We have a number of events with partner organizations coming up in spring 2023:

• DC STEM Trek | anytime, at your own pace! 
• Council Pinewood Derby Championship | May 20

Summer 2023:

• Scouts BSA Specialty Week at Camp Snyder | July 16 – 21
• STEM Merit Badges & Nova at Innovation Academy | June 26 – 30 & Aug 7 – 11
  • Scouts can earn the Next Big Thing Nova! + 3 merit badges (Model Design & Building, Electronics, Welding)

At your own pace: 

• Schedule a Nova Swing! Tour or work on the Dr. Townes Supernova at Michael’s Woodshop
• Enhance your own projects with use of the CNC machine!

Last, but not least, stay tuned for STEM events coming in 2023 at the STEM Shack at Camp Snyder in Haymarket, VA!

Advisors from Explorer Post 1882 have been working hard at Sally’s STEM Shack to create a space for youth to attend workshops! Explorer Mihai developed 3D printed and CNC milled awards too!

In neighboring Michael’s Woodshop, Mr. Dave developed workshops for STEM Scouts to build blastcars (akin to pinewood derby + a CO2 cannister)! 

STEM Scouts is a tactile program designed to bring STEM to life for girls and boys in grades 3-8. Each year comprises of 20 activities, clustered into 5 themes or modules. We have distinct curriculum for elementary and middle school. 

• Curriculum: Get a glimpse of the 2022 kits in this Module Overview 
• Learn more: Join a ZOOM info session on June 8 at 7:30pm.
• Contact us:  with questions or interest! stem@ncacbsa.org
• Blogposts: TIME Kid of the Year is a STEM Scout 

The Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Trek is a hike around the Mall area of downtown Washington DC highlighting some of the STEM that was involved in the creation of Washington D.C., and showcasing the government agencies and private organizations involved in STEM that are located in Washington DC. 

• Follow the DC STEM Trek Guide! 
• Use the STEM Trek Blank Answer Sheet
• Watch as Girl Troop 1853 describes the STEM Trek

During the pandemic, NCAC launched a STEM Speaker Series, bringing inspiring STEM professionals to talk to scouts! We hosted a nuclear scientist, medical physicist, veterinarian, statistician, USCG pilot, electrical engineer and more – you can rewatch the talks here.

• Watch the recording featuring Astronaut Dan Tani, who along with Astronaut Whitson completed the 100th spacewalk! Tani graduated from MIT and worked in space tech companies before joining NASA, where he went on 3 shuttles in a couple spaceflight missions. In one of his spacewalks. he wrapped thermal blankets around the ISS’ solar array gimbals. 

• Watch the recording featuring Time Kid of the Year Gitajali Rao and Scout Inventors from the USPTO MB cohort
  
  • Gitanjali is a STEM Scout from Denver, CO and was named ’30 under 30 in science’ by Forbes 
• Watch the recording featuring Astronaut Charlie Duke in a conversation with STEM Scout
  • Astronaut Duke is one of two Eagle Scouts to ever land on the moon!