STEAM Race to Space Reading Challenge

02/26/2026

🌕 Total Lunar Eclipse: Late-Night “Blood Moon” Watch
Tuesday, March 3, 2026 | 1AM to 4AM
📍 Orange Coast College Planetarium – Costa Mesa
During totality, the Moon will glow a deep copper-red as sunlight filters through Earth’s atmosphere before reaching the lunar surface.
🌙 Weather dependent. No Planetarium shows.
Key Eclipse Times (Pacific Time):
• Penumbral eclipse begins: ~12:44 AM
• Totality begins: ~3:04 AM
• Totality ends: ~4:02 AM
• Eclipse ends near sunrise: ~6:24 AM
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01/17/2026

Creativity makes learning more joyful and Crayola Creativity Week is a wonderful way to bring that to life. 🎨✨ I loved this conversation with Cheri Sternman for GRAND Magazine about creativity, curiosity, and making space for kids to create. If you’re looking for an easy, free way to spark imagination at home or in the classroom, this is it. Feel free to SHARE.

Creativity That Never RetiresA conversation with Cheri Sterman on curiosity, confidence, and creating across generations BY PAT BURNS GRAND

11/18/2025

Such a fantastic reward for the younger students. A FREE Raising Cane's kids meal to all the students who completed the reading challenge. The upper grade students received a FREE lemonade gift card.

11/18/2025

Over a 3-week period, over 400,000 minutes read were logged on Beanstack for this epic reading challenge. It's exciting to see this challenge inspire students to love reading and learning STEM along the way.

11/17/2025

With the support from teachers help this epic S.T.E.A.M. reading challenge reach beyond the stratosphere.

11/17/2025

The S.T.E.A.M. reading challenge was supported by 157 schools! Orange County Department of Education

11/17/2025

MARS Portable Planetarium was a great hit at the Splashdown Celebration.

11/17/2025

The S.T.E.A.M. Race to Space Reading Challenge results are posted. Congratulations to all the students who participated!

11/17/2025

Excitement that turns into more readers reaching for the stars!

11/17/2025

The S.T.E.A.M. Race to Space Reading Challenge results are posted. Congratulations to all the students who participated!

11/17/2025

Thank you Estes Rockets for your support and exciting bonus prizes for this year's reading challenge.

05/11/2025

Wishing all the Mom's of readers and lovers of STEM. You know who you are and the importance of your role in shaping your child's brilliance. THANK YOU & wishing you a very happy Mother's Day!