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"My kids didn't want to leave!" 

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"It was amazing! The interactive activities were like a museum in town."

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"Such a cool event!"

 

These are just a few of the parents' comments about SVSEI's free, hands-on, family friendly, March 1, 2025, EXPLORE STEAM  FAIR.  Held at Britton Middle School's Student Union, EXPLORE '25 was a success! Over 225  kids and adults played and learned about science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM). The following are the EXPLOR E  '25 organizations and their hands- and minds-on activities:

• Gridiron engineering face masks - San Francisco 49ers EDU

• Jim Burnham - Scribblebot circuit design and fab

• Morgan Hill Historical Society - Making a whirligig

• Coyote Grange Maker Faire - Vacuum Forming

• City of Morgan Hill -Stormwater Pollution Prevention Activities

• Morgan Hill Library - Keva planks

• Oakwood School - Programming and Rover Demo

• Mark Hoffman - Robot Art

• RAAC Academy - LEGOnautics and Crocheting

• Sharyn Frentner - The Art and Math of Quilting

• Jim Burnham - Paper Air Rockets

• Mount Madonna School - Brushbots and QBAs

• SVSEI - Wheel of Fortune

• PA Walsh STEAM Academy - 3,2,1- Blast Off! Balloon Rockets

• Sobrato High School - Clay Art

• Jackson Academy of Math & Music - Candy DNA, Magnetic Momentum, Shaving Cream Rainbow, and Sound & Vibration 

• San Martin Gwinn - UV beads and Potting Spring Flowers

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Thanks so much to our 72 volunteers from the Morgan Hill Kiwanis, AAUW-Morgan Hill, and Bay Area high school students.

We could not have done it without all of you!

 

For more 2025 photos, see our photographer Doug Rogers' pictures here.

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Check out the Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce's Quick 5 Spotify podcast to hear our director talk about EXPLORE '25.​​​​

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See our EXPLORE STEAM  FAIR  page for a recap of our 2025 and 2024 activities and selected pictures.

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UPCOMING HANDS-ON EVENTS

Please join us at SVSEI's hands-on STEAM activities at the following 2025-2026 community outreach events:​​​​​​

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• March 30, 2025 - AAUW-Morgan Hill's Wildflower Run

• May 4, 2025 - Art a la Carte

• Spring 2025 -STEM Night at Live Oak High School

• August 2025 - National Night Out

• October 2025 - Youth Mariachi Concert​

• Winter 2026 - SVSEI's 3rd annual EXPLORE  STEAM  FAIR 

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