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STEM Night Station Planner

Plan stations, materials, facilitators, family guides, table signs, and volunteer roles for STEM night.

Open the tool Check official sources

What you'll need

Have these numbers handy.

text Season, team, or event name
number Students or participants
textarea Budget, materials, assignment, or packet notes - Use initials or role labels when names are not needed. Leave private student details out.
textarea Official links or rules to check - Paste links or reminders. Do not copy protected rule text into the tool.

Before you share

  • Leave out private student, family, payment, tax, credential, medical, and emergency-contact details. Initials or labels work fine.
  • Double-check rules, forms, fees, schedules, safety, and eligibility on the official program, school, and event pages.
  • Your work saves in this browser when supported — download a backup for anything you'd hate to lose.

Free planner — no account needed

Line up stations, supplies, and volunteers before families arrive

Add each station with its capacity, materials, and helper roles. When the plan holds together, print the station cards and packet or export the list for your volunteers.

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Step 1

Event setup

Step 2

Station rows

Station 1
Row actions

Station results

Capacity, volunteer roles, materials, signs, and source checks

How this is calculated
Ready 0/1
Ready stations0/1
Total capacity00 expected families.
Capacity gap0
Volunteer roles0
Missing staff1
Materials gaps1
Sign gaps1
Safety/source checks0
SciPacketPrintable packet

STEM night station plan

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0 roles
Station plan
StationTypeGroupCapacityRolesMaterialsSignReady
Station row 1UncategorizedAudience not set0 x 1 = 00Needs packingNeeds printingNeeds review
Activity summaries
Activity typeStations readyCapacityRoles
Uncategorized0/100
Review before sharing
  • Station row 1: add a station name before sharing this plan.
  • Some stations need facilitator or helper roles.
  • Some stations need materials packed or marked not needed.
  • Some stations need table signs printed or marked not needed.

What you get

What you can print or export.

  • Station plan
  • Materials list
  • Volunteer roles
  • Family guide drafts

Print the packet, export a CSV, or download a backup file straight from the tool.

Example packet

Family STEM Night station plan example

A STEM night chair plans five stations with capacity, rotations, role counts, materials, signs, and safety/source reminders before sending the volunteer packet.

  • Ready stations: 3 of 5
  • Total capacity: 540
  • Capacity gap: 0
  • Volunteer roles: 8
  • Missing staff: 1
  • Materials gaps: 1
  • Sign gaps: 1
  • Safety/source checks: 3

Assumptions

What this tool assumes.

  • Use public station names and role labels only; keep student names, volunteer contact details, background-check records, medical details, emergency contacts, addresses, and private family data outside SciPacket.
  • School, district, venue, accessibility, supervision, food, electrical, and activity safety requirements must be checked outside SciPacket.
  • Capacity and rotation counts are planning estimates and do not confirm attendance, staffing approval, room limits, or accessibility fit.
  • Activity instructions, lesson text, copyrighted material, and official safety language should stay at the source rather than copied into SciPacket.

The math

How the numbers are figured.

  • Station capacity = capacity per rotation times rotations.
  • Total capacity sums station capacity across all planned station rows.
  • Capacity gap = expected families minus total station capacity, clamped at zero.
  • Volunteer roles = facilitator count plus helper count across stations.
  • Ready stations have capacity above zero, at least one role, materials ready or not needed, and table signs ready or not needed.
  • Missing staff counts stations with zero facilitator/helper roles.
  • Activity summaries total stations, ready stations, capacity, and roles by activity type.

FAQ

Questions

Tool notes

FAQ

What does this station planner do?

It calculates station capacity, staffing, materials gaps, sign gaps, activity summaries, and source-check flags in your browser. You can print, export CSV, or download a backup file.

FAQ

Can I store volunteer contact lists or student attendance here?

No. Use public station names and role labels only. Keep volunteer phone/email lists, background-check records, student attendance, medical details, emergency contacts, addresses, and private family information in your approved school or event system.

FAQ

Does this approve activity safety or venue requirements?

No. Verify school, district, venue, accessibility, supervision, food, electrical, and activity safety requirements at official or locally approved sources before event night.

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