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AB PIP STEM is now AB STEAM

Acton Boxborough

Science • Technology • Engineering • Art • Math

FREE events for students
K-12 + parents + volunteers

2024-2025 Upcoming Events

Collaborations

Astronomy: Acton Storywalk

The Town of Acton Conservation Department recently launched a new Storywalk® Project to encourage learning about the constellations while walking in the woods at the Wills Hole/Town Forest Conservation Land trail (pictured below). Framed pages from the book, Stars for Starters: A Night Sky Poetry Guide by Mildred J. Nash, are posted on trees on these self-guided walks. To get started, look for the blue trail to the right of the Lalli Miracle Field entrance at Nara Park. The Storywalk® Project will stay up throughout the winter season as weather permits! 

The book is available for $10 by sending email to actonpip@gmail.com. All proceeds benefit AB STEAM. 

Find out more about Stars for Starters: A Night Sky Poetry Guide by Mildred J. Nash by sending email to actonpip@gmail.com. Other resources include our local Acton Nature Guides

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:

Acton Water Wise Nature Walk

Calendar

We hold meetings once a month at Acton Memorial Library. New members and volunteers are welcome. Learn about our new AB STEAM non profit vision and get involved. For more information, email actonpip@gmail.com.

AB PIP STEM

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Donations 

We welcome donations of any amount to help support AB STEAM activities and events. 

Please make checks payable to: AB STEAM

Send checks to:
AB STEAM
136 Great Road
Acton, MA 01720

Astronomy in the Park

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Interested in STEAM education? AB STEAM welcomes adults and students. 

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Recent Events

Astronomy in the Park

AB Steam and the Acton Conservation Trust (ACT) hope you enjoyed Astronomy in the Park at Nara Park on Wednesday, November 6, 2024. Under a quarter moon, Astronomy in the Park drew a crowd of 120+ including astronomers and stargazers. Despite the cloud cover on that warm night, we observed Saturn with its rings, Jupiter and five of its moons, Dumbbell Nebula with green and red coloration from hydrogen and oxygen gases, Whirlpool Galaxy, Andromeda Galaxy and that beautiful moon. 

Photo: Courtesy of AB STEAM volunteer, Myda. The Image of Saturn was taken from a phone camera placed on the eyepiece of a telescope.

AB STEAM thanks our volunteers + partners:

We also thank our hospitality donors:

AB STEAM Volunteers: Dawn Petersen (astronomer + secretary) and KJ Herther (founder AB PIP STEM) at Theater III's presentation of Silent Sky. Don't miss Radium Girls (winter 2025).

Acton Children's Business Fair

Thanks for joining us at the Acton Children's Business Fair on Saturday, September 28, 2024 at Nara Park. AB STEAM was a proud Gold Sponsor of this event which was open to young entrepreneurs ages 6 to 16. See the list of this year's winners.

AB BioBlitz

Thanks for joining the Acton-Boxborough BioBlitz to take inventory of our local wildlife.

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. 

Thanks for celebrating AB PIP STEM's 24th anniversary and transition to AB STEAM by attending an astronomy play at Theater III. 

Silent Sky is the true story of 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt who explored a woman’s place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries when women’s ideas were often dismissed.