STEM Events

STEM Academy events, unless otherwise noted are open to high school aged girls from the following locations:

  • Washington DC
  • Maryland
  • Delaware
  • Pennsylvania: In the PECO service area of Philadelphia and its PA suburbs
  • New Jersey: In the Atlantic City Electric service area of southern New Jersey
  • Illinois: In the ComEd service area of northern Illinois

Upcoming Events

Virtual Science – Rubber Band Racers

November 8 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm CST

Join our Student Mentors in a light hearted engineering challenge to make the most efficient rubber band race car. We’ll send you the materials you’ll need to create your racer.

Virtual Science – Build a Generator

September 20 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm CDT

Join our Student Mentors to create your own generator and learn a little of the science behind nuclear energy. We’ll send you the materials you’ll need to create your generator.

Joining us for a virtual event? Check out some of our fun seasonal and STEM themed backgrounds.

Past Virtual Events

STEM College Chat Video Capture

STEM College Chat

April 8, 2020
STEM Academy students smiling with mentors

Professional Skills Glow Up

October 25, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm CDT
Children raising hands in classroom

University of Chicago Junior Science Cafe activities

November 6, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm CST
Coded Bias Movie flyer

Coded Bias Screening Event

November 14, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST
Ylanda Wilhite at Machu Pichu

Field Museum and Climate Change Discussion

November 17, 2020 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm CST
STEM Academy Virtual Gear Ratio Activity

Virtual Science: Gear Ratio Activity

February 13, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm CST
Reta White and Hannah McGoldrick

STEM Career Chat Webinar with Reta White and Hannah McGoldrick

February 18, 2021 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm CST
Cartoon of a woman on a conference video

Professional Skills Development: Resume Workshop

January 24, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm CST

Past STEM Days

Chicago

Earth Day Clean Up with OLE STEM Day

April 22 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT

STEM Ambassadors Training – Chicago

December 10, 2022 @ 9:30 am - 4:30 pm CST

Chicago In-Person Social at Brookfield Zoo

October 17, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm CDT
Chicago Cultural Center Interior Stairs

Dinner and Discussion: Confronting Climate Change

November 5, 2019 @ 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm EST
STEM Day at Lincoln Park ZooLights

STEM Day at Lincoln Park ZooLights

December 8, 2019 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm CST

Philadelphia

STEM Ambassadors Training – Philadelphia

December 10, 2022 @ 9:30 am - 4:30 pm EST
Young women conducting a science experiment with electricity

STEM @ The Franklin Institute

January 11, 2020 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm EST
Comcast Technology Center building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

STEM Day @ Comcast Technology Center

February 20, 2020 @ 3:30 pm - 6:30 pm EST

Washington DC & Maryland

Center for STEM Excellence – Baltimore STEM Day

April 29 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm EDT

STEM Ambassadors Training – Baltimore

December 3, 2022 @ 9:30 am - 4:30 pm EST
Zoolight at Smithsonian National Zoo

Zoolight at Smithsonian National Zoo

December 20, 2019 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST
Pacific Jelly Fish

STEM Day @ the National Aquarium

February 1, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm EST