Maryland STEM Festival

Celebrate the MD STEM Festival: Whirligigs
2025-11-11 15:30 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Canton Branch Library, 1030 S. Ellwood Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21224, United States
Spin your way over to the Canton branch and create your own whirligig!
Join us in celebration of the MD STEM Festival and learn about this year’s theme: energy. Explore how wind and kinetic energy cause whirligigs to spin.

Make Your Own Wind-Up Toy
2025-11-12 14:00 - 15:00 | Severn Branch Library, 2624 Annapolis Rd, Severn, MD, 21144, United States
Make your own wind-up toy vehicle using the power of springs and rubber bands, and then compete to see whose runs the best! We’ll learn about the history and present of wind-up springs as an energy source, explore various wind-up devices, and make our own spring-powered toy vehicles to race and take home.

Nanoscience
2025-11-12 15:00 - 16:00 | Perryville Branch Library, 500 Coudon Blvd., Perryville, MD, 21903, United States
Explore the world of the extremely small–so small you cannot see it with the human eye and where odd things happen at a nanoscale!
Educational activities for homeschoolers and children in non-traditional school settings. Ages 6-11. (Repeat program offered on Nov. 4th at 11:00 a.m.)

Taking Flight: STEM Program
2025-11-12 16:00 - 17:00 | Boonsboro Library, 401 Potomac St., Boonsboro, MD, 21713, United States
Childern will put together both a paper airplane/launcher and a 3D printer glider to learn about the Science of Flight.
For ages 6-12
Space is limited. Register to save your spot.

Anne Arundel Community College's STEAM Night
2025-11-12 17:30 - 20:00 | Anne Arundel Community College, 101 College Parkway, Arnold, MD, 21044, United States
STEAM Night – Wednesday, Nov 12, 2025, at 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM – Arnold – Robert E. Kauffman Theater in the Pascal Center for the Performing Arts. See how fun science can be! See how science connects all fields, from architecture to performing and visual arts, from drones to engineering to mathematics, and everything in between. This family-friendly event is open to all ages and is sure to be a fun evening! What will your kids love more – the science show or the interactive demos? Plan to do both while you are here!5:30-6:30 p.m. and 7-8 p.m.
Two (identical) science shows will be on tap in the theatre. 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Enjoy demonstrations and hands-on activities in the Student Union Hawk’s Nest before the 7 p.m. show or after the 5:30 p.m. show. For information, visit the School of Science, Technology, and Education or email Professor Jason Barbour, Ph.D., at jpbarbour@aacc.edu.

STEM Family Fun Festival
2025-11-16 09:00 - 12:00 | Notre Dame of Maryland, 4701 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21210, United States
Bring the whole family for a series of fun-filled drop-in events that give kids an opportunity to engage with STEM and collaborate to solve engineering design tasks. Our event is sponsored by NDMU’s School of Education and is run by the Leadership in Teaching: STEM program’s faculty and students.

Science Heroes Presents: Adventure of the Missing Color
2025-11-17 16:00 - 17:00 | Southeast Anchor, 3601 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21224, 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!

Family STEAM Night
2026-03-19 16:00 - 18:00 | KIPP Harmony Academy, 2000 Edgewood Street, Baltimore, MD, 21085, United States
STEAM Night is a dynamic, two-hour event featuring 15 hands-on, student-led and guest-presenter activities, including a planetarium, that highlight engaging concepts in energy and energy transfer, with participation from valued community partners such as the University of Maryland, the Department of Public Works, The NEED Project, and Constellation.
