In 2017, the MDSC STEM Committee offered the Start Your Engines! Nova Award for Boy Scouts and the Swing! Nova Award for Cub Scouts. In August of 2017, we hosted a Solar Eclipse Viewing Party at the Martinez Marina, but regrettably Mother Nature did not cooperate and the Marina was fogged in that morning. We still live-streamed the event and worked with all the Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venturers present to earn the special Eclipse patch in celebration of the event.
In 2016, the MDSC STEM Committee offered our first Nova Award events, Shoot! for Boy Scouts in the Spring and late Summer.
Our very first STEM event was held at Camp Herms in December of 2015. We invited Cub Scouts from around the Council to come and explore Engineering and Robotics using the Legos Mindstorm platform.