on STEAM program designed for elementary students to spark curiosity and build problem-solving skills through fun, engaging activities. Each session will feature exciting experiments and challenges in science, technology, engineering, art, and math—perfect for curious minds who love to tinker, build, and discover. Whether we’re coding robots, designing structures, or launching simple science experiments, there’s always something new to explore.

It's Kinetic! Slingshot Rockets
2025-11-05 16:00 - 17:00 | Southeast Anchor, 3601 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21224, United States
Let’s celebrate this year’s Maryland STEM Festival’s theme of ENERGY by shooting for the stars! Learn about kinetic energy by building a slingshot rocket.

Student Discovery Series: Speed Into STEM: Turkey Zipline Challenge
2025-11-05 16:30 - 17:30 | Kitzmiller Branch, 288 W. Main Street, Kitzmiller, MD, 21538, United States
Karen Wood, University of Maryland Extension will present an engaging Fall science activity where participants will design and construct a zipline and carrier that will successfully transport a toy turkey from the Thanksgiving dinner table back to the farm. Youth will explore the engineering and design process while learning concepts such as friction, balance, and momentum.

Mini Makers - for ages 6-10
2025-11-05 17:00 - 18:00 | Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, 20850, United States
Join us for an event designed to create a welcoming community space for children interested in STEM and engineering. This event aims to encourage critical thinking, teamwork, and creativity, along with many other valuable skills that can be applied in the real world. Through fun and age-appropriate activities, we will introduce engineering concepts in a way that is both engaging and educational. Come and be a part of this informative experience.

Catapult Challenge
2025-11-05 18:00 - 19:30 | Converge Innovation Center, 1201 Technology Drive, Aberdeen, MD, 21001, United States
Students will learn how to collect and organize data while performing experiments using a self-built catapult. Students will analyze data using formulas in a spreadsheet. Classs runs on 10/29, 11/5, 11/12 and 11/19

Introduction to Arduino
2025-11-06 10:00 - 12:00 | Carroll County Public Library, Exploration Commons, 50 East Main Street, Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
Microcontrollers are everywhere and are often the unseen heroes of our modern world. From coffee makers to elevators, and even the television remote control, microcontrollers can be programmed to fulfill a variety of simple tasks. The Arduino platform makes working with microcontrollers easy, fun, and offers a way to get started in electronics. Join us for a workshop where we’ll explore various beginner Arduino projects using components from the Arduino education kits available for use in the makerspace.

Full STEAM Ahead!
2025-11-06 10:30 - 11:30 | Perryville Branch Library, 500 Coudon Blvd., Perryville, MD, 21903, United States
Enjoy different STEAM activities each week in this hands-on program for young learners. Program designed for children ages 20 months – early 4s. Siblings welcome.

Elementary Explorers
2025-11-06 14:00 - 14:30 | Thurmont Library, 76 East Moser Rd, Thurmont, MD, 21788, United States
Participate in a variety of experiences related to science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics. This program is designed for children in grades K – 5 and their caregivers.

Waverly Star Wars 4-H: Introduction to coding and robotics workshop!
2025-11-06 16:00 - 17:00 | Waverly Branch Library, 400 E. 33rd St, Baltimore, ME, 21218, United States
Get ready to explore electrical energy! Youth from the Waverly School Aged Child Care Center invite you to a fun, interactive demonstration and workshop on coding and robotics.
Waverly 4-H Stem Club members will help other youth, K-3rd grade, learn how to use Daisy the Dinosaur app to write code and how to navigate and code the Dash robot.
This program is held in collaboration with University of Maryland Extension, Baltimore Housing, and the Maryland STEM Festival.

STEM Fun: Build and Create
2025-11-06 16:00 - 17:30 | Bowie Branch Library, 15210 Annapolis Road, Bowie, MD, 20715, United States
Dive into the world of science, technology, engineering, and math with fun, hands-on experiments and activities! Explore a variety of construction and robotics kits through interactive challenges that spark curiosity.

Custom Engraved Leatherette Journals
2025-11-06 16:00 - 19:30 | Carroll County Public Library, Exploration Commons, 50 East Main Street, Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
In this beginner-friendly class, we will utilize our laser engravers to mark a custom design of your own onto a custom leatherette journal! Color variations of the journals are highly limited and will be given out on a first come, first served basis. If you have previously taken this class at EC50, please do not register so that someone else may have the opportunity to attend.
The longer class time is necessary for this program to give ample time for design alterations and customization.

Little Scientist Storytime
2025-11-07 11:00 - 12:00 | Gaithersburg Library, 18330 Montgomery Village Ave., Gaithersburg, MD, 20879, United States
Come listen to stories, rhymes and songs all about different science concepts for little ones! Then stick around as we explore and experiment with activities that highlight early literacy skills during this special extended storytime!
Ideal for ages 18 months to 5 years with a parent or caregiver.
Parents/caregivers MUST accompany children under the age of 8 during the program.
Questions about this program? Please contact Gaithersburg Library at 240-773-9490.

Carnival Chaos
2025-11-07 14:00 - 15:30 | Edgewood Library, 629 Edgewood Road, Edgewood, MD, 21040, United States
Students will build miniature versions of classic carnival games, such as mini-golf, bowling, pinball, and more. They will program their games in block code.

Chemistry Magic Show and Mathstravaganza
2025-11-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Stevenson University Manning Academic Center, 11200 Gundry Ln, Owings Mills, MD, 21117, United States
Join us for a Maryland STEM Festival event at Stevenson University.
Enjoy an afternoon of science and math fun for all ages.
The Chemistry Magic Show (2–3 PM) will showcase the magic of chemistry through demonstrations that make ordinary materials behave in extraordinary ways.
The Mathstravaganza (3–4 PM) features hands-on math demonstrations that makes problem solving come alive. Explore the Monty Hall problem with jelly beans, create fractal patterns through the chaos game, experiment with bubble surfaces, investigate probability with Buffon’s needle using Pixy Stix, and more!
Free and fun for everyone. Come explore the magic of STEM with us at Stevenson University.

Solar Powered Paper Houses
2025-11-07 15:30 - 16:30 | Berlin Branch, 13 Harrison Avenue, Berlin, MD, 21811, United States
Craft a simple solar-powered paper house with a solar cell and
LED and discover how sunlight turns into electricity!

Pumpkin Smash at Mt. Airy Library
2025-11-08 09:30 - 11:30 | Mt Airy Branch, 705 Ridge Avenue, Mt Airy, MD, 21771, United States
FRC Team 2199 “Robo-Lions” presents their Pumpkin Smashing Robots

Western Maryland STEM Festival
2025-11-08 10:00 - 14:00 | Frostburg State University, 101 Braddock Road, Dundalk, Maryland, 21224
There will be STEM activities and demos for everyone featuring Superstar Steve Spangler. Click here for details.

STEM-Fest: Signaling the Future
2025-11-08 10:00 - 16:00 | National Cryptologic Museum, 8290 Colony 7 Road Annapolis Junction, MD, annapolis Junction, MD, 20701, United States
Join the National Cryptologic Museum for the 11th Annual STEM Fest! Explore a world of discovery where science, technology, engineering and math come together!
Get ready for hands-on exhibits, exciting activities and industry experts that will help spark curiosity and creativity!
The NCM is partnering with the Maryland STEM Festival for the 11th consecutive year. It’s a chance to explore the latest innovations in the STEM fields and have a family fun adventure! STEM Fest is free and open to the public. Just drop by!
