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© 2015 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. All rights reserved. 2015 final report North Carolina Science Festival is a statewide two- week celebration of STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — with community- based events hosted by museums, science centers, colleges, universities, businesses, parks, libraries and Contacts other sites. Founded in 2010 by Morehead Planetarium and North Carolina Science Festival Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Science Center at the University of North Carolina University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at Chapel Hill, the Festival has served more than one Campus Box 3480 • Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3480 million participants of all ages since its inception. ncsciencefestival.org • [email protected] Festival events include expos, science talks, lab tours, 919-843-8329 nature experiences, exhibits, performances and hands- Jonathan Frederick Marissa Hartzler on activities. These events highlight the educational, Festival director Statewide programs cultural and economic impacts of STEM in North [email protected] coordinator Carolina. [email protected] Todd Boyette, Ph.D. Festival co-founder Jeff Hill The Festival is made possible through generous [email protected] Sponsorships support from leading business and government [email protected] Denise Young, Ed.D. partners and through the participation of dozens of Festival co-founder event hosts across North Carolina. [email protected]
Board of Advisors
James C. Moeser, D.M.A., Chair Lew Ebert Lynne Scott Safrit, Dr.P.H. UNC–Chapel Hill N.C. Chamber N.C. Research Campus June St. Clair Atkinson, Ed.D. Marilyn Foote-Hudson Charles A. Sanders, M.D. N.C. Dept. of Public Instruction N.C. GlaxoSmithKline Foundation GSK (retired) Betsy M. Bennett, Ed.D. Ann B. Goodnight Machelle Sanders Capital Development Services SAS Biogen Christopher Brown, Ph.D. John Hardin, Ph.D. Christy L. Shaffer, Ph.D. Rep. of Thomas W. Ross N.C. Dept. of Commerce Hatteras Venture Partners UNC General Administration The Honorable James B. Hunt Jr. Daniel Solomon, Ph.D. John E. Burris, Ph.D. Governor of the State of N.C., Rep. of W. Randolph Woodson Burroughs Wellcome Fund 1977–1985, 1993–2001 N.C. State University Alfred G. Childers, Ph.D. The Honorable Howard N. Lee Richard Superfine, Ph.D. MagellanScience.org Howard N. Lee Institute UNC–Chapel Hill Joseph M. DeSimone, Ph.D. R. Scott Ralls, Ph.D. Christine Whitaker N.C. State University N.C. Community College System Time Warner Cable UNC–Chapel Hill Thomas W. Ross W. Randolph Woodson, Ph.D. UNC General Administration N.C. State University
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Open the fold for a history of the Festival AN ENDOWMENT FROM BURROUGHS WELLCOME FUND
The NC Science Festival received its first-ever endowment gift on March 4, 2015, when Burroughs Wellcome Fund President John Burris presented a $1 million check during a formal announcement at the NC Executive Mansion in Raleigh. UNC system President Tom Ross accepted the check on behalf of the Festival, and Gov. Pat McCrory spoke about the importance of science education in North Carolina.
“The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has supported the North Carolina Science Festival since its very beginnings,” said Burris. “By providing an endowment for the Festival, we hope the citizens of North Carolina will continue to benefit from its work in engaging the public with science.”
The endowment was presented in celebration of Burroughs Wellcome Fund’s 60th anniversary and will support long-term strategic investments in the Festival, helping to ensure its continued growth and development. Burroughs Wellcome Fund President John Burris and UNC system President Tom Ross
Celebrating FIVE YEARS
2011 Five-year gift from NC Sept. 11–26, 2010 GlaxoSmithKline April 13–29, 2012 1st annual NC Science Sept. 19, 2010 Foundation to help 2nd annual NC Festival (85,860 “An Afternoon with Festival grow Science Festival participants) — first-ever Adam & Jamie: with new April statewide science festival in MythBusters” timetable (233,750 U.S. participants)
2010 2011 2012
December 2011 April 2010 Sept. 25, 2010 Recruitment for new school Burroughs Nobel Laureate programs: Science Night Wellcome Fund Oliver Smithies and Invite-a-Scientist February 2012 becomes 1st speaks at UNC Kelvin becomes platinum sponsor Science Expo official spokesbot BIOGEN FOUNDATION NAMED “PRESENTING SPONSOR”
With a $450,000 sustaining gift to the NC Science Festival, the Biogen Foundation has been named “Presenting Sponsor” of the Festival through 2017. The gift will help the Festival expand its geographic reach to all 100 North Carolina counties, offering a Festival event within a 30-minute drive of everyone in the state.
“We believe that science is for everyone,” said Joydeep Ganguly, Biogen Foundation director. “We’re proud to be working with the North Carolina Science Festival to help kids and families across the state experience the excitement of science and learn how they can change the world through science careers.”
Biogen Foundation representative Gena Renfrow presented the gift during opening ceremonies for the North Carolina Science Teachers Association conference in Winston-Salem on Nov. 6, 2014. Festival co-founder Todd Boyette accepted the gift on behalf of the Festival. Festival co-founder Todd Boyette and Biogen Foundation representative Gena Renfrow
April 5, 2013 1st annual Statewide Star April 16, 2013 Party (44 sites) — first-ever 1st annual “STEM Day” at statewide star party in U.S. NC General Assembly
April 26, 2012 “An Evening April 11, 2013 Inaugural Science with Neil December 2013 deGrasse Tyson” Summit, hosted by NCSU Institute for Recruitment for new school Emerging Issues program: Science Spotlight
2013 2014
April 18 and 20, 2013 April 5–21, 2013 “An Evening with Alton 3rd annual Brown: The Science of NC Science Cooking” Festival (151,678 participants) Founders’ Letter Dear Friends,
Early in 2010, we began to explore the possibility of Morehead Planetarium and Science Center hosting a science festival in the Triangle. The idea grew, and we expanded our vision to serve the entire state of North Carolina.
First, we had a lot of work to do. We described our vision to sponsors. We recruited museums, libraries, colleges, parks and even breweries to host science-themed educational events. We invited Adam and Jamie, the hosts of TV’s MythBusters, to perform. We designed promotional materials and launched a website. Somehow, in just nine months, we developed the North Carolina Science Festival — the first statewide science festival ever held.
We introduced the North Carolina Science Festival as a two-week celebration, September 11–26, 2010, with 413 events. There were 85,860 participants. Clearly, this was a good idea. Fast forward to 2015, and we’re celebrating our fifth birthday and our millionth participant!
Many of our founding sponsors continue to help the Festival bring exciting science programs to North Carolinians across the state. We’ve introduced annual programs for elementary, middle and high school students. We’ve initiated the first-ever Statewide Star Party. And we’ve received an endowment from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund that will help support the Festival for many years to come.
We are so proud that the Festival has gathered our state’s best resources, from event sites to STEM professionals to corporate leaders, to celebrate the importance of science to our state, now and in the future. Happy Birthday, North Carolina Science Festival! And many more to come ....
Todd Boyette, Ph.D. Denise Young, Ed.D. Co-Founders, North Carolina Science Festival
March 4, 2015 Burroughs Wellcome Fund March 28–April 13, 2014 announces $1 million endowment 4th annual NC Science to NC Science Festival Festival (333,789 participants) 2015 Leader of National April 24, 2015 Science Foundation NC Science February 2014 research project, Festival recognizes New event sponsorship “EvalFest” program makes first its millionth awards participant
2015
2014 April 10–26, 2015 Partner in National Science November 2014 5th annual NC Science Foundation research project, Festival (378,113 participants) “Science Festival Alliance” Biogen Foundation named as Presenting Sponsor for three- year term By the public events Numbers 437
public event attendance
on-air/online 147,219 program participation 174,936
total events 960 k-12 events 486
K-12 program ATTENDANCE total participation 40,597 380,203
pre-festival event ATTENDANCE
17,451 star parties 49
star party attendance 4,248
2 North Carolina Science Festival | 2015 Final Report Events in 88/100 counties
k-12 programs
Duke Energy Science Nights (Schools) 125
Invite-a-Scientist (Classes) 150
Science Spotlight (Classes) 37
NC Gravity Games (Sponsored Teams) 24
Carolina STEM Challenge (Classes) 110
Science Symphony (Schools) 21
North Carolina Science Festival | 2015 Final Report 3 Celebrating FIVE YEARS: the festival’s cumulative impact
total beginning counties in 2012 served 100%
total family science nights 352 total events 3,062
total science spotlight programs beginning in 2014 total participation 51 1,187,438
beginning in 2013
Photo: Brian Owen total invite- total statewide a-scientist star parties programs beginning in 2012 129 289
4 North Carolina Science Festival | 2015 Final Report meet our millionth participant
In 2015, North Carolina Science Festival recognized its millionth participant — a tremendous benchmark for our annual celebration of science, now completing its fifth year!
Our millionth participant, a seventh-grade student at Wake Young Women’s Leadership Academy, was one of 600 middle- and high-school students from across North Carolina who attended the RTP STEM Expo (a new career exploration program hosted by US2020) on Friday, April 24, 2015.
Festival director Jonathan Frederick presented her with a prize pack that included tickets for her family to attend the “MythBusters: Adam and Jamie Unleashed!” performance* after the Festival. She received another prize pack to give to her school’s science coordinator.
Hundreds of Festival event hosts have provided time and shared resources throughout the Festival’s five-year history to reach this milestone and to create innovative science education programming for all North Carolinians. We thank our event hosts, our sponsors and our participants as the North Carolina Science Festival begins to serve its second million participants!
*Thanks to the staff at Raleigh’s Memorial Auditorium, which provided this prize in a unique tribute to the Festival’s inaugural year, when Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, hosts of TV’s “MythBusters,” starred in the Festival’s first large-scale event.
kelvin’s presidential moment
Kelvin, the popular spokesbot of the North Carolina Science Festival, marked two milestones of his own during the 2015 Festival — his first opportunity to meet the President of the United States and his first appearance on national television.
The adventure began on April 15, when President Barack Obama spoke in Charlotte during a town hall meeting at ImaginOn, a joint facility of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and the Children’s Theatre of Charlotte. The ImaginOn library staff had decorated the room for the town hall meeting with stuffed animals and other figures, including Kelvin.
When President Obama looked around the room before the meeting began, Kelvin caught his attention. “I like that little robot,” he said. “Do you have any more of him?”
As hosts of several Festival events, the library staff did have Photo: Whitehouse.gov more Kelvin figures — enough to position throughout the room on different bookshelves. As a result, Kelvin appeared to be looking over the President’s shoulder in almost every view seen on national television and other major media.
North Carolina Science Festival | 2015 Final Report 5 Special initiatives
Duke energy Science Nights In its first year as sponsor of North Carolina Science Festival’s popular “family science night” programming, Duke Energy Foundation helped bring hands-on science activities to 125 elementary schools and partner sites this year.
Most elementary schools schedule Duke Energy Science Nights during early evening hours, when entire families can participate. Children and their parents work together to explore and build tabletop science projects, such as the “Garden in a Glove” and models of molecular structures. There are no textbooks, no lectures — just lots of fun and experimentation as the families follow simple instructions to discover science principles through “we built it ourselves!” experiences.
Teachers, other school personnel and volunteers are nearby to facilitate the activities, and many schools choose to offer additional activities or provide demonstration space for local organizations that offer their own science programming (for example, fire safety or animal conservation activities).
We thank Duke Energy Foundation for sponsoring Duke Energy Science Nights statewide!
unc challenge grant North Carolina Science Festival provides an ideal opportunity for Institutions within the University of North Carolina system to share their scientific research with the public and to help North Carolinians learn more about higher education pathways to STEM careers.
In 2015, UNC system President Thomas Ross introduced the UNC Challenge Grant program to expand Festival participation by UNC System institutions. This program provided support for public Festival events at UNC campuses Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Greenville, Pembroke, Raleigh, Wilmington and Winston-Salem — 10 events in all. The events included expos, public lectures, programs for K-12 partners and other activities.
We thank the University of North Carolina system for sponsoring UNC Challenge Grants statewide!
6 North Carolina Science Festival | 2015 Final Report meet the scientists
Every year, hundreds of North Carolina scientists donate their time to inspire children and adults by sharing stories about their research, their careers and their lives as scientists. They are an integral part of many North Carolina Science Festival events held throughout the state. We are grateful to all of them!
In addition to the scientists who volunteer to be a part of public events, the Festival team also recruits a corps of scientists and researchers from many institutions who visit North Carolina middle and high schools.
The Festival thanks these “Invite-a-Scientist” and Science Spotlight role models:
Elizabeth Ables, East Carolina Annelise Gorensik, UNC-Chapel Hill Debbie Pritchard, Salem College University Patrick Green, Duke University Yiping Qi, East Carolina University Molly Albecker, East Carolina University Jennie Harkness, Duke University Aspen Reese, Duke University Keith Bonin, Wake Forest University Heather Heenehan, Duke University Karl Ricanek, UNC Wilmington Randy Booker, UNC Asheville Amelia Helms, East Carolina University Joanna Rivkin, Duke University Amy Boyd, Warren Wilson College Marcus Jones, UNC Charlotte Jess Schleuter, UNC Charlotte Patrick Brannon, Highlands Biological Tom Schmedake, UNC Charlotte Station Martin Kang, Duke University Leslie Slota, Duke University Tuan Cao, UNC Charlotte Karen Katula, UNC Greensboro Noah Snyder-Mackler, Duke University Sophie Carrell, NC State University Sue Kezios, UNC Wilmington Inna Sokolova, UNC Charlotte Eleanor Caves, Duke University Katie Kretovich, Duke University John Stiller, East Carolina University Ben Coleman, Duke University Marissa Lee, Duke University Brandon Tate, Appalachian State Summer Cortinas, BioNetwork Irene Liao, Duke University University Jason Cryan, North Carolina Museum of Irene Liu, Duke University Katie Thomas, Duke University Natural Sciences Danielle Lundquist, NC State University Stephanie Tolar, Duke University Lauren Davis, NC A&T University Patrick Martin, NC A&T University Shea Tuberty, Appalachian State Adrian Down, Duke University Jeremy Marzuola, UNC-Chapel Hill University Ted Feitshans, NC State University Krista McCoy, East Carolina University Heather Vance-Chalcraft, East Carolina Danielle Finger, East Carolina University University Moses McDaniel, Elizabeth City State University Lauren Waterworth, Appalachian State Dane Fisher, Pfeiffer University University Jeff McKinnon, East Carolina University Matthew Fleetwood, Appalachian State Christi Whitworth, Pisgah Astronomical University Duncan McPherson, UNC-Chapel Hill Research Institute Tamara Gaspar, UNC Charlotte Radiah Minor, NC A&T University Dillon Yost, UNC-Chapel Hill John Gerwin, North Carolina Museum Katherine Novitzky, East Carolina Charmaine Yung, Duke University of Natural Sciences University Maxim Zalutskiy, Wake Forest Alex Glass, Duke University Sean O’Connell, Western Carolina University University Chris Goforth, North Carolina Museum Mark Zrull, Appalachian State of Natural Sciences Rebecca Pollet, UNC-Chapel Hill University
Photos from left to right: Karl Ricanek, Radiah Minor, Jason Cryan, Irene Liao, Moses McDaniel, Rebecca Pollet Photos provided by the scientists and by these institutions: Duke University, Elizabeth City State University, NC A&T University, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC Wilmington
North Carolina Science Festival | 2015 Final Report 7 The big picture
Educational Initiatives Public Events
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Duke Energy Science Night DIXON elementary school, 396 onslow county EVENT LISTING
KEY TO LISTINGS: 9 Boiling Springs Elementary 21 Eblen Intermediate 34 Isothermal Community Map # Event Host, City, Events School, Shelby, Duke Energy School, Asheville, Gravity College, Spindale, Isothermal Science Night Games Prototyping Team Science and Technology Expo western 10 Bowman Middle School, 22 Elk Knob State Park, Bakersville, Duke Energy Todd, Statewide Star Party: 35 Junaluska Elementary 1 Alleghany Wellness Center, Science Night, Invite-a- Elk Knob School, Waynesville, Duke Sparta, Alleghany County Scientist Energy Science Night 23 Forrest W. Hunt Health Expo 11 Buncombe County Elementary School, Forest 36 KidSenses Children’s Schools, Asheville, Celebrate 2 Anspach Advanced STEM City, Duke Energy Science InterACTIVE Museum, Manufacturing Center, Night Rutherfordton, Science Burnsville, Mayland 12 Candler Elementary Exploration Day! Community College School, Candler, Duke Energy 24 Gateway School, Granite Advanced Manufacturing Science Night Falls, Science Spotlight 37 McDowell High School, Career Day Marion, Gravity Games 13 C.C. Wright Elementary 25 Google, Lenoir, NC Gravity Prototyping Team 3 Appalachian State School, North Wilkesboro, Games Duke Energy Science Night 38 Millers Creek Elementary University, Boone, ASU STEM 26 Graham Elementary Expo; Watauga SumoBot School, Millers Creek, Duke 14 Charles D. Owen Middle School, Shelby, Science Energy Science Night Competition; Fermentation: School, Swannanoa, Science Symphony the Original Sustainable in Action Celebration 39 NC Science Olympiad, Practice; The Sustainable 27 Hands On! A Child’s Black Mountain, Buncombe Student: Educating for 15 Charles D. Owen Middle Gallery, Hendersonville, School, Swannanoa, Gravity Elementary Science Empowerment and the Meet a Musician!; Science of Games Prototyping Team; Olympiad Tournament Sound; The Science of Sound: Environment Invite-a-Scientist A Family Science Night 40 Nebo Elementary School, Nebo, Duke Energy Science 28 Harris Middle School, Night Spruce Pine, Duke Energy Science Night 41 New Dimensions Charter School, Morganton, Invite-a- 29 Hayesville Middle School, Scientist Hayesville, Invite-a-Scientist 42 Phoenix Academy 30 Hendersonville Alternative Learning Center, Elementary School, Marion, Gravity Games Hendersonville, Duke Energy Prototyping Team Science Night 43 Pisgah Astronomical 31 Hominy Valley Elementary Research Institute, Rosman, School, Candler, Duke Energy Evening at PARI: Astronomy Science Night Inspired Music Watauga SumoBot Competition 32 Hot Springs Elementary 44 Pisgah Astronomical boone 3 School, Hot Springs, Duke Research Institute, Rosman, Energy Science Night Statewide Star Party: PARI
4 Ashe County Public 16 Chase Middle School, High 33 Icard Elementary School, 45 Pleasant Gardens Library, Shoals, Invite-a-Scientist Connelly Springs, Duke Elementary School, Marion, Jefferson, Croakey Pokey Energy Science Night Duke Energy Science Night Storywalk 17 Cherokee County 21st Century Program, Murphy, 5 Ashe Schools of Home Duke Energy Science Night Education, West Jefferson, 4th Annual SciDay: 18 Colburn Earth Science Asheville, Beer Homeschool Science Fair & Museum, City Science; Blast Off: SciShow Planetarium Show; Budding 6 Asheville-Buncombe Scientists: Preschool Science Technical Community Program; Downtown College, Asheville, High Asheville Geology Walk; School Tours; Open House Science Rocks; Super Science and Job Fair; Middle School Saturday: Fossil Dig! Tours 19 East McDowell Middle School, Marion, Gravity
7 Bethel Middle School, Games Prototyping Team Waynesville, Invite-a-Scientist 20 Eastfield Global Magnet Isothermal Science and Technology Expo 8 Bethlehem Elementary Marion, Duke Energy School, Spindale 34 School, Taylorsville, Duke Science Night Energy Science Night
10 North Carolina Science Festival | 2015 Final Report 46 Riverbend Elementary 64 Carolina Raptor Center, 80 Discovery Place KIDS- 92 ImaginOn, Charlotte School, Clyde, Duke Energy Huntersville, Free Day at Huntersville, Huntersville, Mecklenburg Library, Science Night Carolina Raptor Center; HSBC Coral Reef Ecosystems; Charlotte, Story Explorers: Young Vet’s Day; Photo Wild Planting on Earth Day; Week We Dig Dinosaurs; Story 47 Smoky Mountain High Explorers: You Can Build It! of the Young Child: Science School, Sylva, Science 65 Carowinds, Charlotte, Spotlight Education Days at Carowinds and Art 93 Independence Regional Library, Charlotte 48 The Children’s Playhouse, 66 Carroll T. Overton 81 E-Corps Expeditions Inc., Mecklenburg Library, Boone, Playhouse Build Fest Elementary School, Salisbury, Charlotte, Get S.T.E.M. Ed. 2 Charlotte, Art Club: Finding Duke Energy Science Night Art in Science; Kitchen 49 The NC Arboretum, 82 E.E. Waddell Language Science; New Trends in Asheville, Mountain Science 67 Catawba Science Center, Academy, Charlotte, Science Gaming Expo: Full STEAM Ahead Hickory, Sound Science on Symphony 94 J.N. Fries STEM School, 50 Township Three the SALT Block 83 Elizabeth Duncan Koontz Concord, Invite-a-Scientist Elementary School, Shelby, Elementary School, Salisbury, 68 Catawba Valley 95 J.N. Fries STEM School, Duke Energy Science Night Community College, Newton, Duke Energy Science Night Concord, Statewide Star EXTREME STEM Tour 51 UNC Asheville, Asheville, 84 Forest Park Elementary Party: JN Fries Seeking STEM: An On-Line 69 Central Piedmont School, Kannapolis, Duke 96 John Chavis Middle Scavenger Hunt Community College, Energy Science Night School, Cherryville, Gravity Charlotte, CPCC Advanced Games Prototyping Team 52 UNC Asheville, Asheville, 85 Forestview High School, Manufacturing Awareness Statewide Star Party: Lookout Gastonia, Gravity Games 97 Kannapolis Library, Observatory Day Prototyping Team Cabarrus County Public Library, Kannapolis, Parts of 53 W. Kerr Scott Dam and 70 Charlotte Nature 86 Gaston College, Dallas, Us; Rockets to the Rescue; Reservoir, Boomer, Statewide Museum, Charlotte, Earth Day sciVisit Rube Goldberg Machines Star Party: Kerr Scott Play Date Reservoir 98 Kennedy Middle School, 71 China Grove Middle 87 Harrisburg Public Library, Harrisburg, Garden in a Glove Charlotte, Gravity Games 54 Washington Elementary School, China Grove, Invite-a- Prototyping Team School, Shelby, Science Scientist Symphony 72 Cloverleaf Elementary 55 West Lenoir Elementary School, Statesville, Duke School, Lenoir, Duke Energy Energy Science Night Science Night 73 Coltrane-Webb 56 West McDowell Middle Elementary School, Concord, School, Marion, Gravity Technology and Engineering Games Prototyping Team Extravaganza 57 Western Carolina 74 Coltrane-Webb University, Sylva, Statewide Elementary School, Concord, Star Party: Western Carolina Science Symphony University 75 Concord Library, Cabarrus County Public Library, greater charlotte Concord, Catapult Physics; Lettuce Learn About Plants 58 Albemarle Middle School, UNC Charlotte Science and Albemarle, Invite-a-Scientist 76 Cox Mill High School, Technology Expo 126 Concord, CMHS Science charlotte 59 Atomz Lab, Charlotte, Night Earth Day’s 45th Anniversary Celebration 77 Cox Mill High School, Concord, Duke Energy 88 Hickory Grove Library, 60 Bain Elementary School, 99 Lake Wylie Elementary Science Night Charlotte Mecklenburg Mint Hill, Duke Energy School, Charlotte, Science Library, Charlotte, Lego Science Night 78 Discovery Place, Symphony Charlotte, Amphibian Engineering 61 Banoak Elementary 100 Matthews Library, Fun; Bird-Lore and More; Charlotte Mecklenburg School, Vale, Duke Energy 89 Hidden Valley Elementary Carolinas STEM Conference; Library, Matthews, Ectoplasm Science Night School, Charlotte, Science Day of Dissection; Reptile Symphony Science; Rookie Science: 62 Barringer Academic Fun; Stemlympics; National Color Science 90 Hunter Huss High School, Center, Charlotte, Duke Astronomy Day; Science On 101 Metrolina Regional Gastonia, Hunter Huss High Energy Science Night; The Rocks: Geek Out, Freak Scholars Academy, Charlotte, Science Symphony Out School’s 5th Grade Science Duke Energy Science Night Celebration 63 Bob Moog Foundation, 79 Discovery Place, 102 Mineral Springs Charlotte, Dr. Bob’s Sonic Charlotte, Statewide Star 91 Hunter Huss High School, Elementary School, Ellerbe, Workshop Party: Charlotte Gastonia, Science Spotlight Duke Energy Science Night
North Carolina Science Festival | 2015 Final Report 11 103 Mint Hill Library, 118 Rocky River Elementary 131 Wadesboro Elementary 143 Brunson Elementary Charlotte Mecklenburg School, Monroe, Duke Energy School, Wadesboro, Duke School, Winston-Salem, Duke Library, Mint Hill, Rookie Science Night Energy Science Night Energy Science Night Science: Block Party 119 Rowan-Cabarrus 132 West Boulevard Library, 144 Central Davidson Middle 104 Mitchell Community Community College, Charlotte Mecklenburg School, Lexington, Invite-a- College, Statesville, Salisbury, RCCC’s STEM Open Library, Charlotte, Artbots; Scientist Iredell County Advanced House Ectoplasm Science;
Manufacturing Day: Powered Introduction to Homework 145 Central Middle School, 120 Sedgefield Elementary Dobson, Invite-a-Scientist by Technology School, Charlotte, Science Help; Rookie Science: Yummy Science 105 Morrison Regional Symphony 146 Guilford College, Greensboro, The Sun, Our Library, Charlotte 133 West Rowan High 121 South County Regional Star Mecklenburg Library, Library, Charlotte School, Mt. Ulla, Science Charlotte, Rookie Science: Mecklenburg Library, Spotlight 147 Guilford Technical Earth Day Every Day Charlotte, Rookie Science: 134 Woodrow Wilson Community College, Science to Save the Earth Jamestown, Interactive 106 Mountain Island Library, Elementary School, Science Demonstrations: Charlotte Mecklenburg 122 Spandex City Comics, Kannapolis, Duke Energy Meteorites and More; Killer Library, Charlotte, Afternoon Charlotte, Science and Science Night Death Rocks from Outer Adventures: Artbots; Read a Superheroes Contest Book, Learn to Cook; Rookie Space Science: NC Animals 123 St. Patrick Catholic piedmont triad School, Charlotte, Duke 148 Guilford Technical Community College, 107 Mountain View Energy Science Night 135 Academy at Lincoln, Jamestown, Statewide Star Elementary School, Hickory, 124 Stallings Elementary Greensboro, Rubik’s® Cube Science Symphony Party: Cline Observatory School, Stallings, Duke Competition and Tutorial 149 Conservators Center, 108 Mt. Pleasant Public Energy Science Night 136 Alamance Burlington Burlington, Meet (and Library, Charlotte Schools, Graham, Duke 125 The Schiele Museum of Hear) the Animals of the Mecklenburg Library, Mt. Energy Science Night Natural History, Gastonia, Conservators Center Pleasant, Songs of the Deep: Earth Day 2015: Homegrown; Why Whales Sing and Olives 137 Aycock Middle School, Schiele Science Cafe: Tiny Greensboro, Gravity Games 150 Davidson County Float Houses Prototyping Team Community College, Thomasville, High School 109 NC Science Olympiad, Charlotte, 126 UNC Charlotte, 138 Bethany Community Career Discovery Day Concord, Cabarrus County Big Data in Our Society; Middle School, Reidsville, Elementary Science Coding for Girls; Expert Invite-a-Scientist 151 Emerging Ecology, Olympiad Panel on GMOs: Medicine Greensboro, Universe Story and Food; Expert Panel on 110 NC State Parks, 139 Betsy-Jeff Penn Walk Sports Concussions; Inside Albemarle, Statewide Star 4-H Educational Center, Interactive Computing 152 Ferndale Middle School, Party: Morrow Mountain State Reidsville, Beaver Pond Hikes: Design; Keeping Watch: City High Point, Gravity Games Park Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Center of Creeks; Robotics for Kids Prototyping Team 140 Blessed Sacrament 111 North County Regional Workshop; Science Film and 153 Forsyth Astronomical School, Burlington, Invite-a- Library, Charlotte Discussion: Particle Fever; Yadkinville, Scientist Society, Mecklenburg Library, Science Film and Discussion: Statewide Star Party: Yadkin Shored Up; Tape, Loop, Huntersville, Afternoon 141 Blessed Sacrament County Park Delay: Science, Technology Adventures: Bubbles, School, Burlington, and Contemporary Bubbles, Bubbles X-STREAM Weather Ahead 154 Forsyth Technical Percussion Music; UNC Community College, 112 North Newton Charlotte Graduate Research 142 Bolton Elementary Winston-Salem, Forsyth Elementary School, Newton, Symposium; UNC Charlotte School, Winston-Salem, Duke Technical Community College Duke Energy Science Night Science and Technology Expo Energy Science Night Open House 113 Oxford Elementary 127 UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, School, Claremont, Duke Statewide Star Party: UNC Energy Science Night Charlotte 114 Patriots STEM 128 Union Academy, Monroe, Elementary School, Concord, Invite-a-Scientist Duke Energy Science Night 129 Union County Early 115 Project for Innovation, College, Monroe, Science Energy and Sustainability, Spotlight Davidson, The Green Idea 130 University City Factory Competition at PiES Regional Library, Charlotte 116 RichfieldE lementary Mecklenburg Library, School, Richfield, Duke Charlotte, Rookie Science: Energy Science Night Earth Science; Rookie Science: Food Science; 117 Rockingham Middle Rookie Science: Robots; Invite-a-Scientist: Katie Thomas School, Rockingham, Invite- Rookie Science: Space Yanceyville 177 a-Scientist Exploration
12 North Carolina Science Festival | 2015 Final Report 155 Franklin Elementary 173 Mocksville Elementary 192 SciWorks, Winston-Salem, 210 American Underground, School, Mt. Airy, Duke Energy School, Mocksville, Duke Science of Sound Durham, High School Science Night Energy Science Night Hackathon with Dr. Chris Emdin 193 SciWorks, Winston-Salem, 156 General Greene School 174 Mt. Gilead Elementary Statewide Star Party: SciWorks 211 Annie Louise Wilkerson, of Science and Technology, School, Mt. Gilead, Duke MD Nature Preserve Park, 194 South Stokes High School, Greensboro, Duke Energy Energy Science Night Raleigh, Statewide Star Party: Walnut Cove, Gravity Games Science Night Wilkerson Nature Preserve 175 NC A&T State University Prototyping Team 157 Greater Uwharries College of Engineering, 212 Annie Louise Wilkerson, 195 Southeast Guilford Middle Conservation Partnership, Greensboro, E-Academy MD Nature Preserve Park, School, Greensboro, Gravity Troy, Nature Day at Nichols with NC A&T’s College of Raleigh, Naturalist Hike: Games Prototyping Team Longleaf Pine Preserve Engineering Spring Wildflowers; Welcome, Hummingbirds! 158 Greensboro Children’s 176 NC Leadership Academy, 196 Southwest Elementary School, Lexington, Duke Energy Museum, Greensboro, Soil Kernersville, Duke Energy 213 Aversboro Elementary Science Night Uncovered Science Night School, Garner, Science Symphony 159 Greensboro Science 177 N.L. Dillard Middle 197 Stokes County Early College High School, Walnut Center, Greensboro, Party for School, Yanceyville, Invite-a- 214 Benson Elementary School, Cove, Science Spotlight the Planet; Tuxedo Trot: Run Scientist Benson, Duke Energy Science for the Penguins 178 North Elementary 198 Surry Community Night College, Dobson, Surry 160 Greensboro Science School, Providence, Duke 215 BioNetwork, Raleigh, Community College Advanced Center, Greensboro, Energy Science Night WALL*E: BioNetwork’s 4th Statewide Star Party: Manufacturing Day 179 North Graham Annual Sci-Fi Movie Myth Greensboro Science Center Elementary School, Graham, 199 Tectonic Plates: Alamance Buster County’s Science Cafe, Elon, 161 Guilford College, Duke Energy Science Night 216 Blue Jay Point County Tectonic Plates: Alamance Greensboro, SculptEcology Park, Raleigh, Songbird 180 North Surry High School, County’s Science Cafe with Celebration 162 Harris Educational, Mt. Airy, Science Spotlight Peter Reintjes Burlington, Burlington Mini 217 Butner-Stem Elementary 181 Paul J. Ciener Botanical 200 Triad Math and Science Maker Faire School, Butner, Duke Energy Garden, Kernersville, The Academy, Greensboro, Duke Science Night 163 Haw River State Park, Roots of Our Nutrition Energy Science Night; Invite-a- Browns Summit, Statewide 182 Pickett Elementary Scientist 218 Cameron Park Elementary Star Party: Haw River State School, Hillsborough, Duke School, Lexington, Duke 201 Tyro Middle School, Park Energy Science Night Energy Science Night Lexington, Invite-a-Scientist 164 Hawfields Middle School, 219 Carolina Brewing 183 Piedmont Environmental 202 UNC Greensboro, Mebane, Invite-a-Scientist Company, Holly Springs, Center, Jamestown, Following Greensboro, Science, Science, Carolina Brewing Company tour 165 High Point University Water; Wet and Wild Everywhere; Galileo Galilei, a School of Education, High Amphibian Night Walk Philip Glass opera 220 Carpenter Elementary Point, Come Build with Us: School, Cary, Duke Energy 184 Pilot Mountain Middle 203 UNC-TV, Greensboro, Meet Lego Showcase Event Science Night School, Pilot Mountain, Invite-a- Sid the Science Kid! Scientist 166 International Club, The 221 Communities in Schools of 204 Walkertown Middle Salvation Army of Winston- 185 Pilot Mountain State Park, Durham County, Durham, The School, Walkertown, Gravity Salem, Winston-Salem, Duke Pinnacle, Earth Day Celebration Science of Music Games Prototyping Team Energy Science Night and Junior Ranger Day 222 C.W. Stanford Middle 205 Wiley Elementary School, 167 Joint School of 186 Pilot Mountain State Park, School, Hillsborough, Stanford Greensboro, Duke Energy Nanoscience and Pinnacle, Statewide Star Party: Middle School STEM Expo Nanoengineering, Pilot Mountain State Park Science Night Greensboro, Gateway To 223 Dillard Drive Middle 206 Winston-Salem State 187 Pleasant Grove Community School, Raleigh, Duke Energy Science Winston-Salem, Center, Burlington, Statewide University, Science Night 168 Kathleen Clay Library, Star Party: Pleasant Grove Elementary School Mathematics Greensboro, Kathleen Clay Invitational; SciTech: Making 224 Duke Institute for Brain Library’s Earth Day 188 Pro Humanitate Institute, Innovative Connections Sciences, Durham, Seeing Winston-Salem, STEM @ Wake Color: Art, Vision and the Brain 169 Ken Carlson Club, The Laboratory Tours 225 Duke Science & Society, Salvation Army of Winston- research triangle Winston-Salem, Duke 189 Randolph Community Durham, Periodic Tables Salem, Energy Science Night College, Asheboro, Aquaponics Tours; A Conversation with 207 A.B. Combs Leadership 226 Duke University 170 Kimmel Farm Elementary Mammal Researcher Lisa Magnet Elementary School, Department of Physics, School, Winston-Salem, Duke Gatens Raleigh, Duke Energy Science Durham, Statewide Star Party: Energy Science Night Night Duke Teaching Observatory 190 Rockingham Community 171 Lake Brandt, Greensboro College, Reidsville, Rockingham 208 Aberdeen Elementary 227 Durham Bulls Baseball Parks and Recreation, Community College Career School, Aberdeen, Duke Energy Club, Durham, Durham Bulls Greensboro, Animals Alive! Expo Science Night Education Days 172 Mayo River State Park, 191 Rockingham Early College 209 AIAA at NC State 228 Engineering World Health, Mayodan, Statewide Star High School, Reidsville, Science University, Raleigh, Library Durham, Engineering World Party: Mayo River Spotlight Launchpad Health
North Carolina Science Festival | 2015 Final Report 13 229 Eno River State Park, 247 Jones Dairy Elementary 260 Morehead Planetarium 271 NC Science Leadership Durham, Statewide Star Party: School, Wake Forest, Duke and Science Center, Raleigh, Association, Cary, NCSLA Eno River Energy Science Night STEM Day at NC General Sciencespiration and Assembly Innovation Expo 230 Erwin Elementary School, 248 Lake Lynn Community Erwin, Duke Energy Science Center, Raleigh, Little Nature 261 Morehead Planetarium 272 NC Science Olympiad, Night Hikers and Science Center, Chapel Raleigh, Explore the Hill, STEMville Science NC Science Olympiad 231 Event Horizon, Chapel Hill, 249 Lake Myra Elementary Symposium; UNC Science Division A Tournament; NC Science Spoken Word School, Wendell, Duke Science Olympiad State Expo Energy Science Night Tournament; Southeast 232 Fayetteville Street Raleigh Elementary Science Durham, 250 Laurel Hills Community 262 Morehead Planetarium Elementary School, Olympiad Tournament Science Symphony Center, Raleigh, Frog and and Science Center, Toad Adventures Louisburg, Franklin County’s 273 NC State University 233 Flyleaf Books, Chapel STEMville Family Science 251 Little River Regional College of Sciences, Hill, What the Dog Knows: Night Raleigh, Alumni Career The Science and Wonder of Park & Natural Area, Rougemont, Statewide Star 263 Morris Grove Elementary Panel: Diversity in the Working Dogs Sciences; Celebrating Party: Little River Park School, Chapel Hill, Science Women in Science Dinner; 234 FPG Bilingue Elementary Symphony Koh Lecture: Soap Bubbles School, Chapel Hill, Duke and Mathematics with Energy Science Night Frank Morgan; State of the 235 G.C. Hawley Middle Sciences: Madeleine Jacobs Creedmoor, Invite-a- School, 274 NC State University Scientist Sustainability Office, Raleigh, 236 Girl Scouts of NC Coastal NC State Earth Fair Pines, Selma, Statewide Star 275 New School Montessori Party: Camp Mary Atkinson Center, Holly Springs, 237 Githens Middle School, Statewide Star Party: New Durham, Invite-a-Scientist School Montessori Center 238 Harris Lake County 276 New School Montessori Center, Holly Springs, Park, New Hill, Nature Tots Science Week at New School and Forest Friends: Wiggly STEM Day at NC General Assembly 260 Montessori Center Worms; Science Alliance at raleigh Harris Lake County Park; 277 Oak Grove Elementary Senses of Spring School, Durham, Duke Energy Science Night 239 Helena Elementary School, 252 Lockhart Elementary 264 Museum of Life and Timberlake, Duke Energy School, Knightdale, Science Science, Durham, Cocktails 278 Oak Lane Elementary Science Night Symphony and Cosmonauts; Conoce a School, Hurdle Mills, Duke un(a) Científico(a) Energy Science Night 240 Heritage Year Round 253 Louisburg High School, Elementary School, Wake Louisburg, Science Spotlight 265 NC Geological Survey, 279 Old North Durham Durham Parks and Forest, Science Symphony Raleigh, Raleigh Rockin’ Park, 254 Marbles Kids Museum, Recreation, Durham, Walkin’ Tour 241 Historic Oakwood Raleigh, Bubble-ology; Doc Statewide Star Party: Old Days; Family Science Fair; Cemetery, Raleigh, The Birds 266 NC Museum of Art, North Durham Park Gadgets and Gizmos; Guest and The Bees of Oakwood Raleigh, Kinetic Sculptures Star Scientist: Body Biology; 280 Orange Charter School, Cemetery Magnet Mayhem; Make It 267 NC Museum of Natural Hillsborough, Duke Energy 242 Historic Yates Mill County Rain; Pet Vet Play Day Sciences, Raleigh, The Science Night; Invite-a- Park, Raleigh, Simple Machines Scientist 255 Mary Scroggs Nature of Science: A Town Field Day Elementary School, Chapel Hall Hosted by Greg Fishel; 281 Perry Harrison Rational Comedy for an 243 Hodge Road Elementary Hill, Duke Energy Science Elementary School, Irrational Planet; Triangle Pittsboro, Duke Energy School, Knightdale, Duke Night SciTech Expo Science Night Energy Science Night 256 Millbrook Elementary 282 Pleasant Union 244 Howell Woods School, Raleigh, Duke Energy 268 NC New Schools, Elementary School, Raleigh, Environmental Learning Science Night Morrisville, Scaling STEM: Strategies That Engage Minds Science Symphony Center, Four Oaks, Statewide 257 Mills Park Elementary Conference Star Party: Howell Woods School, Cary, Duke Energy 283 Prairie Ridge Ecostation, NC Museum of Natural 245 Howell Woods Science Night 269 NC Railway Museum, New Hill, STEAM at the NC Sciences, Raleigh, Statewide Environmental Learning 258 Mills Park Middle School, Star Party: Prairie Ridge Railway Museum and New Center, Four Oaks, Howell Cary, Invite-a-Scientist Woodstock Hope Valley Railway 284 Raleigh Solid Waste 259 Morehead Planetarium Services Department, 246 Johnston Community and Science Center, Apex, 270 NC School of Science Raleigh, Earth Day Trashy College, Clayton, DNA Statewide Star Party: Jordan and Mathematics, Durham, Tour; Landfill Safari; Discovery Day Lake Lean In, Women in Science Technology of Trash
14 North Carolina Science Festival | 2015 Final Report 309 Wayne Avenue 326 Colerain Elementary Elementary School, Dunn, School, Colerain, Duke Duke Energy Science Night Energy Science Night 310 West Pine Middle 327 Dare County Schools School, West End, Invite-a- and College of the Scientist Albemarle, Manteo, Create Your Future With STEM 311 Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve, 328 Eastern Wayne Middle Southern Pines, Statewide School, Goldsboro, Invite-a- Star Party: Weymouth Scientist Woods 329 Eastern Wayne Science 312 York Elementary School, Club, Goldsboro, Statewide Raleigh, Science Symphony Star Party: Wayne County UNC Science Expo 330 Edgecombe Community eastern Tarboro Campus, Chapel hill 261 College, Tarboro, BioNetwork STEM 313 A Time for Science Bus; Manufacturing Lab Open Nature and Science Learning House; STEM Bowl 285 Research Triangle 297 UNC-Chapel Hill, Office Center, Grifton, Earth Day Materials Research Science for Undergraduate Research, 2015; Two Small Pieces of 331 E.J. Hayes Elementary and Engineering Center, Chapel Hill, Celebration of Glass School, Williamston, Duke Durham, Hands-Free Origami Undergraduate Research Energy Science Night 314 A Time For Science at Duke University 298 UNC-TV, Durham, No Nature and Science Learning 332 Englewood Elementary Rocky Mount, Duke 286 Riverwood Middle Evidence of Disease: Focus Center, Grifton, Statewide School, Energy Science Night School, Clayton, Invite-a- on Life with Cancer Star Party: A Time for Science Nature and Science Learning Scientist 299 Underwood GT Magnet 333 Farmville Middle School, Center Farmville, Invite-a-Scientist 287 Scrap Exchange, Elementary School, Raleigh, 315 Arthur W. Edwards Science Symphony 334 Fort Macon State Park, Durham, Junk Jams at The Havelock, Elementary School, Atlantic Beach, Statewide Scrap Exchange Research Duke Energy Science Night 300 US EPA, Star Party: Fort Macon Triangle Park, Discovery Nook 288 Seawell Elementary 316 Ayden Elementary Earth Day Presentation; Every 335 Fort Macon State Park, School, Chapel Hill, Duke School, Ayden, Duke Energy Atlantic Beach, Amateur Energy Science Night Day is Earth Day at the U.S. Science Night EPA in RTP Radio Special Event Station 289 Shepard Magnet Middle 317 Beaufort Elementary 336 Gaston Elementary 301 US2020 RTP, Research School, Beaufort, Duke School, Durham, Invite-a- School, Gaston, Duke Energy Scientist Triangle Park, RTP STEM Energy Science Night Expo hosted by US2020 Science Night 318 Beaufort Middle School, 290 Shughart Elementary 302 Voyager Academy Beaufort, Invite-a-Scientist 337 Gates High School, School, Cameron, Science Gatesville, Science Spotlight Elementary School, Durham, Symphony 319 Ben D. Quinn Elementary Duke Energy Science Night School, New Bern, Duke 338 Gatesville Elementary 291 Shughart Middle School, School, Gatesville, Science 303 Wake County Parks, Energy Science Night Cameron, Invite-a-Scientist Symphony Recreation and Open Space, 320 Bertie Middle School, 292 Siler City Elementary Apex, Statewide Star Party: Windsor, Invite-a-Scientist 339 G.R. Whitfield School, School, Siler City, Duke American Tobacco Trail Grimesland, Duke Energy 321 Buckland Elementary Energy Science Night Science Night 304 Wake County, Solid School, Gates, Duke Energy 293 South Regional Library, Waste Management Division, Science Night 340 Grantham Middle School, Goldsboro, Invite-a- Durham County Libraries, Apex, Journey of Waste 322 Cape Hatteras Scientist Durham, Aviation Day 305 Wakefield High School, Elementary School, Buxton, Cape Hatteras Elementary 341 Greene Central STEM 294 UNC General Alumni Raleigh, Science Spotlight Science Night Program, Snow Hill, Greene Association, Raleigh, Science 306 Walnut Creek Wetland County Schools STEM Expo and the Humanities in Center, Raleigh, Kids’ Nature 323 Center for Biodiversity 342 Historic Edenton State Dialogue Night at Walnut Creek; at East Carolina University, Greenville, Earth Day Expo; Historic Site, Edenton, Preschool Swamp Romp; 295 UNC School of Plants, Cocktails, and More: Scientific Tours of an 18th Recycling for Beginners Medicine, Office of Graduate An Evening with Best-selling Century Home Education, Chapel Hill, North Author Amy Stewart 307 Warren County Middle 343 Imagination Station Carolina DNA Day 5K Run School, Warrenton, Invite-a- 324 Chicod School, Science & History Museum, Scientist 296 UNC-Chapel Hill, Greenville, Duke Energy Wilson, Statewide Star Party: Imagination Station Department of Physics 308 Warren Early College Science Night and Astronomy, Chapel High School, Warrenton, 325 C.M. Eppes Middle 344 Jamesville Elementary Hill, Statewide Star Party: Gravity Games Prototyping School, Greenville, Invite-a- School, Jamesville, Duke Morehead Observatory Team Scientist Energy Science Night
North Carolina Science Festival | 2015 Final Report 15 345 Jennette’s Pier, Nags 386 Bladenboro Primary Head, Earth Fair OBX IV: School, Bladenboro, Duke Keeping the OBX Clean and Energy Science Night Green 387 Bordeaux Branch, 346 John W. Jones Cumberland County Public Elementary School, Wilson, Library, Fayetteville, The Duke Energy Science Night Science of Sound; The Sound of Science 347 Jones County Schools, Trenton, Duke Energy Science 388 Cape Fear Museum Night of History and Science, Wilmington, Statewide Star 348 Lenoir Community Party: Carolina Beach State Kinston, Local College, Park Manufacturers Showcase 389 Cape Fear Museum 349 Lenoir County Early Duke Energy Science Night of History and Science, College, Kinston, Gravity 354 Middlesex elementary school Wilmington, Science Live Games Prototyping Team at Azalea Festival; Fun with 350 Manteo Elementary Fungus 362 Newport Elementary 373 Rocky Mount Prep, School, Manteo, Duke Energy Rocky Mount, Science 390 Castle Hayne Science Night School, Newport, Duke Energy Science Night Symphony Elementary School, Castle 351 Martin Millennium Hayne, Duke Energy Science 374 Shawboro Elementary Academy, Tarboro, Invite-a- 363 Pamlico County Middle Night Shawboro, Duke Scientist School, Bayboro, Invite-a- School, Scientist Energy Science Night 391 Charity Middle School, 352 Medoc Mountain State Rose Hill, Invite-a-Scientist 375 Southwood Elementary Park, Enfield, The Wonders of 364 Perquimans Central Kinston, Duke Energy 392 Cliffdale Library, Waterfowl School, Winfall, Duke Energy School, Science Night Science Night Cumberland County Public 353 Medoc Mountain State Library, Fayetteville, That’s 376 Sylvan Heights Bird Park, Enfield, Statewide Star 365 Perquimans High School, MY Jam!; The Sound of Music; Park, Scotland Neck, Party: Medoc Mountain Hertford, Science Spotlight Twinkle, Twinkle Celebrate Earth Day; Look 354 Middlesex Elementary 366 Pitt Community College, What Hatched; Sky Viewing 393 Columbus Career and School, Middlesex, Duke College Academy, Fair Bluff, Winterville, Advanced 377 The Centre at Halifax Energy Science Night Science Spotlight Manufacturing and Advanced Community College, Weldon, 355 Morehead Planetarium Technologies Open House Advanced Manufacturing 394 Cumberland County AIG and Science Center, Mt. 367 Port Discover, Elizabeth Expo K-2 Discovery Department, Olive, Science at the Mt. Olive Fayetteville, Duke Energy City, Earth Day Festival 378 The Outer Banks Pickle Festival Science Night and 5K Run/Walk; Stop, Children @ Play Museum, 356 Nash-Rocky Mount Drop & Animate; TECH Kitty Hawk, Egg Drop 395 Cumberland County Public Schools, Whitakers, Cafe Acoustics: Are You Green Schools Program, 379 Tiller School, Beaufort, Lego Engine Build Listening?; Toddler Time: Fayetteville, Cumberland Duke Energy Science Night Horton Hears a What? County Schools Earth Day 357 Nashville Elementary 380 UNC-TV, Greenville, Meet Festival Nashville, Duke School, 368 Queen Anne’s Revenge Sid the Science Kid! Energy Science Night Conservation Laboratory, 396 Dixon Elementary Greenville, Blackbeard: The 381 Weeksville Elementary School, Sneads Ferry, Duke 358 NC Aquarium on School, Elizabeth City, Energy Science Night Kill Devil Science of Pirates Roanoke Island, Science Symphony Hills, Statewide Star Party: 369 Riverview Elementary 397 East Hoke Middle Dare County Schools School, Murfreesboro, Duke 382 Weldon Middle School, School, Raeford, Invite-a- Energy Science Night Weldon, Gravity Games Scientist 359 NC Aquarium on Prototyping Team Roanoke Island, Kill Devil 370 Roanoke Valley Early 398 East Regional Branch, Hills, Statewide Star Party: 383 West Carteret High Cumberland County Public College, Weldon, Science Planet Spotting School, Morehead City, Library, Fayetteville, Bang: Spotlight Science Spotlight The Science of Sound; 360 NC Maritime Museum Homeschool Fun Friday: The Beaufort, 371 Rocky Mount Children’s in Beaufort, Science of Sound; Preschool Beaufort’s Dolphins; Museum & Science Center, southeastern Story Time: The Science of Exploring the Rachel Carson Rocky Mount, International Sound; Stand Back! We’re Reserve; Kayak Through Astronomy Day; Nature Walk 384 Acme Delco Middle Going To Try Science! History; Kayaking for Kids; with a Naturalist; Owl Pellet School, Delco, Gravity Games The Oyster Fishery of North Autopsy Prototyping Team 399 E.E. Smith Middle Carolina 372 Rocky Mount Children’s School, Kenansville, Duke 385 Airborne and Special Energy Science Night 361 Neuseway Planetarium, Museum & Science Center, Operations Museum, Health & Science Museum, Rocky Mount, Statewide Star Fayetteville, Descending 400 Fairgrove Middle Kinston, Statewide Star Party: Party: Rocky Mount Children’s from the Clouds: The Science School, Fairmont, Duke Neuseway Planetarium Museum Behind the Aircraft Energy Science Night
16 North Carolina Science Festival | 2015 Final Report 401 Fascinate-U Children’s 407 Hope Mills Library, Museum, Fayetteville, Cumberland County Fascinate-U Children’s Public Library, Hope Mills, Museum’s Super Science Bubble-ology; Crime Scene Investigation; Eggs-actly FunFest Science; Get Revved Up with 402 Fayetteville Technical Preschool Physics; Preschool Community College, Bubble-ology; The Science of Sound; Tin Can Telephones Fayetteville, Advanced Manufacturing Speed 408 Ingram Planetarium, Networking Sunset Beach, Statewide Star Party: Ingram Planetarium 403 Hammocks Beach 409 JW McLauchlin State Park, Swansboro, Elementary School, Raeford, Sid the Science Kid at the Azalea Festival Earth Day: Speaking for the Duke Energy Science Night 429 Trees Trek; Galactic Star wilmington Lab at the Park; Hatchling 410 Loyd E. Auman Elementary School, Hikers: A Preschool Nature Fayetteville, Duke Energy 417 North Regional Branch, 426 Spring Lake Branch, Series; Ocean Food Webs; Science Night Cumberland County Public Cumberland County Public Library, Spring Lake, Make Smart Science Extravaganza; Library, Fayetteville, Amazing Spring Migration Bird Count; 411 Manchester Elementary Some Noise: Experiment School, Spring Lake, Duke Mammals; LEGO Free Play; with Sound; Music Gaming; Weather Warriors Energy Science Night TeenZone: Musical Science Preschool Story Time: Instruments and Music; 404 Hammocks Beach State and Sound; The Power of 412 Methodist University and Preschool Story Time: Sound Park, Swansboro, Statewide Fayetteville State University, Rhythm: Djembe Drum and Noise; Toddler Story Star Party: Hammocks Beach Fayetteville, Statewide Star Time: Instruments and Music; State Park Party: Fayetteville 418 North Topsail Elementary Toddler Story Time: Sound School, Hampstead, Duke and Noise 405 Hawk Eye Elementary 413 NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher, Kure Beach, Family Energy Science Night School, Red Springs, Duke 427 UNC Pembroke, Science Day at the Aquarium Pembroke, Einstein: A Stage Energy Science Night 419 Rex-Rennert Elementary 414 NC Coastal Land Trust, Portrait 406 Headquarters Library, School, Shannon, Duke Wilmington, Flytrap Frolic 428 UNC Wilmington, Cumberland County Public Energy Science Night 415 NC Coastal Reserve and Center for Marine Science, Library, Fayetteville, Color Wilmington, Ocean Explore National Estuarine Research 420 Robeson Community Science; Gem Science at the Nation Reserve, Wilmington, The College, Lumberton, Robeson Library; Kitchen Science; Diamondback Terrapin: North Community College Industry 429 UNC-TV, Wilmington, Make It and Take It: Mini Carolina’s Most Talented Meet Sid the Science Kid at Showcase Hovercrafts; Oink, Moo, and Turtle; Terrapin Tally Training the Azalea Festival Quack Quack, Too; Self- 416 NC Science Olympiad, 421 Robeson Planetarium, 430 UNC-TV, Fayetteville, Sufficient Silo Home 101; Hampstead, Pender County Lumberton, Statewide Star Meet Sid the Science Kid at Sound of Music; Tin Can the Dogwood Festival Elementary Science Party: Robeson Planetarium Olympiad Tournament Telephones 431 Union Elementary 422 Saint Pauls Elementary School, Clinton, Duke Energy School, St. Pauls, Duke Science Night Energy Science Night 432 Wagram Primary School, Wagram, Duke Energy 423 Scotland County Science Night Memorial Library, Laurinburg, 433 Wallace Elementary Dr. Tom and his Fantastic School, Wallace, Duke Energy Flying Physics Family; Flight Science Night and Space Story Time 434 West Regional Branch, Cumberland County 424 South Scotland Public Library, Fayetteville, Elementary School, Preschool Science Marathon; Laurinburg, Duke Energy Teen Movie Making Science Night 435 Westarea Elementary School, Fayetteville, Duke 425 South Topsail Descending from the Clouds: Energy Science Night Elementary School, The Science Behind the Aircraft 396 436 White Oak High Fayetteville Hampstead, Duke Energy School, Jacksonville, Science Science Night Spotlight
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