Scoutmaster Bucky's
Nova Lab
Venturing and Sea Scouts Nova Awards
This is the only program where the gold medal (Dr. Albert Einstein Supernova Award) can be earned.
Science
- Launch! – Explore how science affects your life each day.
- Wade! – Explore how water affects your life every day.
- What a Life! – Explore different facets of the biological life and living systems around you.
Technology
- Execute! – Explore how programming affects everyday life.
- Power Up – Explore how technology affects their life each day.
- Something from Nothing – Explore 3D printing and how it is becoming prevalent in everyday life.
Engineering
- Hang On! – Explore how engineering affects their life each day.
- Up and Away – Explores the world of fluid dynamics, and how it affects your everyday life.
Math
- Numbers Don't Lie – Explore how math affects his or her life each day.
Supernova Awards
Related Explorations
Nova awards for Venturers and Sea Scouts require a STEM exploration. If your activities already align with one of these topics, it would be an ideal time to also earn a Nova award.
- Additive Manufacturing – Something from Nothing
- American Business – Numbers Don't Lie
- Animal Science – What a Life!
- Archery – Hang On!, Launch!
- Astronomy – Launch!
- Athletics – Launch!
- Automotive Maintenance – Power Up
- Aviation – Hang On!, Launch!, Power Up, Up and Away
- CAD Modeling – Something from Nothing
- Canoeing – Power Up, Up and Away
- Chemistry – Up and Away, Wade!
- Chess – Numbers Don't Lie
- Composite Materials – Hang On!
- Computer Hardware – Execute!
- Computers – Numbers Don't Lie
- Cryptology – Execute!
- Cybersecurity – Execute!
- Cycling – Power Up
- Drafting – Hang On!, Numbers Don't Lie, Power Up
- Electricity – Power Up
- Electronics – Execute!, Hang On!
- Energy – Power Up
- Engineering – Hang On!
- Entrepreneurship – Numbers Don't Lie
- Environmental Science – Wade!, What a Life!
- Farm Mechanics – Power Up
- Fish and Wildlife Management – Wade!, What a Life!
- Fishing – Wade!, What a Life!
- Fly-Fishing – Wade!
- Forestry – Wade!, What a Life!
- Gardening – What a Life!
- Geology – Wade!
- Information Technology – Execute!
- Insect Study – What a Life!
- Inventing – Hang On!, Something from Nothing
- Kayaking – Up and Away
- Mammal Study – What a Life!
- Medicine – What a Life!
- Model Design and Building – Hang On!
- Modern Manufacturing – Something from Nothing
- Motorboating – Power Up
- Nature – Wade!, What a Life!
- Networking – Execute!
- Nuclear Science – Power Up
- Oceanography – Up and Away, Wade!, What a Life!
- Orienteering – Numbers Don't Lie
- Personal management – Numbers Don't Lie
- Plant Science – What a Life!
- Plumbing – Up and Away
- Polymers and Plastics – Something from Nothing
- Programming – Execute!
- Public Health – Wade!
- Radio – Numbers Don't Lie
- Railroading – Hang On!, Power Up
- Rifle Shooting – Hang On!, Launch!
- Robotics – Execute!, Hang On!, Launch!
- Rowing – Up and Away
- Scuba Diving – Up and Away
- Sculpting – Something from Nothing
- Shotgun Shooting – Hang On!, Launch!
- Small-Boat Sailing – Power Up
- Social Media Marketing – Execute!
- Soil and Water Conservation – Wade!, What a Life!
- Space Exploration – Launch!, Power Up
- Surveying – Numbers Don't Lie
- Sustainability – Wade!
- Swimming – Up and Away
- Truck Transportation – Power Up
- Veterinary science – What a Life!
- Weather – Launch!, Numbers Don't Lie, Wade!
- Wildlife conservation – What a Life!
- Wood Carving – Something from Nothing
- Wood Working – Something from Nothing
