2014 FINAL REPORT

North Carolina Festival • 2014 Final Report 1 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 [email protected] coordinator [email protected] activities. These events highlight the educational, Todd Boyette, Ph.D. cultural and economic impact of STEM in North Festival co-founder Jeff Hill Carolina. [email protected] Sponsorships [email protected] The Festival is made possible through generous Denise Young, Ed.D. Festival co-founder support from leading business and government [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. Bennett, Ph.D. R. Scott Ralls, Ph.D. Capital Development Services North Carolina Community College System Christopher Brown, Ph.D. Thomas W. Ross, Ph.D. Rep. of Thomas W. Ross University of North Carolina General Administration University of North Carolina Lynne Scott Safrit, Dr.P.H. John E. Burris, Ph.D. North Carolina Research Campus Burroughs Wellcome Fund Charles A. Sanders, M.D. Alfred G. Childers, Ph.D. Retired Chairman & CEO, GlaxoSmithKline MagellanScience.org Machelle Sanders Joseph M. DeSimone, Ph.D. Biogen Idec North Carolina State University Christy L. Shaffer, Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Hatteras Venture Partners Lew Ebert Daniel Solomon, Ph.D. North Carolina Chamber Rep. of W. Randolph Woodson Marilyn Foote-Hudson North Carolina State University North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Richard Superfine, Ph.D. Ann B. Goodnight University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill SAS Christine Whitaker John Hardin, Ph.D. Time Warner Cable North Carolina Dept. of Commerce W. Randolph Woodson, Ph.D. North Carolina State University

2 North Carolina Science Festival • 2014 Final Report A volunteer at UNC Charlotte’s Science and Technology Expo assists attendees with a bottle rocket launch.

What’s NEW?

This year, the Festival assistance expanded its support program to through the Internet four science festivals for event hosts and foster expanded media and mobile networks to collaborate on other affiliates through coverage in targeted and announcing a National Science several new initiatives: locations. Festival dates with Foundation sponsored an event sponsorship The Festival expanded billboards on I-40/I-85. project. As the nation’s program to provide its promotional The Festival also first statewide science financial support,a activities, too, adding earned national festival, North Carolina series of webinars to statewide advertising recognition when it Science Festival has a share best practices messages distributed was selected as one of tremendous impact! and a marketing North Carolina Science Festival • 2014 Final Report 3 By the NUMBERS

PARTICIPATION BREAKDOWN Event Attendance 178,576 K–12 Event Attendance 33,425 401 public events Star Parties Attendance 3,642 in NC and 258 in SC 271 event partners publicly engaged scientists Branded Year-Round Program Attendance 2,472 9,143 3,259 volunteers On-air / Online Program participation 108,745 TOTAL PARTICIPATION 333,789

wildly popular SPOKESBOT, now with his own official fan club 1The Kelvin Fan Club added two members in its inaugural year. BioNetwork Julie Rhodes

4 North Carolina Science Festival • 2014 Final Report Events in

of95 North Carolina’s 100 COUNTIES

401 public events 271 event partners 2,472 publicly engaged scientists 3,259 volunteers Folt Science 108 Nights

55 Invite-A-Scientist

Science 14 EVENTS Spotlights HOSTED NC Gravity Games 30 Participating Schools

Carolina STEM 111 Challenge

Event Sponsorships 17 Awarded North Carolina Science Festival • 2014 Final Report 5 Support for Science STATEWIDE

North Carolina Science Festival continues to lead the way in increasing the accessibility of science across the state.

A student of North Shelby School shows off the result of her fingerprinting activity at Folt Science Day. Photo courtesy Allison Hodges.

North Carolina Science Festival provides prepared for their current science issue curricula and other resources to elementary, careers, what they do in through research and middle and high schools for interactive science a typical day and why discussion. For 2014, programs. Folt Science Night (grades K–5), Invite- their work is important. Science Spotlight A-Scientist (grades 6–8) and Science Spotlight Invite-A-Scientist offered a choice of (grades 9–12) served 167 schools in 2014. sessions helped two current science students understand issues: nuclear energy FOLT SCIENCE NIGHT 13 different hands-on more about the or fracking. Each Parents and children science activities and scientific process and class chose an issue, celebrated science demonstrations — from introduced students to read articles about together at Folt "Stomp Rockets" to new concepts of "what the issue, considered Science Night (FSN) "Garden in a Glove." a scientist looks like." different viewpoints programs for families, INVITE-A-SCIENTIST SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT and held a discussion. hosted for 108 Some classes added Fifty-five classrooms This year, North elementary schools a -moderated in 49 middle schools Carolina Science across North Carolina. online chat with a across North Carolina Festival introduced With support from an scientist. Fourteen hosted guest scientists a new initiative anonymous donor, 75 classes participated for hands-on science for high schools: of these elementary in the pilot Science activities with Science Spotlight, schools were selected Spotlight program. students. The scientists which challenges to receive free FSN volunteered their time students and their event kits. Each kit to explain how they to explore a contained supplies for 6 North Carolina Science Festival • 2014 Final Report classrooms received 10 teams were selected model-size kits to to receive full-size kits prototype race cars to build their race cars. for the North Carolina They also received Gravity Games. travel stipends to Each team tested compete in the Gravity its prototype and Games, held April 5 in produced a video to Lenoir. report its results, and

Although North Carolina Science Festival is most visible for two weeks during April, its work continues throughout the year. The Festival works with many organizations to provide support for science at the community level. Some of its work is directly related to Festival events, but the Festival also works with community leaders to include science in policy decisions that affect education, environment and commerce.

NORTH CAROLINA EVENT SCIENCE SUMMIT SPONSORSHIPS The STEM Open House North Carolina Seventeen event hosts at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Science Summit is a received financial provided opportunities for collaborative effort support to present free the public to try hands-on by more than 20 Festival events through science. Photo courtesy Paula Dibley. organizations with a North Carolina Science shared goal: To make Festival’s new event North Carolina the sponsorship program. “Science State.” Its The Festival received work is coordinated 31 applications for Middle schools and high schools are eligible to by the NC Pathways event sponsorships participate in special STEM-themed competitions Partnership. and chose recipients to through North Carolina Science Festival. The expand the Festival’s competitions help teachers and students explore In cooperation with educational value, STEM concepts (science, technology, engineering North Carolina Science audiences served and and math), encourage creativity and promote Festival, the Summit geographic diversity. teamwork. hosted regional meetings during late The event sponsorships CAROLINA STEM completing the STEM 2013 and early 2014. In helped event hosts CHALLENGE challenge activities, April 2014, the Summit recruit special Carolina Biological teams submitted hosted its second programming sponsored the Carolina videos to report their annual statewide (including guest STEM Challenge and results. Winning teams gathering and speakers), purchase provided kits to 111 received Carolina expanded the footprint materials and supplies, classrooms to conduct Biological supplies for of this event through provide resources their own STEM their classrooms. interactive simulcasts in for volunteers and Challenge activities NORTH CAROLINA each region. promote events to (either the Paint Stirrer GRAVITY GAMES larger audiences. Catapult challenge, How fast can a gravity- the Mousetrap Car powered, “soapbox challenge or the derby”-style race car Battery Dilemma travel? Teams from 30 challenge). After North Carolina Science Festival • 2014 Final Report 7 Festival staffers presented live science demonstrations on the south plaza of Raleigh’s PNC Arena before Science and SPORTS hockey games.

Each year, North Carolina Science Festival selects a unique perspective for connecting science with new and different audiences. The Festival identified sports as that perspective for 2014.

North Carolina’s racing history was reinterpreted by the Gravity Games soapbox-style races in Lenoir and the Zucchini 500 — featuring race car models crafted from fresh vegetables — in Kannapolis (pictured above).

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center hosted The Kelvin (pictured above) cheered from Science of Sports, a presentation the stands while Festival staffers by ESPN Sport Science host and presented live science demonstrations creator John Brenkus (pictured during Education Days for baseball above). Time Warner Cable games at the Durham Bulls Athletic News, WUNC-TV and WUNC-FM Park (pictured right). broadcast The Science of Sports content to a statewide audience North Carolina Science Festival • 2014 Final Report 8 before the event. Festival staffers presented live science demonstrations on the south plaza of Raleigh’s PNC Arena before Carolina Hurricanes hockey games.

Urban hikers completed the geology-themed Raleigh Rockin’ Walkin’ Tour (pictured above) and runners raced the Foothills Farmers Market 5K and Farm Tour in Kings Mountain.

North Carolina’s racing history was reinterpreted by the Gravity Games soapbox-style races in Lenoir and the Zucchini 500 — featuring race car models crafted from fresh vegetables — in Kannapolis (pictured above).

Greensboro’s Proehlific Park took a new approach to obstacle courses with the Mad Scientist Revenge Race (pictured above).

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center hosted The How do astronauts stay Science of Sports, a presentation fit during space flights? Surfers in Carolina Beach explained by ESPN Sport Science host and Pisgah Astronomical Surf-N-Science. Other programs offered creator John Brenkus (pictured Research Institute on-the-water adventures, too: a canoe- above). Time Warner Cable (PARI) in Rosman based Statewide Star Party at Cliffs News, WUNC-TV and WUNC-FM shared those secrets of the Neuse State Park and a canoe broadcast The Science of Sports in its Fit for Space exploration of High Point City Lake Park. content to a statewide audience program. North Carolina Science Festival • 2014 Final Report before the event. 9 74 Big Toy Day The Big PICTURE Triad Farmers’ Market LEGEND 93 # Public event # Invite-A-Scientist listing on p. 12 listing on p. 18 Education Day at # Statewide Star Party # Science Spotlight the Durham Bulls listing on p. 16 listing on p. 19 Athletic Park # Folt Science Night # Gravity Games listing on p. 17 listing on p. 19 Durham Bulls Baseball Club All locations are approximate. 16 40 80 3 94 73 51 56 59 42 REGIONS 16 16 90 11 77 3 79 22 4 74 12 2 45 75 WESTERN 3 13 47 20 144 60 1 59 67 30 20 16 76 89 88 GREATER CHARLOTTE EASTERN 10 61 14 9 62 54 10 76 13 1 39 65 43 81 24 75 42 64 14 106 147 69 80 34 19 17 97 2 12 78 71 66 7 PIEDMONT TRAID SOUTHEASTERN 49 73 74 10 123 1 11 81 54 92 1894 30 25 14 12 57 15 63 56 53 141 136 2 41 96 35 86 3 82 14 68 60 55 32 116 93 48 13 112 5 6 11 38 46 62 95 31 9 43 58 70 26 19 52 146 69 39 17 12 17 26 129 29 10 85 8 44 17 23 20 58 85 41 19 67 11 57 64 24 48 122 125 126 127 25 114 28 47 77 138 1 24 124 111 9 50 55 22 115 36 46 83 8 5 15 105 33 108 46 117 27 98 145 6 23 103 87 102 12 8 15 63 21 24 149 14 30 8 121 90 2 17 61 21 104 9 21 128 53 4 23 113 101 22 83 135 29 72 110 89 26 2 91 109 107 7 10 99 66 140 79 4 3 11 44 84 71 4 1 86 133 22 47 119 120 18 5 2 43 49 33 6 131 88 18 92 21 26 130 7 21 37 37 23 27 16 7 13 36 100 20 24 6 6 40 4 50 27 118 19 25 7 15 34 28 9 18 65 15 29 25 44 142 87 132 5 13 32 6 51 25 134 3 10 11 38 12 82 20 23 5 42 37 28 31 26 19 45 52 34 156 172 169 13 4 7 8 41 30 93 35 39 45 22 32 1 33 104 108 34 137 5 28 36 84 78 36 27 157 161 70 72 31 9 35 103 159 18 31 160 98 178 151 163 8 48 164 168 68 101 29 40 38 91 143 150 139 148 176 171 162 30 33 29 35 107 100 49 97 95 158 99 52 154 167 105 96 27 153 106 174 50 An Evening with 28 101 102 175 177 67 Carl Zimmer 165 152 155 UNC Charlotte Science Summit: 170 Folt Science Night 173 166 32 Zeb Vance Elementary Regional Meeting UNC Wilmington

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PUBLIC EVENTS 7 Buncombe County 18 North Carolina Society 34 Catawba Valley Schools Curriculum Dept., for Clinical Laboratory Community College, Asheville, Explore the Cherokee, Carolinas Hickory, NC Manufacturing # Event Host, City, Event Science, Universe in the GeoDome Clinical Connection: Student Awareness Week: The Events highlighted in 8 Bowl EXTREME STEM Tour green received support Cleveland Community Shelby, NC 19 35 through the NC Science College, Pisgah Astronomical Cold Blooded Manufacturing Awareness Rosman, Monroe, Festival Event Sponsorship Research Institute, Encounters Inc., Week: Career Day 2014 Evening at PARI: Fit for Cold-Blooded Encounters program. 9 Charles D. Owen Middle Space 36 Coltrane-Webb STEM WESTERN School, Swannanoa, Science 20 The Children’s Elem. School, Concord, in Action Playhouse, Boone, Engineering For All 1 Playhouse BuildFest Appalachian State 10 Cleveland Community 37 Concord Branch, Boone, ASU University, College, Shelby, 21 The Mountain Cabarrus County Public STEM Expo; Know Watts Manufacturing Day at CCC Outreach Office of The Library, Concord, Ocean Cooking: The Science of Explorations; Old Knowledge Energy Efficient Cooking; 11 Foothills Farmers’ Science House of NCSU, Fletcher, 1st Annual ESTEAM and New Knowledge with Watauga SumoBot Market, Kings Mountain, EXPO author Robin Sloan Competition; Technology Foothills Farmers Market and Understanding: How Kickoff, 5K and Farm Tour 22 The North Carolina 38 Discovery Place, Charlotte, Reptile and New Tools Shape Scientific 12 Google, Lenoir, NC Arboretum, Asheville, Amphibian Day; Inside Thinking Gravity Games Mountain Science Expo: JUST DO IT! Out: A Day of Dissection; 2 Ashe County 13 Hands On! - A Child’s Reptile Fun; A Celebration 23 UNC Asheville, Homeschool Group, Gallery, Hendersonville, The of the Science of the Very, West Jefferson, SciDay: Asheville, Solar Observing on Nano Science of Camping Very Small; Amphibian Fun; Homeschool Science Fair the UNC Asheville Quad Gear; Nano Days 2014 Comet Creations; Big Screen, 24 Watauga County Big Science; Bird Lore and Library, Boone, Slime Fest More with Gloop, Glarch and 39 Oobleck E-Corps Expeditions, Charlotte, Get STEM-Ed. with 25 Western Carolina E-Corps Expeditions University, Cullowhee, WCU 40 Dallas, STEAM Expo Gaston College, sciVisit 2014 26 WNC Nature Center, 41 Asheville, Science Stroll: Grier Middle 6th Grade Gastonia, Grier MS Family Fun and Fitness Teachers, 6th Grade STEM Conference GREATER CHARLOTTE 42 ImaginOn, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, 27 Carolina Raptor Charlotte, Science Family Center, Huntersville, Young Fun Night Veterinarians’ Day; Spring 43 Kannapolis Branch, PhotoWILD Cabarrus County Public 28 Carowinds, Charlotte, Library, Kannapolis, Spy Carowinds Education Days 3 Ashe County Public 14 Heritage Science; Eggs-perimental Drop Competition; Library, West Jefferson, Homeschoolers, Linville, 29 Catawba County Electrifying Encounters Animal Circuits; Story 2nd Annual Homeschool Library, Sherrills Ford, The Wizards: Working with Clay Science Fair Amazing Chemistry of Dry 44 Kannapolis City Animation Ice 15 Isothermal Community Schools, Kannapolis, Keeping Kannapolis Green 4 Asheville-Buncombe College, Spindale, 30 Catawba Science Technical Community Isothermal Science & Center, Hickory, Catawba 45 Learn with Laughter, College, Asheville, NC Technology Expo Science Center Science Expo Charlotte, Fun with STEM Manufacturing Awareness Week: What Do We Make in 16 KidSenses Children’s 31 Central Piedmont 46 Mitchell Community a Day InterACTIVE Museum, Community College, College, Statesville, NC Rutherfordton, Outer Space Charlotte, NC Manufacturing Manufacturing Awareness 5 Bethel , Day Awareness Week: Advanced Week: Advanced Waynesville, Science and Manufacturing Day Manufacturing Day Community Night 17 Mayland Community College, Spruce Pine, NC 32 Charlotte Preparatory 47 Project for innovation, 6 Blue Ridge Community Manufacturing Awareness School, Charlotte, Blast Off Energy & Sustainability College, Flat Rock, NC Week: Advanced Rocket Launch (PiES), Davidson, The Green Manufacturing Awareness Manufacturing Awareness 33 City of Kannapolis, Idea Factory Competition at Week: Experience Blue Day PiES Ridge Kannapolis, Zucchini 500

12 North Carolina Science Festival • 2014 Final Report 56 Children’s Museum of 63 Greensboro Children’s Alamance County, Graham, Museum, Greensboro, Butterfly Festival Young Inventor’s Fair 57 Children’s Museum of 64 Greensboro Science Winston-Salem, Winston- Center, Greensboro, Party Salem, Brain Power Day; for the Planet Let’s Move Monday! 65 Guilford College, 58 Cline Observatory, Greensboro, Guided Hike through Guilford College Guilford Technical LISTING PUBLIC EVENTS Community College, Woods; Astrophysics: The Jamestown, Transits of Cross Link Between Past, Venus Over the Centuries Present and Future 59 Conservators’ Center, 66 Harris Educational, Burlington, Twilight and Burlington, 3rd Annual Adventure Tours at the Burlington Mini Maker Faire Conservators’ Center 2014 48 Rockingham Middle 54 Atkins Academic & 60 Elon University, Elon, 67 High Point University School, Rockingham, Technology High School, Burlington Science Expo School of Education, High Introduction to Science Winston-Salem, Atkins STEM Point, STEM in Action: Come 61 Emerging Ecology, Inc., Olympiad! Careers Fair Build with Us Greensboro, Universe Story 49 Rowan-Cabarrus 55 Blessed Sacrament Walk 68 Joint School of Community College, School, Burlington, Calling 62 Gateway Nanoscience and Kannapolis, Rowan-Cabarrus all Vermiculturists to Blessed Environmental Initiative, Nanoengineering, Community College STEM Sacrament School Greensboro, Gateway to Winston-Salem, Map It! Open House Science 50 Schiele Museum of 69 Kathleen Clay Edwards Natural History, Gastonia, Family Branch Library, The Earth’s Greenest Heroes! Greensboro, Earth Day 51 Spandex City, Charlotte, Celebration Science and Superheroes 70 North Carolina Contest Science Olympiad, 52 UNC Charlotte, Greensboro, North Carolina Charlotte, An Evening Science Olympiad: Guilford with Carl Zimmer, Science Elementary Tournament Writer; Seeing the World 71 North Carolina Society Through Genomics, Panel of Clinical Laboratory Discussion featuring Carl Science, Winston-Salem, Zimmer; Opening of Sustain Lab Explorers: A Virtual Me Baby, Art Exhibition; Hospital Experience; Lab Public Talk with Amy Shira Explorers: H.O.W. Mobile Teitel, Spaceflight Historian; Clinic; Lab Explorers! Science Film and Discussion: Contagion; Science Film 72 North Carolina Zoo, and Discussion: Invisible Asheboro, Grand Opening of Man; UNC Charlotte Science kidZone at the NC Zoo and Technology Expo; 73 Paul J. Ciener Science Film and Discussion: Botanical Garden, Chasing Ice; Science Film Kernersville, Roots of our and Discussion: Jurassic Nutrition Park; Organic Approaches to Solar Energy;Defending 74 Piedmont Triad Colfax, Science Education in the Tar Farmers’ Market, Big Toy Day Heel State; Architecture and Sustainability; Interactive 75 Piedmont Computer Systems with Environmental Center, Mary Lou Maher High Point, Following Water 76 Proehlific Park, PIEDMONT TRIAD Greensboro, Proehlific Park Science Fair; Mad Scientist 53 Alamance Community Revenge Race College, Graham, Alamance Community College Open House

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77 Rockingham 105 Morehead Community College, Planetarium and Science Wentworth, NC Center, Chapel Hill, Science Manufacturing Awareness on the Sundial; Water in Week: Rockingham Career Our World Exhibit Open Day House; STEMville Science Symposium; Carolina 78 Winston- SciWorks, Science Cafe: Electrifying Salem, SciTech Spring Mini the Brain; The Science of Two-Day Camp; Star Party Sports featuring ESPN’s at SciWorks; Biotechnology Sports Science Host John Day; NanoDay: The Biggest Brenkus; Get a Clue!; UNC Event for the Smallest Science Expo Science; SciFest at SciWorks 106 Museum of Life and 79 Surry Communinty Durham, Museum Dobson, NC Science, College, After Hours: Worldwide Manufacturing Awareness Space Party; Dino Egg Hunt; Week: Advanced Conoce a un(a) Científico(a) Manufacturing Day / Meet a Scientist 80 Tectonic Plates: 107 NC Academy of Alamance County’s Raleigh, North Elon, Tectonic Science, Science Cafe, Carolina Academy of Science Plates: Alamance County’s Annual Meeting Science Cafe 108 NC Museum of Art, 81 The HERP Project, Raleigh, The Science of Art Burlington, The HERP Project 89 City of Raleigh Parks, 97 Granville County Conservation Celebration Recreation and Cultural Library System, South Resources Dept., Raleigh, Branch, Creedmoor, Bubble 109 NC State University 82 Winston-Salem Worm Compost Harvest Science; Experiments with College of Veterinary State University Dept. of Party; Backyard Composting Mirrors Raleigh, Open Winston- Medicine, Mathematics, Workshop House at NCSU’s College of Salem, Elementary 98 Historic Oakwood Veterinary Medicine Mathematics Invitational 90 City of Raleigh Solid Cemetery, Raleigh, Waste Services, Raleigh, Cemetery Sleuths: People 110 NC State University RESEARCH TRIANGLE Recycling Center Tour; Are Dying to Try It! College of Sciences, Landfill Safari 99 Historic Yates Mill Raleigh, State of the 83 Albemarle Pamlico 91 Duke Energy-Harris County Park, Raleigh, Sciences: Neil deGrasse National Estuary Energy and Environmental Simple Machines Field Day Tyson; The History of the Partnership, Raleigh, The Center, New Hill, Exploring at Yates Mill Universe with John Mather Pocosin Project: a Peek at Energy and the Environment 111 NC State University Pocosins 100 Howell Woods 92 Duke Institute for Environmental Learning Sustainability Office, 84 All About Beer Brain Sciences, Durham, Center, Four Oaks, Howell Raleigh, Earth Fair at NC Magazine, Raleigh, The Reading the Past: Mind, Brain Woodstock State University Science of Beer at the World and Archaeology 112 Neill’s Taekwondo and Beer Festival 101 Institute for Emerging 93 Durham Bulls Baseball Issues, Raleigh, North Fitness, Chapel Hill, Family 85 BioNetwork Capstone Club, Durham, Education Carolina Science Summit Martial Arts Science Center, Raleigh, Free Sci-Fi Day at the Durham Bulls 113 New Hope Valley Film & Mythbusting Session: 102 Johnston Community Railway, New Hill, The War of the Worlds 94 Durham Technical College, Clayton, JCC Family Community College, Science Discovery Day Science of Trains 86 Carolina Brewing Durham, Durham Tech 114 North Carolina Holly Springs, 103 Jordan Lake Company, Presents Best-Selling Geological Survey, Raleigh, Carolina Brewing Company Environment Education, Science Author Mary Roach Raleigh Rockin’ Walkin’ Tour Tour Apex, Eagle Watch Boat Tour 95 Engineering World 104 Marbles Kids 115 North Carolina 87 Carolina Hurricanes, Durham, Designing Health, Raleigh, Leaping Museum of Natural Raleigh, Carolina Hurricanes Medical Equipment for the Museum, Lemurs!; Spring into Sciences, Raleigh, Rational South Plaza Party Developing World Science!; NanoDays at Comedy for an Irrational 88 Central Carolina 96 Falls Lake State Marbles Kids Museum; Planet; Open Minds: Teen Community College, Recreation Area, Wake Energy Innovators: Green Science Café; Climate Sanford, NC Manufacturing Forest, Mudscapes Energy Workshop; Bubble- Science Night; Triangle Awareness Week: ology; STEMOSPHERE SciTech Expo Instructional Day Opening Celebration; Gadgets and Gizmos; Family Science Fair

14 North Carolina Science Festival • 2014 Final Report 116 North Carolina School 127 UNC-TV, anywhere you 137 Craven Community 145 Riverside Middle of Science and Math, have an Internet connection, College, New Bern, School, Williamston, Durham, Lean In: Women in Astronomy In April: Attend Advanced Manufacturing STEMulating Green at Science a Live UNC-TV Screening & Tours at Craven CC Riverside MS Discussion Online 117 North Carolina 138 Dare County Schools, 146 Rocky Mount Science Leadership 128 Wake County Parks, Manteo, Create Your Future Children’s Museum & Association, Chapel Hill, Recreation and Open With STEM Science Center, Rocky NC Science Leadership Space, New Hill, Lessons 139 Fort Macon State Mount, Owl Pellet Autopsy; Association 25th Anniversary in Flight; Science Fun with Deep Sky Excursions; Spring Park, Atlantic Beach, Fort LISTING PUBLIC EVENTS Nature Tots & Forest Friends; Celebration Macon Amateur Radio Break Star Party; Sidewalk Longleaf Festival 118 North Carolina Special Event Station Astronomy Science Olympiad, 129 William B. Umstead Erwin, North Carolina State Park, Raleigh, Build-A- Science Olympiad: Harnett Boat; Floating Hoot: An Owl Elementary Tournament Canoe Safari 119 North Carolina Science Olympiad, EASTERN Apex, North Carolina 130 A Time For Science Science Olympiad: Wake Nature and Science Middle Creek Elementary Learning Center, Grifton, Tournament Robox Sumo; This is for the 120 North Carolina Birds! Raleigh, Science Olympiad, 131 Boys and Girls Club, North Carolina Science Dr. Ross Unit, Ayden, Folt Olympiad: Wake Smith Science Day Elementary Tournament 132 Aurora Fossil Museum 121 North Carolina Foundation, Inc., Aurora,

Science Olympiad, Identifying the Fossils of Raleigh, North Carolina Eastern North Carolina; Science Olympiad: Wake Searching for Fossils in 140 GO-Science, Raleigh Charter Elementary Eastern North Carolina Greenville, GO-Science Expo: 147 Sylvan Heights Tournament Exploring Science in Eastern Bird Park, Scotland Neck, 133 Beaufort County Lookiting; Critter Feeders 122 Northside Elem. North Carolina Community College, Chapel Hill, School, , NC 141 Historic Edenton State 148 UNC Institute of Northside Elementary STEM Beaufort, Manufacturing Awareness Historic Site, Edenton, Marine Sciences, Day Beneath the Waves Film Week: Campus Tours The Science Behind the Festival 123 Triangle Materials at Beaufort County CC; Eighteenth Century Home; Research Science and Campus Tours for High Family Fun Explorers: 149 Vollis Simpson Engineering Center, Duke School Students and the The Science Behind the Whirligig Park & Museum University, Durham, Mad General Public; Career and Eighteenth Century Home and Imagination Station, Materials: Strange Polymers, Job Fair at Beaufort County 142 Neuseway Wilson, Experiment with Crazy Colloids, and Mad CC; Free Day at Beaufort Planetarium Health & Whirligig Science Materials Science County CC—A Day to Science Museum, Kinston, Explore Your Options for 124 U.S. Environmental Ooey Gooey Science SOUTHEASTERN College Saturday Protection Agency, 150 Bladen Community Research Triangle Park, 134 Cape Hatteras Elem. 143 North Carolina College, Dublin, NC Sustainability on the U.S. School STEM Committee, Maritime Museum Manufacturing Awareness Environmental Protection Buxton, Cape Hatteras in Beaufort, Beaufort, Week: 2nd Annual Academic Agency’s Research Triangle Elementary School Science Beaufort’s Dolphins; The Fair Park Campus; Air Fair Night Astounding Oyster; Explore 151 Bordeaux Branch, 125 UNC Students for 135 Center for the Rachel Carson Reserve; Ports and Pilots Cumberland County Public the Exploration and Biodiversity at East Library & Information

Development of Space, Carolina University, 144 Port Discover, Fayetteville, Is It Chapel Hill, Yuri’s Night: Greenville, ECU’s Earth Day Center, Elizabeth City, Science Cafe: Magic or Science?; Magnets, Chapel Hill Expo Bird’s the Word; Bird’s the Magnets, Magnets!; Storm 126 UNC University 136 Children at Play, Word: Second Saturday the Castle! Build Your Own Libraries, Chapel Hill, Inc., Kitty Hawk, Egg Drop Science; Bird’s the Word Catapult; Building Blocks of Rooms of Wonder: From Competition 2014 at Port Discover; Bird’s the Fun; What’s That Smell? Our Wunderkammer to Museum Word: Walkabout Senses at Work

North Carolina Science Festival • 2014 Final Report 15 165 North Carolina 178 West Regional Branch: Coastal Reserve and Cumberland County Public National Estuarine Library & Information Research Reserve, Center, Fayetteville, DIY Wilmington, Terrapin Tally Craft Club: Terrarium; 2014 Magnets, Magnets, Magnets!; 166 North Carolina Sick Science! for Kids; Colorful Story Time with Science Olympiad, Experiments; Sick Science! Shallotte, North Carolina for Teens; Sick Science! for Science Olympiad: Preschoolers STATEWIDE STAR PARTIES Brunswick Elementary Tournament STATEWIDE 167 North Carolina Science Olympiad, STAR PARTIES Hampstead, North Carolina Science Olympiad: Pender # Event Host, City, Event Elementary Tournament 152 Brunswick 160 Fayetteville Technical WESTERN Community College, Community College 168 North Carolina Bolivia, NC Manufacturing Physical Sciences Dept., Science Olympiad, Hope Mills, North Carolina Science 1 Appalachian State Awareness Week: Junior Fayetteville, The Hot and Boone, Olympiad: Cumberland University, Jumpstart and Senior Cold of It Demonstration Statewide Star Party: County Showcase Show Appalachian’s Dark Sky 153 Cape Fear Museum, 161 Fayetteville 169 North Regional Observatory Wilmington, Incredible Technical Community Library: Cumberland County Public Library 2 Astronomy Club of Insects; Science in the College, Fayetteville, NC Asheville, Asheville, Galleries Day; NanoDays! Manufacturing Awareness & Information Center, Statewide Star Party: UNC Fayetteville, Recycled Earth Learning Center Week: High School Campus Asheville Tour at Fayetteville Tech; Day Crafts; Magnet Mania; 154 Cape Fear River Beaver Ecology; Is It Magic 3 Elk Knob State Park, Watch, Riegelwood, Lunchbox Speaker Series: Advancement in Machining or Science?; Fabulous Fossils Todd, Statewide Star Party: Community Rain Garden Day Elk Knob State Park Technology; STEM Bus Visit 170 Odysea Surf School, 155 Carolina Beach State Carolina Beach, Surf-N- 4 Pisgah Astronomical Park, Carolina Beach, 162 Hammocks Beach State Park, Swansboro, Science Research Institute, Rosman, Biological Wonderland Hike; Statewide Star Party: PARI Carnivorous Plant Hike Marsh Detectives 171 Robeson Community College, Lumberton, NC 5 Western Carolina 156 Carvers Creek State 163 Headquarters Library: Cumberland County Public Manufacturing Awareness University, Cullowhee, Park, Spring Lake, Bottle Week: Parent Night; MAW @ Statewide Star Party: Biology Library & Information Center, Fayetteville, RCC Western Carolina University 157 Cliffdale Regional Robotics and Animation; 172 Spring Lake Branch Branch, Cumberland County Balloons, Magnets and Library: Cumberland GREATER CHARLOTTE Public Library & Information Marbles; Body Science: Story County Public Library & Center, Fayetteville, Why Is Time and Puppet Show; 6 Catawba Science Center, Information Center, Spring Hickory, Statewide Star THAT Happening?; Magnets! Explosive Science!; LEGO Lake, Science of Magnetism Party: Catawba Science Magnets! Magnets!; Snakes!!!; Block Party Create an Aircraft; The 173 Supply Elem, Supply, Center 164 Hope Mills Branch: Science of Colors; What Supply Elem. Science Night 7 Crowders Mountain Makes That Sound? Pajama Cumberland County Library & Information 174 The Azalea Festival, State Park, Kings Mountain, Story Time; Teen Science: Wilmington, Science LIVE! at Statewide Star Party: Center, Hope Mills, What’s How Did That Happen?; The Azalea Festival Crowders Mountain Building Blocks of Fun That Smell? Our Senses At Work; Tween Tuesday: 175 The Children’s 8 Schiele Museum of 158 Dixon Elementary Sticking with Magnets; Museum of Wilmington, Natural History, Gastonia, School, Holly Ridge, Folt Tween Tuesday: Be a Wilmington, Family Science Statewide Star Party: Schiele Family Science Computer Programmer!; Night Museum Spectacular Science: Science 159 East Regional Branch: 176 UNC Pembroke, 9 UNC Charlotte Experiments You Can Try; Cumberland County Public Pembroke, Sir Isaac Newton Observatory, Charlotte, Build It Workshop: Marble Library & Information on Stage Statewide Star Party: UNC Center, Fayetteville, All Run; Get Revved Up With Charlotte Things H2O; What’s Up in Preschool Physics! 177 UNC Wilmington the Nighttime Sky?; Wiggly, Randall Library: Squirmy Worms; Kites for Curriculum Materials Kids Center, Wilmington, Literacy Live: Technology & the Five Senses

16 North Carolina Science Festival • 2014 Final Report PIEDMONT TRIAD 23 Morehead Planetarium 36 Weymouth Woods 11 Moravian Falls, Moravian and Science Center, Chapel Sandhills Nature Preserve, Falls 10 Alamance County Hill, Statewide Star Party: Southern Pines, Statewide 12 Morganton Day School, Recreation and Parks, Jordan Lake Ebenezer Star Party: Weymouth Morganton Burlington, Statewide Church Recreation Area Woods 13 Mountain View Star Party: Pleasant Grove 24 NCSU Astrophysics Intermediate, Franklin Community Center Group, Raleigh, Statewide K–12 EVENTS 14 Nebo, Nebo 11 Cline Observatory, Star Party: Reedy Creek 15 North Shelby, Shelby Guilford Technical Observatory FOLT SCIENCE Community College, 16 Piney Creek, Piney 25 North Carolina NIGHTS Creek Jamestown, Statewide Star Museum of Natural Party: Cline Observatory 17 Pleasant Garden, Marion Sciences Praire Ridge # School, City 12 Forsyth Astronomical Ecostation, Raleigh, 18 Ranger Elementary. & All schools are elementary Murphy Yadkinville, Statewide Star Party: Prairie Middle, Society, schools unless otherwise Statewide Star Party: Forsyth Ridge Ecostation 19 Robbinsville High, specified. Robbinsville Astronomical Society 26 UNC Dept. of Physics 1 Bethlehem, Taylorsville Saluda 13 Greensboro Children’s & Astronomy, Chapel 20 Saluda, Museum, Greensboro, Hill, Statewide Star Party: 2 Boomer Ferguson, 21 Spindale, Spindale Statewide Star Party: Morehead Observatory Boomer 22 The Learning Center, Greensboro Children’s 3 Bowman Middle, Murphy Museum EASTERN Bakersville 23 Township Three, Shelby 4 Candler, Candler 14 Greensboro Science 27 A Time For Science 24 Cloverleaf, Statesville Center, Greensboro, Nature and Science 5 Cherokee County 25 Druid Hills Academy, Statewide Star Party: Learning Center, Grifton, Schools 21st Century Charlotte Greensboro Science Center Afterschool Program, Statewide Star Party: A Time 26 Murphy Jackson Park, 15 Kathleen Clay Edwards For Science Kannapolis 6 Forest City-Dunbar, Family Branch Library, 27 28 Cliffs of the Neuse Forest City Mineral Springs, Greensboro, Statewide State Park, Seven Springs, Ellerbe Star Party: Kathleen Clay 7 Glenn C. Marlow, Mills Statewide Star Party: Canoe 28 Edwards Library River Morehead STEM Under the Crescent Moon Academy, Charlotte 8 Harris Middle, Spruce 16 Mayo River State Park, 29 Fort Macon State Park, 29 Pleasant Ridge, Gaston Mayodan, Statewide Star Pine EVENTS K–12 Atlantic Beach, Statewide 30 Queens Grant Party: Mayo River State Park 9 Hot Springs, Hot Springs Star Party: Fort Macon State Community, Mint Hill Park 10 Millers Creek, Millers 31 Monroe RESEARCH TRIANGLE Creek Rocky River, 30 Medoc Mountain State 17 City of Durham Parks Park, Hollister, Statewide and Recreation, Durham, Star Party: Medoc Mountain Statewide Star Party: Old 31 Neuseway Nature Park, North Durham Park Kinston, Statewide Star 18 Duke University Party: Neuseway Planetarium Dept. of Physics, Durham, Statewide Star Party: Duke SOUTHEASTERN Teaching Observatory 32 Carolina Beach State 19 Eno River State Park, Park, Carolina Beach, Durham, Statewide Star Statewide Star Party: Party: Eno River State Park Carolina Beach State Park 20 Howell Woods 33 Hammocks Beach State Environmental Learning Park, Swansboro, Statewide Center, Four Oaks, Star Party: Hammocks Beach Statewide Star Party: Howell State Park Woodstock 34 Methodist University 21 Jordan Lake and Fayetteville State Environment Education, University, Fayetteville, Apex, Statewide Star Party: Statewide Star Party: Jordan Lake Farm Methodist University and 22 Marbles Kids Museum, Fayetteville State Raleigh, Statewide Star 35 Robeson Planetarium Party: Marbles Kids Museum and Science Center, Lumberton, Statewide Star Party: Robeson Planetarium

North Carolina Science Festival • 2014 Final Report 17 32 Sadler, Gastonia 71 Boys & Girls Club of 107 W.H. Knuckles, 10 Marcus Jones, UNC 33 Stallings, Stallings Pitt Co., Winterville Lumberton Charlotte • Brawley, 34 Stanfield, Stanfield 72 Brinson Memorial, New 108 Westarea, Fayetteville Mooresville 35 Steele Creek, Charlotte Bern 11 Reny Tyson, Duke Univ. • Mooresville, Mooresville 36 Sterling, Pineville 73 Buckland, Gates INVITE-A- 12 Karen Corbin, UNC Concord 74 Central, Jackson 37 Winecoff, SCIENTIST Nutrition Research Inst. • 75 Central, Barco 38 Alamance, Greensboro Morehead STEM Academy, 39 Bolton, Winston-Salem 76 Colerain, Colerain # Scientist, Organization • Charlotte 40 Flat Rock, Mt. Airy 77 Creswell, Creswell School, City 13 Saroja Voruganti, UNC 41 Florence, High Point 78 Fred A. Anderson, All schools are middle Nutrition Research Inst. • Bayboro schools unless otherwise 42 Jefferson, Greensboro Ridge Road, Charlotte 79 G.R. Whitfield, specified. 43 Liberty Drive, 14 Lauren Davis, NC Grimesland A&T State Univ. • Blessed Thomasville 1 Jennifer Rhode Ward, 80 Gaston & Squire, UNC Asheville • AC Sacrament School, 44 Mocksville Mocksville, Gaston Reynolds, Asheville Burlington 45 Mountain Park, State 81 Inborden, Enfield 2 15 Karen Katula, UNC Road Summer Cortinas, 82 James W. Smith, Cove NC BioNetwork • Bethel, Greensboro • Central Graham 46 North Graham, City Waynesville Davidson, Lexington 47 Pine Hall Pine Hall, 83 Jamesville, Jamesville 3 Amy Boyd, Warren 16 Keith Bonin, Wake 48 Forest Univ. • Central, Boys & Girls Club: 84 Jones Co. Schools, Wilson College • Charles D. Dobson International Club, Trenton Owen, Swannanoa Winston-Salem 17 Julia Loreth, UNC 85 Manteo, Manteo 4 Becca Hale, UNC 49 Boys & Girls Club: Ken Asheville • Erwin, Asheville Greensboro • E. Lawson Carlson Club, Winston- 86 M.B. Hubbard, Brown, Thomasville Battleboro 5 Steve Hagemean & Mark Salem Appalachian St. Univ. • 18 John Gerwin, NC K–12 EVENTS Zrull, Kinston 50 Southwest, Lexington 87 Northeast, Granite Falls, Granite Falls Museum of Natural Sciences Elizabeth 51 Westfield, Pilot 88 Pasquotank, 6 Monique Eckerd, • East, Bisoce Mountain City Appalachian St. Univ. • 19 Nicole Levi- 52 Burton Magnet, Durham 89 Perquimans Central, Harris, Spruce Pine Polyachenko, Wake Forest Winfall Univ. • Oak Grove, Winston- 53 7 Christi Whitworth, Dillard Drive Middle, Salem Raleigh 90 Riverview, PARI • Immaculata Catholic, Murfreesboro 20 Patrick Martin, NC 54 Efland-Cheeks, Efland Hendersonville 91 Smyrna, Smyrna A&T State Univ. • Reidsville, 55 Glenwood, Chapel Hill 8 Tonya Coffey, 92 Tommy’s Road, Appalachian St. Univ. • Reidsville

56 Joe Toler Oak Hill, Goldsboro New Dimensions Charter, 21 Matt Catanzarite, Oxford 93 Trent Park, New Bern Morganton UNC Greensboro • South 57 Mary Scroggs, Chapel 9 Lauren Waterworth & Davidson, Denton Hill 94 Willis Hare, Pendleton Appalachian 22 Debbie Pritchard, NC 95 Booker T. Washington Bryan Zorn, 58 Millbrook Magnet, St. Univ. • Valle Crucis, Sugar BioNetwork • Surry County Primary, Clarkton Raleigh Grove Schools, Pilot Mountain 59 Northside, Norlina 96 Chadbourn, Chadbourn 60 Oak Lane, Hurdle Mills 97 Dixon, Holly Ridge 61 Perry Harrison, 98 Don Steed, Raeford Pittsboro 99 East Arcadia, 62 Seawell, Chapel Hill Riegelwood 63 Siler City, Siler City 100 Elizabethtown Primary, Elizabethtown 64 UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill 101 Gallberry Farm, Hope Mills 65 Wayne Ave. , Dunn 102 Gregory School 66 Wilson’s Mills, Wilson’s of Science, Math & Mills Technology, Wilmington 67 Kittrell Zeb Vance, 103 Loyd Auman, 68 Arthur Edwards, Fayetteville Havelock 104 Manchester, Spring 69 Baskerville, Rocky Lake Mount 105 North Topsail, 70 Ben D. Quinn, New Hampstead Bern 106 South Topsail, Hampstead

18 North Carolina Science Festival • 2014 Final Report 23 Radiah Minor, NC A&T 43 Ann Carr, NC State State Univ. • Thomasville, Univ. • Enfield, Enfield Thomasville 44 Rebecca Pollet, UNC 24 Jan Woraratanadharm, Chapel Hill • Grantham, Global Vaccines • Apex, Goldsboro Apex 45 Charmaine Yung, Duke 25 Erik Tracy, UNC Univ. Marine Lab • Pamlico Pembroke • Crain’s Creek, County, Bayboro Carthage 46 Jeff McKinnon, East 26 Rachel Goldsmith, Carolina Univ. • Riverside, National Institutes of Health Williamston • Culbreth, Chapel Hill 47 Krista McCoy, East 27 Patrick Green, Duke Carolina Univ. • South Creek, Univ. • Dillard Drive, Raleigh Robersonville 28 Marissa Lee, Duke 48 John Stiller, East Univ. • East Wake Academy, Carolina Univ. • West Zebulon Edgecombe, Rocky Mount 29 Natalia Ocampo- 49 Sue Kezios & Karl Peñuela, Duke Univ. • East Ricanek, UNC Wilmington • Wake, Raleigh Burgaw, Burgaw 30 Annelise Hocevar 50 Todd LaMaskin, UNC GRAVITY GAMES 21 Wake Young Women’s Gorensek, UNC Chapel Hill • Wilmington • Roland Grise, Leadership Academy, Githens, Durham Wilmington City Raleigh 31 Jason Cryan & # School, All schools are middle 22 Willow Oak Montessori Christine Goforth, NC SCIENCE Charter, Chapel Hill Museum of Natural Sciences schools unless otherwise • Leesville Road, Raleigh SPOTLIGHT specified. 23 Goldsboro High, Goldsboro 32 Duncan McPherson, 1 Avery, Newland # Teacher, School, City 24 Greenwood, Goldsboro UNC Chapel Hill • McDougle, 2 Charles D. Owen, Chapel Hill All schools are high schools. Swannanoa 25 John A. Holmes High, Edenton 33 Caiti Smukowski Heil, 1 Heather Bolick, Butler, 3 Polk County Schools,

Duke Univ. • Mills Park, Cary Matthews Columbus 26 Lenoir County Early EVENTS K–12 College High, Kinston 34 Chelsea Clifford, Duke 2 Charnell Chasten, John 4 Gaston Early College, Univ. • Orange Charter, F. Kennedy, Winston-Salem Dallas 27 Columbus Career and College Academy, Hillsborough 3 Scott Kyles, North Surry, Gastonia 5 Grier, Whiteville 35 Eleanor Caves & Katie Mount Airy 6 Holbrook, Lowell Thomas, Duke Univ. • Wake 28 Noble, Wilmington 4 Valencia Abbott & 7 John Chavis, Cherryville Young Women’s Leadership Kimberly Thompson- 29 Union, Clinton 8 Rockingham, Academy, Raleigh Hairston, Rockingham Early 30 West Bladen High, Rockingham 36 Adam Werts, NC State College, Wentworth Bladenboro 9 Sun Valley, Indian Trail Univ. • Wendell, Wendell 5 Kelly Hartzell, Franklin 37 Ben Coleman, Duke Academy, Wake Forest 10 The Academy at Lincoln, Greensboro Univ. • West Pine, West End 6 Stephen Snyder, Lee 38 Heather Heenahan, County, Sanford 11 Ferndale, High Point Duke Univ. Marine Lab • 7 Johnathan Waugh, 12 John F. Kennedy High, Beaufort, Beaufort Louisburg, Louisburg Winston-Salem 39 Patrick Rider & 8 Ruth Wormald, Wake 13 South Stokes High, Heather Vance-Chalcraft, Young Women’s Leadership Walnut Cove East Carolina Univ. • Bertie, Academy, Raleigh 14 T.W. Andrews High, Windsor 9 Denise Furr, Wakefield, High Point 40 Alyse Larkin, Duke Raleigh 15 Tyro, Lexington Univ. Marine Lab • Broad Columbia, 16 Walkertown, Creek, Newport 10 Lenny Leta, Columbia Walkertown 41 Bob Hickner, East J.P. 17 William Ellis, Advance Carolina Univ. • C.B. Martin, 11 Crystal Schultz, Knapp Early College, Tarboro 18 Four Oaks, Four Oaks Currituck 42 Cindy Lane, Great 19 Githens, Durham Gates Dismal Swamp National 12 Teri Campbell, 20 Lowe’s Grove School of County, Gatesville Wildlife Refuge • Central, Technology, Durham Gatesville 13 Jill Cohen, Perquimans County, Hertford

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