Plan ahead to bring amazing science and engineering to your students all year long. Our STEM Calendar offers a roadmap for finding mentor products and hands-on experiments to match with seasonal and calendar occasions throughout the year.
By Amy Cowen
on May 27, 2022 8:00 AM
STEM Calendar– A Roadmap of Monthly Science and Engineering Connections for Events and Popular Themes
We highlight science and engineering activities and resources, unique events, and pop culture and holiday tie-ins individually throughout the year, but we hope this centralized STEM Calendar makes it much easier to discover the resources you need to produce exciting STEM discovering chances for your trainees.
There are lots of STEM-focused “days” and “weeks” and lots of other observances on the calendar. Weve curated our STEM Calendar to include some of the most recognized connections, holidays, and tie-ins, specifically ones for which we have extensive resources to help support science and engineering in the class.
We understand teachers often prepare weeks or perhaps months beforehand for hands-on STEM experiments and activities. To make it easier to keep the big photo of the next couple of months (or the semester) in mind, weve developed this STEM Calendar to highlight science and engineering tie-ins for seasonal and thematic content.
STEM Calendar– Month by Month
January
March Madness (Mar 13-Apr 4).
➤ March Madness Basketball Science Experiments.
. DNA Day (Apr 25).
Halloween (Oct 31).
➤ 20 Halloween Science Experiments!
➤ Teach About Robotics with Free STEM Lessons & & Activities ➤ 20 Tips for Doing Robotics with Kids.
National Health Education Week (Oct 17-21).
➤ Healthy Living Experiments.
World Water Day (Mar 22).
➤ 11 Activities to Teach Water Cycle Science.
➤ 13 STEM Gifts Youll Feel Good about Giving.
November.
Womens History Month & & International Womens Day (Mar 8).
➤ Womens History Month: 50+ Women in Science and Engineering to Learn More About.
Summer Season Science (Seasonal).
➤ Make Believe Science (Coming 2022).
➤ Awesome Summer Science Experiments (2021 series).
➤ Summer of STEM (2020 series).
World Oceans Day (Jun 8).
➤ Ocean Science Projects.
➤ Oceanic Circulation: What Keeps the Ocean in Motion?
Spring Science (Seasonal).
➤ 22 Science Experiments for Spring.
➤ Student Science for DNA Day.
➤ Teach About Genetics and Heredity with Free STEM Lessons & & Activities
Easter (Apr 9 2023).
➤ 5 STEM Activities with Marshmallow Peeps.
➤ Egg Science for K-12 Students.
Pi Day (Mar 14).
➤ Circular Reasoning: Finding Pi.
April.
June.
October.
Fall science (Seasonal).
➤ 19 Fall Science Activities for Autumn Fun.
➤ 13 STEM Gifts Youll Feel Good about Giving.
Last day to go into the Fluor Engineering Challenge (Mar 20 2022).
➤ 2022 Fluor Challenge.
July.
Earth Day (Apr 22).
➤ Earth Day Science Activities ➤ Teach About Biodiversity with Free STEM Lessons & & Activities
Winter Season Science (Seasonal).
➤ Winter Science Lessons and Activities.
Alice in Wonderland Day (Jul 4).
➤ Distorted Images in Curved Mirrors.
Daddys Day (Jun 19).
➤ 12 Science Activities to Give and make for Fathers Day.
Valentines Day (Feb 14).
➤ Free Valentines Day STEM Activities.
Makerspace (Seasonal).
➤ 22 Projects to Jump-start Your Makerspace.
Robotics Week (Apr 1-8 2023).
Mario Day (Mar 10).
➤ Mario Day Activities– Bring Mario World to Life with Hands-on STEM!
World Architecture Day (Oct 3).
➤ Paper Tower.
➤ Build a Gumdrop Geodesic Dome.
Packages to Give (Seasonal).
Winter Season Science (Seasonal).
➤ Winter Science Lessons and Activities.
➤ Imagine Your Story – STEM Activities for Storytellers of All Ages!
➤ Reading List.
August.
May.
Extra Resources and Thematic Collections.
For other collections established to assist teachers link STEM learning and calendar occasions and themes, see the Teaching Science Units and Thematic Collections lists. We motivate you to browse the total STEM Activities for Kids and Lesson Plans areas, too. Filters are available to assist you narrow your search.
Weather Condition (Seasonal).
➤ 16 Science Lessons About Weather.
Plant Science (Seasonal).
➤ 10+ Lessons and activities to Teach Plant Science.
March.
December.
International Day of Light (May 16).
➤ 16 Science Lessons About Visible Light.
Fluor Engineering Challenge (Revealed).
➤ 2022 Fluor Challenge.
National Biodiversity Month (September).
➤ Teach About Biodiversity with Free STEM Lessons & & Activities.
New Years Eve (Dec 31).
➤ Make Some New Years Noise with Science Activities!
Native American Heritage Month.
➤ Native American Scientists and Engineers.
National Diabetes Awareness Month and World Diabetes Day (Nov 14).
➤ Fostering Diabetes Awareness through Student STEM.
Black History Month.
➤ Learn More About these 32 Scientists for Black History Month.
Earth Science Week (Oct 9-15).
➤ Earth Day Science Activities.
➤ Geology resources.
Spring Science (Seasonal).
➤ 22 Science Experiments for Spring.
National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15-Oct 15).
➤ Hispanic Scientists and Engineers.
Computer Technology Education Week (CSEdWeek) and Hour of Code (Dec 5-11).
➤ 20+ Coding Activities for Beginners and Beyond.
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Gingerbread STEM (Seasonal).
➤ Gingerbread STEM!
February.
Kits to Give (Seasonal).
St. Patricks Day (Mar 17).
➤ 6 STEM Activities for St. Patricks Day.
National Aviation Day (Aug 18).
➤ Defining an Engineering Design Problem with Paper Airplanes.
➤ Paper Airplanes: Why Flaps and Folds Matter.
September.
Creative Play and Summer Reading (Seasonal).
. Junior Solar Sprint (Variable dates).
➤ Solar-Powered Cars for Junior Solar Sprints.
Winter season Olympics (next 2026).
➤ Winter Olympics Science Experiments.
Super Bowl (Feb 12 2023).
➤ 4 Football Science Projects for Super Bowl-Sized Learning.
National Ice Cream Month and National Ice Cream Day (Jul 18).
➤ Make Ice Cream in a Bag.
➤ Making Ice Cream in your home.
May the 4th Be with You (Star Wars Day) (May 4).
➤ Star Wars STEM Activities for May the 4th Be With You Science.
National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15-Oct 15).
➤ Hispanic Scientists and Engineers.
Tidy Beaches Week (Jul 1-7).
➤ Beaches and Sand Science Experiments.
Enjoyable STEM jobs for completion of the year, like hovercraft from balloons and discs.
Lunar New Year (Feb 1).
➤ 12 STEM Experiments for Lunar New Year.
Harry Potter Day (May 2).
➤ Wizard Experiments for Science Class.
➤ Wizardly STEM! (Awesome Summer Science Experiments).
Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
➤ Inspiring Engineers and scientists to Know – Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Anniversary of Apollo Moon Landing (Jul 20).
➤ Explore Crater Science to Celebrate Moon Landing Anniversary.
Moms Day (May 8).
➤ 18 Science Activities for Mothers Day.
New Years Day (January 1).
➤ Make Some New Years Noise with Science Activities!
Asteroid Day (Jun 30).
➤ Asteroid Mining: Gold Rush in Space?
➤ NASA Asteroid Database: What Can You Learn About Our Solar System?
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (Oct).
➤ STEM is for Everyone: Scientists with Disabilities.
Junior Solar Sprint (Variable).
➤ Solar-Powered Cars for Junior Solar Sprints.