Elevator Lift: Makerspace Mondays
2025-11-10 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Elkridge Branch Library, 6540 Washington Blvd,, Elkridge, MD, 21075, United States
Learn about Elisha Otis, his invention of an elevator emergency break, pulley and winch simple machines, conservation of energy, mechanical advantage, and the basics of circuitry while engineering a remote control motor-powered lift. All materials provided and students keep their constructed machines.
This class is part of the 2025 Maryland STEM Festival.

Watts up, kids!
2025-11-11 15:30 - 16:30 | Central Library -Enoch Pratt, 400 Cathedral St., Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Explore electricity with paper circuits & static electricity.

Celebrate the MD STEM Festival: Whirligigs
2025-11-11 15:30 - 16:30 | 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.

LEGO® SPIKE Prime Robotics
2025-11-11 16:00 - 17:00 | Chesapeake City Branch Library, 2527 Augustine Herman Highway, Chesapeake City, MD, 21915, United States
Join the LOAD Robotics Team to learn about the design engineering process! Gain hands-on experience programming and driving a LEGO® Spike Prime robot. Program designed for grades 4-8. Other siblings welcome.

AI IRL: Real Talk for Teens
2025-11-11 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-11-12 16:00 - 17:00 | Quince Orchard Library, 15831 Quince Orchard Road, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, United States
AI IRL: Real Talk for Teens is a four-session discussion series built around real AI headlines. Each session starts with a short news story, separates fact from myth, introduces one practical skill to try, and opens the floor for conversation guided by teens’ questions.
Participants build practical, responsible AI habits: verifying claims and sources, recognizing bias and misinformation, writing task-appropriate prompts, crediting AI assistance when required, and protecting privacy online. The final session includes a look at AI’s environmental impact, tying into this year’s Maryland STEM Festival theme of ENERGY.
Each session stands alone, so participants can attend any or all and leave with something they can use right away for schoolwork, early work experiences and resumes, creative projects, or daily life. Phones and laptops are welcome, and snacks are provided.
Event runs from 10/22 through 11/12

Tiny STEAM
2025-11-12 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.

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.

Taking Flight
2025-11-12 16:00 - 17:00 | Boonsboro Library, 401 Potomac St., Boonsboro, MD, 21713, United States
Children will put together both a paper airplane/launcher and a 3D printed glider and learn about the science of flight.

Tech Takeover Teen Lounge
2025-11-12 16:00 - 18:00 | Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, 20850, United States
Explore your creativity and embrace new technology at the library! Looking for a place to hangout or study after school? Come meet new people, play games, make crafts, do homework or just relax!

Coding with Python - A Six-Week Course
2025-11-12 16:30 - 17:30 | potomac library, 10101 Glenolden Drive, Potomac, MD, 20854, United States
The Richard Montgomery High School robotics team, Rocket Robotics, is excited to offer a free, 6-week coding course for middle school students, designed to introduce beginners to the fundamentals of programming and spark interest in programming and robotics. This hands-on course will cover the fundamentals of coding using one of the most popular programming languages, Python. Students will receive guided instruction over the 6-session course which will help them understand key concepts (such as basic Python syntax, working with and manipulating data, control structures like loops and if statements, and creating reusable methods) and prepare them to further advance their coding skills.
Experienced high school mentors will guide the participants, providing personalized support and encouragement. With each session building on the last, students will not only gain a solid foundation in Python programming that they can apply in robotics and other coding projects, but also the confidence to explore further in the world of technology and robotics. Whether you’re new to coding or looking to strengthen your skills, this course will provide a supportive and engaging environment to get started with Python.
Students are requested to bring their own laptop computers if possible. If they cannot, a limited number of laptops will be available for student use during the course.
Class is offered on 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12, 11/19

Intro to Laser Cutting
2025-11-12 16:30 - 19:00 | Westminster Branch, 50 East Main Street, Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
This beginner-level laser cutter class will walk you through design basics, machine use, and safety procedures. At the instructor’s discretion, customers who successfully complete this program will be certified to use the Exploration Commons’ Fusion Pro and Fusion Edge laser cutters.
Customers aged 12 to 15 who complete their certification are required to have a certified adult with them to use the laser independently.

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 Fun: Catapults
2025-11-12 18:30 - 19:30 | South Bowie Branch Library, 15301 Hall Road, Bowie, 20721, United States
Dive into the world of science, technology, engineering, and math with fun, hands-on experiments and activities! Explore and create your own personalized catapult and see which item goes the furthest and why!

Intro to 3D Scanning
2025-11-13 13:00 - 14:30 | Westminster Branch, 50 East Main Street, Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
3D scanning is a digital design process that enables the creation of detailed and accurate models of real-world objects. Join us for an introductory look into this technology, which is used extensively in engineering, architecture, historic preservation, and video game development. We will demonstrate the use of our handheld Artec Leo 3D Scanner and highlight some recent projects that have been created with it.

Elementary Explorers
2025-11-13 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.

Discovery Depot (Grades K-5)
2025-11-13 16:00 - 16:30 | Myersville Community Library, 8 Harp Place, Myersville, MD, 21773, United States
Discover and explore the world around you through science, math, technology, history, art, and literature. Designed for kids in grades K-5.

MD STEM Festival: Art Machines
2025-11-13 16:00 - 17:00 | Waverly Branch Library, 400 E. 33rd St, Baltimore, ME, 21218, United States
Join us in celebration of the MD STEM Festival. Theme? Energy!
Assemble a system of levers and fulcra, and watch it all come to life! Create a compound machine creature that moves and can grab with its mouth!

Personalized Snack Boards for Teens
2025-11-13 17:00 - 19:30 | Carroll County Public Library, Exploration Commons, 50 East Main Street, Westminster, MD, 21157, United States
Step up your snacking game by creating a custom-engraved snack board! We’ll personalize a bamboo snack board using Adobe Illustrator design software and our Fusion Pro laser cutter. Then head to the teaching kitchen to learn some tips and tricks while you fill the board with yummy snacks!

Teen Film Club
2025-11-13 18:00 - 19:00 | Charles County Public Library, 10405 O'Donnell Place, Waldorf, MD, 20603, United States
We will progressively go through the process of writing scripts, pre-production filming, and post production of movies including promotional projects for the library. Recommended for Teens.

Light it Up with the Laser
2025-11-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Glenwood Branch, : 2350 MD-97, Cooksville, MD, 21273, United States
Ready to light up your ideas? Dive into real-world STEM fun in the Glenwood Branch + Makerspace as you design and build your own edge-lit acrylic sign. Use the laser cutter, creative thinking, and a splash of science to make something that literally shines.

CodeBloom - The 1st Bloom
2025-11-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Unallocated Space, 1029 Benfield Blvd, Millersville, MD, 21108, United States
Ready to learn to code? This 8-week course is a fun, play-based introduction to Python for students in grades 6-12! Through group activities, worksheets, and online challenges, we’ll show you how the skills you already have can be used to build a foundation in coding! Please sign up at this link beforehand: https://forms.gle/GnipJNjfmzng9QSw8 . We can’t wait to meet you!
GOAL: Our goal is to democratize access to tech for underserved and underrepresented communities. We empower students through coding education, provide seamless transition support, and foster a lifelong community that helps build well-rounded, impactful tech leaders. Let’s plant the skills to grow careers!
THINGS TO BRING: Laptop + Charger, Confirmed access to Google Account
SKILL LEVEL: Introductory to intermediate
PRESENTER: Sam Mosley. Please reach out to me with any question before, during, or after the course at sam.mosley AT codebloom.org 🙂

Classes on 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13. 11/20

Science Slam at Peabody Heights!
2025-11-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Peabody Heights Brewery, 401 East 30th Street, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
Baltimore, it’s Science Slam time! When else can you enjoy a bite while learning remarkable science that is going on in Charm City?
When else can you enjoy a bite and a drink while learning remarkable science that is going on in Charm City? Come join us for a night of 5 min science talks from local scientists and support their efforts to communicate their work!
We are so happy to be able to have this at Peabody Heights and we thank them so much for their support!
BUGSS will host 6 or so local scientists (grad students, postdocs, citizen scientists, etc) to present their work in 5 minutes. We give prizes to the talks that are most creative and best communicated! This is a great way to connect with others, learn diverse topics of science going on right here in Charm City, gain communication skills and experience, enhance chances of collaboration and emerging projects and ideas!
Join us and bring your friends for a fun night don’t miss out on this exciting science filled evening at BUGSS! Korean fusion food available on site!
When: Thursday, November 13 · 7 – 9pm EST
Where: Peabody Heights Brewery
401 East 30th Street Baltimore, MD 21218
Fee: Free! (Donations accepted)
Make sure to register on Eventbrite to secure your spot: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/science-slam-at-peabody-heights-tickets-1743997737179?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Game Your Future Conference
2025-11-14 08:00 - 16:00, 2025-11-15 08:00 - 16:00 | baltimore convention center, 1 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Join us at the Game Your Future Conference, where community, creativity, and career growth collide. Whether you’re a game developer, esports enthusiast, student, or professional in a tangential industry, this is your chance to upskill, get inspired, and build meaningful connections in an evolving job market. With top speakers, hands-on learning, and unmatched networking opportunities, you’ll leave empowered to thrive in gaming—and beyond. This is a three-day event running from 11/14 to 11/16

MSE3 Community of Practice Webinar
2025-11-14 12:30 - 17:00 | Online
We are delighted to invite you to the next Maryland STEM Education to Employment Ecosystem (MSE3) Community of Practice (CoP) meeting on Friday, November 14, 2025, at 12:30 PM (virtual).

This session marks an exciting milestone as we launch two new Constellations designed to close Maryland’s STEM workforce gaps and we invite you to get involved in building these Constellations:

Ignite AI Maryland – advancing equitable AI learning and integration across K–12 education, inspired by the 2025 statewide AI for Education Summit. Introducing Hour of AI across Maryland to in increase AI literacy and empower Marylanders to become creators, not just consumers, of technology.

The -Ship Yard – Where -Ships are built and launched, One Marylander at a time! This is a statewide effort to expand internships, apprenticeships, externships, scholarships, and Work-Study Co-ops, connecting Maryland students and educators to meaningful STEM career pathways. This is the focus of the 2026 MSE3 Summit.

Register here

Autumn Nature Crafts (families)
2025-11-15 11:30 - 13:00 | Savage Branch Library, 9525 Durness Lane, Laurel, MD, 20723, United States
Drop in and make a variety of crafts with natural materials like pressed fall leaves and acorns. Learn why leaves change color and how to identify local threes in the process!

Brownie & Junior Robotics
2025-11-15 12:30 - 17:00 | Maryland Science Center, 601 Light Street, Baltimore, MD, 21230, United States
Girl Scout Brownies and Juniors will learn about robots and programming while building a prototype with easily accessible materials. We will use software to explore robotic programming. Then, the Scouts will showcase their creations to fellow roboticists for feedback.
Additional Information:
Space in the classroom is limited, so we can only allow 1 adult in the classroom per group. That adult must be in the classroom at all times.
Admission to the exhibits is included for the scouts. Reduced admission can be purchased (day of the workshop) for any adults or family members who would like to visit the exhibits outside of the workshop.
Badges are not included. They must be purchased from your organization.

Community STEM Day
2025-11-15 13:30 - 16:30 | Rockville Science Center, hjlichtman@lichtman.ws, Rockville, MD, 20850, United States
Bring the whole family and join us for an afternoon of STEM exploration with exhibitors from around the region. This event is FREE and open to all. RSVP isn’t required but does help us plan. Feel free to stop by anytime between 1:30 and 4:30 PM. Here’s what we have on tap:
+ Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection – Watershed Restoration Division: Learn about our local waterways, rivers, lakes, and streams and how our actions on land directly impact the quality of our water. Discover the types of bugs that are in our local streams and how they act as indicators of water quality.
+ National Electronics Museum: See demonstrations of various electronics including HAM radios and learn about DIY projects.
+ Natural History Society of Maryland: Check out the mobile Natural History Museum’s hands on activities, along with live Reptiles and Amphibians courtesy of members of their Herpetology Club and MATTS.
+ Echoes of Nature: Meet live animal ambassadors from a variety of species and learn how they have adapted to their environment over time.
+ 355 Code: Have fun with artificial intelligence games.
+ Dr. Jim Rudert: Our resident engineer and innovator will be demonstrating an Earthquake Simulator and a Decimal Binary Number Converter
+ Rocket Robotics: This local high school robotics team will be leading some fun building activities, sharing about robotics, and offering the chance for visitors to drive a robot around an obstacle course.

LEGO Club
2025-11-15 14:00 - 15:00 | Hagerstown Branch, 100 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown, MD, 21740, United States
An interactive program with building challenges with Legos.
Children ages 4 and older, come build with LEGO. A new LEGO building idea every month. Materials must stay at the library. No registration necessary.
