2014 FINAL REPORT North Carolina Science Festival • 2014 Final Report 1 North Carolina Science Festival is a statewide two- CONTACTS week celebration of STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — with community- North Carolina Science Festival Morehead Planetarium and Science Center based events hosted by libraries, parks, colleges, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill museums and other sites. Campus Box 3480 • Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3480 Founded in 2010 by Morehead Planetarium and ncsciencefestival.org •
[email protected] Science Center at the University of North Carolina 919-843-8329 at Chapel Hill, the Festival has served over 700,000 participants of all ages since its inception. Festival Jonathan Frederick Marissa Hartzler events include expos, science talks, lab tours, nature Festival director Statewide programs experiences, exhibits, performances and hands-on
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[email protected] partners and through the participation of dozens of event hosts across the state. BOARD OF ADVISORS James C. Moeser, D.M.A., Chair The Honorable James B. Hunt Jr. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Governor of the State of North Carolina, 1977-1985, 1993-2001 June St. Clair Atkinson, Ed.D. The Honorable Howard N. Lee North Carolina Dept. of Public Instruction Howard N. Lee Institute Betsy M.