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San Marcos Today
By the People, for the People
Cal State San Marcos Hosts Free STEM Festival
Super STEM Saturday features over 130 hands-on science activities and demonstrations.
Mar. 14, 2026 at 4:26pm
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Cal State San Marcos is hosting its annual Super STEM Saturday event, a free science festival open to the public. The festival will feature over 130 interactive activities and demonstrations covering a wide range of STEM topics, including rocket building, solar viewing, and chemistry experiments. The event aims to expose children to science and technology in an engaging and fun way.
Why it matters
The Super STEM Saturday festival is an important community event that helps spark children's interest in STEM fields. By providing hands-on learning opportunities, the festival encourages kids to explore science and potentially consider STEM-related careers in the future.
The details
The free festival will take place on the Cal State San Marcos campus and run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Guests will be able to participate in a variety of interactive activities, such as building and launching rockets, viewing the surface of the sun, and discovering the wonders of chemistry. The event is sponsored by companies like Viasat, which believes exposing children to science and technology at a young age is crucial for their future.
- Super STEM Saturday will be held on Saturday, March 14, 2026.
The players
Cal State San Marcos
The host university for the Super STEM Saturday event, located in San Marcos, California.
Simon Kuo
The vice president of corporate quality for Viasat, one of the lead sponsors of the Super STEM Saturday event.
Jackie Trischman
The dean of the College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at Cal State San Marcos.
What they’re saying
“What we take away from our childhood is really meaningful to what we decide to do as adults. That's why we believe it's really important to expose kids to science and technology so that it can help them better appreciate it and perhaps even choose a career in STEM.”
— Simon Kuo, Vice President of Corporate Quality, Viasat
“Super STEM Saturday is a powerful event. I want our community to see someone who looks like them having fun doing science. It's also an opportunity to bring our community together and celebrate what science does for us on a daily basis.”
— Jackie Trischman, Dean of the College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Cal State San Marcos
What’s next
The Super STEM Saturday festival is an annual event, so the next occurrence will be on March 13, 2027.
The takeaway
The Super STEM Saturday festival at Cal State San Marcos is a valuable community event that sparks children's interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. By providing hands-on learning opportunities, the festival helps inspire the next generation of STEM professionals and encourages a love of science from an early age.
