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 9 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Conservation Classroom: Exploring Ecosystems with Otters Join us for a virtual field trip as we explore ecosystems and otters! Free
October 9 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm STEAM Night @ KIPP Harmony Academy KIPP Harmony Academy 2000 Edgewood Street, Baltimore, MD, United States STEAM Night will be a fun with a variety of experiments and demos in the arts, science and health/wellness. Free
October 12 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Planting a Pollinator Garden — Presented by the Bowie Green Team South Bowie Branch Library 15301 Hall Road, Bowie, United States Fall is the best time to plant a perennial pollinator garden. 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 – DNA Discovery Maggie Nightingale Library 19633 Fisher Avenue, Poolsville, MD, United States Explore symmetry and balance with a reconfigurable spinning top! Online preregistration required. Free
October 17 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Nano Rainbow Film Central Library -Enoch Pratt 400 Cathedral St., Baltimore, MD, United States How does iridescence happen? In this hand-on activity, we will experiment with thin films. Free
October 17 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Mysterious Owl Pellets Main Library Oakland 6 North Second Street, oakland, MD, United States Join Naturalist Ingrid from Deep Creek Lake State Park to learn about and dissect owl pellets. Free
October 18 @ 10:30 am - 1:00 pm 2024 Maryland STEM Festival Opening Ceremony John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland Celebrating ten years of Festivals Free
October 18 @ 11:00 am - 7:30 pm Maryland STEM Festival at College Park University of Maryland College Park 4298 Campus Drive, College Park, MD, United States Many STEM Components are combined for a full day of STEM. Free
October 18 @ 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Mesozoic Maryland: The Age of Dinosaurs in Our Neighborhood Plant Life Sciences (PLS) Room 1130 4291 Fieldhouse Dr, College Park, MD, United States Have you ever wondered which dinosaurs lived in your backyard millions of years ago? Free
October 19 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Spooky Science Westminster Branch 50 East Main Street, Westminster, MD, United States The show is interactive and fun, with kids from the crowd as volunteers for every experiment! Free
