GGAC Nova Awards Requirements – GGAC STEM

Cub Scout Nova Awards

*Please note that during this transition from National to Council-run, the GGAC STEM Committee is in the process of updating the Nova Award requirements to reflect the changes to the Cub Scout Advancement Program. Please be patient as we are volunteers that wear many hats. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the STEM Committee at [email protected]

Cub Scout Science Nova Awards

Science Everywhere

This award allows the Cub Scout, Webelos, or Arrow of Light to explore all aspects of Science.

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Down & Dirty

This award involves the exploration of Earth Science–Think volcanoes, rocks, weather, and animal habitats.

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Nova Wild!

This award looks at wildlife and the natural world that surrounds us.

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Out of this World!

This award seeks to boldly go where few have gone before and explore the cosmos.

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Uncovering the Past!

This award digs into the wonders of archaeology (not paleontology, sorry, no dinosaurs).

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Cub Scout Technology Nova Awards

Tech Talk

This award allows the Cub Scout, Webelos, or Arrow of Light to explore how Technology affects everyday life.

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Cub Scouts Can Code

This award allows the Cub Scout, Webelos, or Arrow of Light to explore how to control computers and understand how they affect our lives.

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Cub Scout Engineering Nova Awards

Swing!

This award allows the Cub Scout, Webelos, or Arrow of Light to explore how Engineering and simple machines like levers affect everyday life.

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Up and Away

This award allows the Cub Scout, Webelos, or Arrow of Light to explore wonders of Fluid Dynamics.

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Cub Scout Mathematics Nova Awards

1-2-3 Go!

This award allows the Cub Scout, Webelos, or Arrow of Light to explore how Mathematics affects everyday life.

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Fearful Symmetry

This award allows the Cub Scout, Webelos, or Arrow of Light to explore how Symmetry affects everyday life.

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Scouts BSA Nova Awards

Scouts BSA Science Nova Awards

Shoot!

This award explores the various aspects of projectile motion both on Earth and in Space.

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Let It Grow!

This award explores agriculture and the production of food.

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Splash!

This award explores the many wonders of a substance we often take for granted, Water.

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Mendel’s Minions!

This award explores the science of genetics and inheritance.

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Scouts BSA Technology Nova Awards

Start Your Engines!

This award explores technology through the use of transportation and transportation technology.

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Hello World

This award explores technology through the use of coding and computer programming.

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Scouts BSA Engineering Nova Awards

Whoosh!

This award explores the engineering behind motion and motion technology.

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The Next Big Thing

This award explores the world of product design, which involves balancing time, cost, and quality to create something new, usually a product that will be sold to consumers or other businesses.

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Up And Away

This award explores the world of fluid dynamics, and how it affects your everyday life. Fluid dynamics is the study of how fluids (liquids, gases, and plasmas) behave and interact with other materials.

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Scouts BSA Mathematics Nova Award

Designed to Crunch

This award explores the impact of mathematics in our everyday life through the use of statistics

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Venturing & Sea Scout Nova Awards

Venturing & Sea Scout Science Nova Awards

Launch!

This module is designed for Venturing and Sea Scouts to explore how science affects your life each day.

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Wade!

This module is designed for Venturing and Sea Scouts to explore the science of water.

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What a Life!

This module is designed for Venturers and Sea Scouts to encourage you to explore different facets of the biological life and living systems around you, including macrobiotic and microbiotic life, ecology, genetics, and advances in medicine.

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Venturing & Sea Scout Technology Nova Awards

Power Up

This module is designed to help Venturers or Sea Scouts explore how technology affects their life each day.

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Execute

This module is designed for Venturing and Sea Scouts to explore how programming affects everyday life.

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Something from Nothing

This module is designed for Venturers and Sea Scouts to explore 3D printing, and how it is becoming prevalent in everyday life

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Venturing & Sea Scout Engineering Nova Awards

Hang On!

This module is designed to help Venturing and Sea Scouts explore how engineering affects their life each day.

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Up And Away

This award explores the world of fluid dynamics, and how it affects your everyday life. Fluid dynamics is the study of how fluids (liquids, gases, and plasmas) behave and interact with other materials.

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Venturing & Sea Scout Mathematics Nova Award

Numbers Don’t Lie

This module is designed to help the Venturer or Sea Scout explore how math affects his or her life each day.

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