Dates: October 19 - October 23
Audience: All Ages
Explore programming to implement or participate in during Mass STEM Week 2026 (and beyond)! Learn about state-sponsored Design Challenges and other opportunities hosted by MetroWest organizations! More information.
Date: Wednesday, October 21
Time: 2:30PM - 5:30PM
Audience: College Students and High School Juniors & Seniors
Location: McCarthy Center Forum at Framingham State University
Students meet with employers in clean energy, sustainability, and environmental stewardship to: Explore job opportunities in energy efficiency, clean energy, transportation, waste management, sustainable practices for communities and businesses, environmental policy, and more! Share their educational and career interests. Network with professionals to learn about STEM and non-STEM roles these industries offer. More information
Date: Friday, October 23
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Audience: All ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Celebrate the launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope with this special community event featuring fulldome film ‘Phantom of the Universe’ in the FSU Planetarium. Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Wednesday, October 28
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Audience: High School Educators
Location: Zoom
Join the MetroWest STEM Education Network to learn more about the BEST AQI - Breathing Easier: Supporting Teen Air Quality Investigations Program and Toolkit developed by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. Learn about how you can be trained to implement BEST AQI in your classroom. Register / More information.
Date: Friday, October 30
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Audience: Families & All Ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Join us in the planetarium to discover all new creepy and eerie cosmic objects, such as ghoulish galaxies and nefarious nebulae. Afterwards, we will show our film Undiscovered Worlds. Come in costume! Purchase Tickets / More information.
Date: Friday, November 20
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Audience: Families & All Ages
Location: FSU Planetarium
Experience an evening in the planetarium featuring the live planetarium show A Galactic Odyssey followed by the fulldome film Encounters in the Milky Way. Embark on a time-traveling journey to witness some of the chance encounters that have shaped the destiny of the cosmos. Narrated by Pedro Pascal, this is the first American Museum of Natural History Space Show to present the story of cosmic motion and how that impacts our solar system. Purchase Tickets / More information.
