Plan ahead to bring exciting science and engineering to your students all year long. Our STEM Calendar provides a roadmap for finding teaching materials and hands-on experiments to match with seasonal and calendar events throughout the year.
By Amy Cowen
on December 28, 2023 4:00 PM
STEM Calendar A Roadmap of Monthly Science and Engineering Connections for Events and Popular Themes
We understand educators often prepare weeks or even months in advance for hands-on STEM experiments and activities. To make it easier to keep the huge 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 thematic and seasonal material.
We highlight science and engineering activities and resources, unique events, and popular culture and vacation tie-ins individually throughout the year, but we hope this centralized STEM Calendar makes it much easier to discover the resources you require to create exciting STEM learning opportunities for your trainees.
There are many STEM-focused “days” and “weeks” and lots of other observances on the calendar. Weve curated our STEM Calendar to consist of a few of the most recognized connections, holidays, and tie-ins, specifically ones for which we have extensive resources to assist support science and engineering in the classroom.
STEM Calendar 2024 Month by Month
January
Black History Month.
Find out more About these 35 Scientists for Black History Month.
Valentines Day (Feb 14).
12 Valentines Day STEM Activities.
Super Bowl (Feb 11).
4 Football Science Projects for Super Bowl-Sized Learning.
Winter Science (Seasonal).
Winter Science Projects, Lessons, and Activities.
February.
Lunar New Year (Feb 10).
12 STEM Experiments for Lunar New Year.
Winter Olympics (next 2026).
Winter Olympics Science Experiments.
New Years Day (Jan 1).
Make Some New Years Noise with Science Projects!
Science Buddies Engineering Challenge (Revealed).
Science Buddies Engineering Challenge.
Science Buddies Engineering Challenge (Feb 18-Mar 19).
2024 Science Buddies Engineering Challenge.
Womens History Month & & International Womens Day (Mar 8).
Females in STEM! More than 60 Scientists and Engineers for Womens History Month.
Science Buddies Engineering Challenge (Feb 18-Mar 19).
March Madness (Mar 19-Apr 8).
March Madness Basketball Science Projects.
Pi Day (Mar 14).
Circular Reasoning: Finding Pi.
Mario Day (Mar 10).
Mario Day STEM Bring Mario World to Life with Hands-on Science and Engineering Activities!
St. Patricks Day (Mar 17).
6 Picks for St. Patricks Day STEM.
March.
2024 Science Buddies Engineering Challenge.
Tidy Beaches Week (Jul 1-7).
Beaches and Sand Science Projects.
Native American Heritage Month.
Native American Scientists and Engineers.
Earth Day (Apr 22).
Earth Day Science Projects and Activities Teach About Biodiversity with Free STEM Lessons & & Activities
Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Motivating AAPI Scientists and Engineers – Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Trainee Science for DNA Day.
Teach Genetics and Heredity with Free STEM Lessons & & Activities
National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15-Oct 15).
Hispanic Scientists and Engineers.
World Oceans Day (Jun 8).
Ocean Science Projects.
Oceanic Circulation: What Keeps the Ocean in Motion?
April.
Talk Like a Pirate Day (Sept 19).
Pirate Science and Make-Believe STEM.
Alice in Wonderland Day (Jul 4).
Distorted Images in Curved Mirrors.
Sandcastle Day (Aug 3).
Beaches and Sand Science Projects.
May.
National Biodiversity Month (September).
Teach About Biodiversity with Free STEM Lessons & & Activities
Fall Science (Seasonal).
19 Fall Science Activities.
Daddys Day (Jun 16).
15 Science Projects to Give and make for Fathers Day.
Makerspace (Seasonal).
28 Projects to Jump-start Your Makerspace.
18 Next-Level Makerspace STEM Projects.
Fall Science (Seasonal).
19 Fall Science Activities.
Earth Science Week TBD.
Earth Day Science Projects and Activities.
Geology resources.
. Junior Solar Sprint (Variable dates).
Solar-Powered Cars for Junior Solar Sprints.
September.
August.
World Space Week (Oct 4-10).
Area Science & & Mars STEM Lessons and Activities.
Space Exploration Science Projects.
Anniversary of Apollo Moon Landing (Jul 20).
Explore Crater Science to Celebrate Moon Landing Anniversary.
World Architecture Day (Oct 7).
Paper Tower.
Construct a Gumdrop Geodesic Dome.
Spring Science (Seasonal).
26 Science Experiments for Spring.
Moms Day (May 12).
19 Science Activities for Mothers Day.
May the 4th Be with You (Star Wars Day) (May 4).
Star Wars STEM Activities for May the 4th Be With You Science.
Fall Science (Seasonal).
19 Fall Science Activities.
National Career Development Month.
Discover STEM Careers.
Profession Discovery Tool.
Spring Science (Seasonal).
26 Science Experiments for Spring.
June.
October.
World Water Day (Mar 22).
11 Activities to Teach Water Cycle Science.
Harry Potter Day (May 2).
Wizard Experiments for Science Class.
Wizardly STEM! (Awesome Summer Science Experiments).
Weather (Seasonal).
17 Weather Science Projects and Lessons.
Enjoyable STEM jobs for the end of the year, like hovercraft from discs and balloons.
Junior Solar Sprint (Variable).
Solar-Powered Cars for Junior Solar Sprints.
Summer Science (Seasonal).
Make Believe STEM.
Awesome Summer Science Experiments (2021 series).
Summertime of STEM (2020 series).
November.
International Day of Light (May 16).
16 Science Projects and Lessons About Visible Light.
. Roald Dahl Day (Sept 13).
Willy Wonka Science and Make-Believe STEM.
National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15-Oct 15).
Hispanic Scientists and Engineers.
Asteroid Day (Jun 30).
Asteroid Mining: Gold Rush in Space?
NASA Asteroid Database: What Can You Learn About Our Solar System?
National Aviation Day (Aug 19).
Specifying an Engineering Design Problem with Paper Airplanes.
Paper Airplanes: Why Flaps and Folds Matter.
. DNA Day (Apr 25).
National Ice Cream Month and National Ice Cream Day (Jul 21).
Make Ice Cream in a Bag.
Making Ice Cream in the house.
Plant Science (Seasonal).
15+ Plant Science Activities and Lessons.
Easter (Mar 31).
5 STEM Activities with Marshmallow Peeps.
Egg Science Projects for K-12 Students.
National Health Education Week (Oct 21-25).
Healthy Living Experiments.
Halloween (Oct 31).
24 Halloween Science Experiments!
National Disability Employment Awareness Month (Oct).
STEM is for Everyone: Scientists with Disabilities.
Inclusive STEM Career Discovery Best Practices.
April Fools Day (Apr 1).
Optical Illusion Science Projects.
July.
Packages to Give (Seasonal).
15 STEM Gifts & & Science Kits Youll Feel Good About Giving.
December.
Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) and Hour of Code (Dec 9-15).
25+ Coding Projects for Beginners and Beyond.
Gingerbread STEM (Seasonal).
Gingerbread STEM!
Sets to Give (Seasonal).
15 STEM Gifts & & Science Kits Youll Feel Good About Giving.
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New Years Eve (Dec 31).
Make Some New Years Noise with Science Projects!
For other collections developed to assist teachers link STEM knowing and calendar events and styles, see the Teaching Science Units and Thematic Collections lists. We encourage you to browse the total STEM Activities for Kids and Lesson Plans areas, too. Filters are available to help you narrow your search.
Winter Season Science (Seasonal).
Winter Season Science Projects, Lessons, and Activities.
Extra Resources and Thematic Collections.
