Great Lakes STEM Task Force Meetings go to

www.michiganscouting.org/STEM on our calendar

for the link to sign up.
December 14th

Wayne county Community College district

FREE NOVA Counselor Training - 5:00-6:00 pm.
General Meeting - 6:00-7:30 pm.

January 18th

Lawrence Technological University

FREE NOVA Counselor Training - 5:30-6:30 pm.
General Meeting - 6:30-8:00 pm.

February 22nd

LEGOLAND Discovery Center

FREE NOVA Counselor Training - 5:30-6:30 pm.
General Meeting - 6:30-8:00 pm.

March 8th 5:30-6:30 pm

Cranbrook Institute of Science

FREE NOVA Counselor Training - 5:30-6:30 pm.
General Meeting - 6:30-8:00 pm.

Contacts

Maria Peralta

Great Lakes STEM Committee Chairman and

Ottawa District STEM Liaison

greatlakes.stempress@gmail.com

Fred Farnell

Great Lakes STEM Committee Vice-Chairman

and Mahican District STEM Liaison

ffarnell@hotmail.com

Ken McCormick

Sunset District STEM Liaison

Robert Reschke

Chippewa District STEM Liaison

chippewamentor82@yahoo.com

Tamas Szailer

Pontiac-Mantio District STEM Liaison

tamas.szailer@gmail.com

Christine Whitwell

Sunrise District STEM Liaison

stemsunrise.christine@gmail.com

Vacant

Renaissance District STEM Liaison

Eric Suender

libopo@comcast.net

North Star District STEM Liaison

Michigan Crossroads Council STEM
Executive

eric.suender@scouting.org

Here are some of the STEMblems you can earn at our upcoming events! New
ones are on their way! You can put them around your NOVA patch and wear
them on your brag vest or on the back of your merit badge sash!

January - March 2017

STEM Newsletter

Michigan Crossroads Council, BSA Presents the

cub scouts

Science everywhere

Michiganscouting.org/STEM

This module is designed to help you explore how science

affects your life each day.

tech talk

This module is designed to help you explore how

technology affects your life each day.

Swing!

This module is designed to help you explore how

engineering and simple machines called levers affect your
life each day.

1-2-3 go!

This module is designed to help you explore how math

affects your life each day.

down and dirty

This module is designed to help you explore how earth

science affects your life each day.

Nova Wild!

This module is designed to help you learn about wildlife

and the natural world around you.

out of this world

kmccormi@wowway.com

Bonnie Ponder

Volume 1 Issue 1

This module is designed to help you discover the wonders

of space exploration.

boy scouts
shoot!

This module is designed to help you explore how science

affects your life each day.

start your engines!

This module is designed to help you explore how

technology affects your life each day.

whoosh!

This module is designed to help you explore how

engineering affects your life each day.

designed to crunch

This module is designed to help you explore how math

affects your life each day.

let it grow

This module is designed to help you explore where your

food comes from and how agriculture affects your life each
day.

venturers
launch!

This module is designed to help you explore how science

affects your life each day.

power up

This module is designed to help you explore how

technology affects your life each day.

hang on!

This module is designed to help you explore how

engineering affects your life each day.

numbers dont lie

This module is designed to help you explore how math

affects your life each day.

Welcome to the 2017 STEM Adventures for

this year.
We are trying something new
by creating a specialized newsletter to
keep you and your unit connected with the
awesome STEM Adventures happening across
the state and in your own backyard. Our
STEM Adventures focus on your Scout earning
their
NOVA
module
awards,
receiving
STEMblems and engaging with high quality
adults and activities that have a STEM
focus in mind. Please visit our website
at Michiganscouting.org/STEM to keep you
up to date on our STEM events, get the
tracking forms you need and to learn more
about how STEM is taking Scouting where it
has never been before!

What is STEM?

Science,
Technology,
Engineering
and
Math are often put together.
There are
good reasons for this theres a lot
of integration between these fields and
collaboration between their respective
professionals but a clearer picture of
each area cant hurt. This is why the Boy
Scouts of America have created NOVA modules
that address these areas and more. Best of
all, when STEM and writing are combined,
Scouts actually learn better.
Research
has shown that students grasp STEM concepts
faster and remember them longer when they
learn them not as rote facts, but through
a story. Stories stimulate parts of the
brain that straight memorization doesnt
and when we use them, we can harness more
brain power. Cool!

january

february

STEM Adventure at LEGOLAND discovery center!

February 25, 2017
Great Lakes Crossing
Auburn Hills, MI (Pontiac-Manito District)
Program Director: Tamas Szailar

You will have the opportunity for your Cub Scout/Webelos to work on the
Swing! module and Boy Scouts/Venturers to work on Start Your Engines!/Power
Up! Stay tuned to www.michiganscouting.org/STEM on our calendar for the link
to sign up. This was one of most popular events last year!

march

STEM Adventure at the

Marburger STEM Center
March 18, 2017

Lawrence Technological University

Southfield, MI (Renaissance District)
Program Director: Bonnie Ponder

STEM @ Merit Badge Mania

january 7, 2017

STEM @ University of Scouting

january 28, 2017

Program Director: Maria Peralta

Program Director: Maria Peralta

We will be going to this new facility

working with program activity that will
help your Cub Scout/Webelos earn their Tech
Talk NOVA. Stay tuned to
www.michiganscouting.org/STEM on our
calendar for the link to sign up.

We will be providing classes on NOVA

Counselor and SuperNOVA Mentor Training,
STEM Activity Sharing, How NOVA and
SuperNOVAs can increase membership.

Bloomfield Hills, MI (North star district)

Wayne county Community College

district
taylor, MI (Mahican District)

We will be offering NOVA module

Shoot! in the morning and will
be a double session and Start your
Engines! NOVA Module will be in
the afternoon and will be a double
session. For the adults attending,
we will be offering a class in
Integrating STEM into your unit.
Ready to sign up or looking for more
information? Visit:
https://scoutingevent.com/272-2017MBM

Lamphere High School

Madison Heights, MI (North Star
District)

Ready to sign up or looking for more

information? Visit:
https://scoutingevent.com/272-GL2017UofS

STEM Adventure at Cranbrook Institute of Science

March 25, 2017
Program Director: Maria Peralta.

Come to one of the only museums to experience their extensive fossil and
mineral collections to have your Cub Scout/Webelos earn their Down and
Dirty NOVA Module and the Boy Scouts/Venturers will get to relate with the
upcoming Egypt exhibit to help them achieve the Designed to Crunch/Numbers
Dont Lie NOVA. Stay tuned to www.michiganscouting.org/STEM on our calendar
for the link to sign up.