Massachusetts STEM Week 2025 | October 20– 24, 2025
A statewide initiative to inspire learners of all ages to see themselves in
STEM and explore related education and career opportunities. The Central
MA events listed below are open to either the public or private audiences.
Check out the Calendar of Events
Explore our STEM Event Calendar for activities in Central MA and statewide.
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Explore Mass STEM Week 2025 Design Challenges
The STEM Advisory Council has funded free STEM resources and STEM design challenges for use during STEM Week.
Public Central MA Events – Check out these STEM activities that are open to everyone to attend!
Massachusetts Teacher STEM Fair
Join educators from all content areas for a dynamic, hands-on event designed to spark inspiration and innovation. Explore interactive STEM lessons, connect with statewide STEM organizations, and discover fresh ideas to energize your classroom.
Empower yourself as an educator—and ignite your students’ curiosity for a future driven by innovation. Let’s transform education together through the power of STEM! #STEMStartsNow
Audience: Educators
October 4th
9:00am – 1:00pm
Gillette Stadium Cross Insurance Club
1 Patriot Place, Foxborough, MA 02035
Geek is Glam STEM Expo
Geek Is Glam STEM Expo has run as an annual day-long interactive STEM conference for middle school girls (grades 4-8) since 2014. Hosted by Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts on the Worcester Polytechnic Institute campus, GSCWM recruits some 60 to 80 education and adventure collaborators each year to give girls access to some of the region’s top scientific and engineering minds as they engage in the exploration and discovery of science, technology, engineering and mathematics on the beautiful WPI campus.
Audience: Elementary School, Middle School
October 11th
9:00am – 5:00pm
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609
Design Talks: Sparking Classroom Conversations in Young Engineers
Free webinar with resources to support educators in facilitating classroom conversations about engineering.
Audience: Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Teachers
STEAM Story Time: Pumpkins!
From garden to gourd, discover how pumpkins grow and why they are a fall favorite! Nature-curious littles will love this seasonal exploration 🍂 Join us for a cozy story time, a hands-on craft, and a special animal encounter!
Audience: Early Education
October 21st
10:30am – 11:15am
EcoTarium Classroom A
222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA 01604
Employing the Future: Planning for STEM Career Connected Learning
In this 90 minute session, participants will develop a shared understanding of work-based learning (WBL) and career-connected learning (CCL) with a focus on STEM careers and explore how these approaches can be integrated across K-12 education.
Audience: Early Education, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, All Grades, Teachers
October 21st
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Grafton Middle School
22 Providence Rd, Grafton, MA 01519-1178
Tots’ Exploration Station: Pumpkin Exploration!
Stop by the pumpkin investigation station on the lower level of the museum and explore what’s inside this mysterious orange orb!
Audience: Early Education, Elementary School
October 22nd
10:00am – 12:00pm
EcoTarium: Table on Lower Level of Museum Floor
222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA 01604
CMSN Ecosystem Fall In-person Meeting
Celebrate MA STEM Week at the EcoTarium! See how the EcoTarium is inspiring a passion for science and nature through educational STEM programs and exhibits. You will have the opportunity to explore the Museum and Alden Digital Planetarium, learn about new building updates, and be one of the first to know about an upcoming youth engagement initiative that is truly out of this world!
Audience: All Grades, Teachers, Adults/Business
October 22nd
5:15pm – 6:45pm
222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA 01604
Budding Scientists: Pumpkin Exploration!
Scoop it, sort it, squish it 🎃 Get messy with us for a pumpkin dissection!
Audience: Early Education
October 23rd
10:30am – 11:15am
EcoTarium Classroom A
222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA 01604
Family STEM Night
FREE event for Children, Youth, Families, and the Community to learn and explore the wonders of STEM in daily life and careers through fun hands-on activities, exhibits, and demonstrations presented by colleges, organizations, and businesses.
Audience: Early Education, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Higher Education, All Grades, Teachers, Families, Adults/Business
October 24th
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Boys & Girls Club Worcester
65 Boys & Girls Club Way, Worcester, MA
View highlights from the 2024 Family STEM Night
Counted Out: Examine the power of math in shaping our democracy!
Join us on for a special free screening and discussion of Counted Out, a thought-provoking documentary that reveals how numbers influence everything from voting and policy to public opinion. Examine how the teaching and learning of math is essential for an informed society.
- K–14 educators are encouraged to come watch and discuss with us.
- Raffle & Door Prizes for K–12 Teachers
Audience: K-12 Educators
November 13th
5:00pm – 7:00pm
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
100 Institute Rd, Worcester, MA, 01609
Fuller Upper Perreault Hall
Email here with questions.
Private Central MA – Held at schools and out of school time programs.
BVYLA Southwick Zoo
The Blackstone Valley Youth Leadership program will visit Southwick Zoo to tour and learn about STEM careers within the Zoo. This is for 9th and 10th graders enrolled in the BVYLA program through Blackstone Valley Education Foundation
Audience: Highschool
September 23rd
3:30pm – 6:00 pm
Mass Academy Students Volunteer at Tatnuck Elementary
Mass Academy Students will push in to Tatnuck Elementary School in Worcester to facilitate a series of STEM lessons for Tatnuck students.
Audience: Elementary School
October 20th
9:00am – 2:00pm
R.I.S.E. Design Challenge
The RISE Design Challenge invites students across Massachusetts to solve real-world problems using photonics-based sensing—technology that uses light to detect and measure. Schools host culminating events at their school during STEM week and submit student projects to Spark for judging. Finalists are invited to a virtual showcase later in the semester.
This year’s theme, Sustainability & Public Health, encourages students to explore solutions in three areas:
🌳 Environmental Monitoring 🏙️ Community Solutions 🏥 Health Applications
Audience: Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Eureka! Innovation Tank
To celebrate STEM Week, our Eureka! program participants teams will pitch innovative solutions to real-world problems. This fast-paced event showcases creativity, leadership, and the power of STEM to spark change in our communities.
Audience: Middle School, High School, Teachers, Families, Adults/Business
October 21st
5:00pm – 7:00pm
H2-O Yeah!
The goal of H2-O Yeah is to have students at Auburn Middle School design and build an effective, multi-stage water filtration system using common materials to simulate the real-world challenge of cleaning contaminated water
Audience: Middle School
October 21st and 23rd
8:00am – 2:00pm
Engineering Bandages
Auburn Middle School students in the Young Engineers Club collaborate and use the EDP to design bandages that can cover and protect a model cut. Youths learn that different parts of a bandage work together to create a successful design (similar to real-life people working together to solve a common problem).
Audience: Middle School
October 23rd
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Past Events
Take a time machine to learn more about past STEM Week Events.
