Acton Boxborough
Science • Technology • Engineering • Art • Math
FREE events for students
K-12 + parents + volunteers
Science • Technology • Engineering • Art • Math
FREE events for students
K-12 + parents + volunteers
2025 Upcoming Events
Celebrate Earth Day April 22
Check out our Eco Activities.
2025 Bioblitz
April 18 through May 5
The 2025 BioBlitz, Nature of Acton and Boxborough, is a biodiversity challenge. A BioBlitz is a race against time to create a snapshot of the variety of life found in a specific location. Wildlife experts and citizen scientists, find and identify as many species of plants, animals and fungi as possible in the area within a set amount of time. Find out more.
Monday, November 10. Save the date!
We are looking for lead organizers, sponsors, and adult & student volunteers! Email actonpip@gmail.com with subject DiscoverSTEM. Find out about past DiscoverSTEM events.
Local Nature Guides
Buy a copy of our updated Acton Nature Guide with local plants, birds, invasive plants and a new map of Acton Conservation lands. Acton Nature Guides are great gifts and perfect for self-guided nature walks!
Acton Nature Guides are available for $10 from these local business partners:
Kitchen Outfitters in Acton Woods Plaza https://www.kitchen-outfitters.com
Silver Unicorn Bookstore in West Acton https://www.silverunicornbooks.com
Pedal Power Bike & Ski on Rt 2A, Acton https://www.pedpow.com
2025 Community Skate
Thanks to all who attended 2025 Annual AB Community Skate FUNdraiser (26th annual) and AB STEAM meet-up on Sunday, March 2nd. Find out more about the annual skate.
2025 Family Math Game Night
The February 27th AB STEAM Family Math Game Night was a huge success! It was wonderful to see so many people coming together in this event for the first time since 2019. Thanks especially to Boxborough's Sargent Memorial Library for hosting, volunteer leads Ruchi and Anjana for organizing, Brian and Melissa Dempsey for helping to gather student volunteers, all the student volunteers who came out to help, and the Bee's Knees British Imports for donating some refreshments. For those of you who attended, so glad you came out, we enjoyed your enthusiastic participation and hope to see you at another event soon!
Calendar
AB STEAM holds meetings once a month at Acton Memorial Library. Want to get involved? New members and volunteers are welcome. Come to a meeting or send email to actonpip@gmail.com for more information.
Contact Us
Susri Anuradha, Chair
KJ (Karen) Herther, Founder + Coach
STEAM Resources
Check out local events from our friends at Newton STEM for information about star parties, lego tournaments, nature walks, Cool Science art competitions + more.
See our virtual events and STEAM resources.
Get involved with nature: take advantage of Acton's Trails at the Arboretum and the Trail Through Time. Great for all ages.
Our pre-Covid events included Market Math, Star Party, Nature Walks, DiscoverSTEM Science Fair, STEM Book Club, Family Math Game Night and Night of Code. Watch this space!
Donations
We welcome donations to help support AB STEAM activities and events, absteam.org.
Please make checks payable to: AB STEAM
Send checks to:
AB STEAM
136 Great Road
Acton, MA 01720