Nova awards are excellent ways to expand a Cub Scout's knowledge in several STEM-related fields. There is no minimum age for the Nova awards, but they typically start listing Cub Scout ranks with Wolf.
Science
- Down and Dirty - Explore how earth science affects your life each day.
- Nova WILD! - Learn about wildlife and the natural world around you.
- Out of This World - Discover the wonders of space exploration.
- Science Everywhere! - Explore how science affects your life every day.
- Uncovering the Past - Explore the wonders of archaeology.
Technology
- Cub Scouts Can Code - Explore how people instruct computers and how they affect your everyday life.
- Tech Talk - Explore how technology affects your life each day.
Engineering
- Swing! - Explore how engineering and simple machines called levers affect your life each day.
- Up and Away - Explores the world of fluid dynamics, and how it affects your everyday life.
Math
- 1-2-3 Go! - Explore how much math affects your life every day.
- Fearful Symmetry - Explore how symmetry affects your life every day.
Earning Nova Awards
Nova awards are earned by working with a registered Nova counselor, who will help ensure the requirements are met. Once earned, the Scout needs to have the advancement recorded by the pack. The counselor may use the Advancement Report, form 34403 to record the award and provide the necessary information to the parents, who in turn can provide it to the pack's advancement chair.
If this is the Cub Scout's first Nova award, they should be awarded with the Cub Scouts Nova patch, which has a light blue border as shown above. Subsequent Nova awards are recognized with a Pi device (the pin), which should be pinned to a point on the patch.
Supernova Awards
Seeking the next level of STEM awards? Want to impress your friends with an amazing medal that you wear on your uniform? You should investigage the Supernova awards for Cub Scouts!
Nova Awards by Adventure
Thinking of earning an adventure? Many can also count as progress towards a Nova award at the same time!
Wolf
- Air of the Wolf – Fearful Symmetry
- Code of the Wolf – 1-2-3 Go!, Fearful Symmetry
- Collections & Hobbies – Down and Dirty, Out of This World, Science Everywhere!, Uncovering the Past
- Digging in the Past – Down and Dirty, Nova WILD!, Science Everywhere!
- Finding Your Way – Tech Talk
- Germs Alive! – Out of This World, Science Everywhere!
- Grow Something – Down and Dirty, Nova WILD!, Science Everywhere!
- Motor Away - Fearful Symmetry, Out of This World, Swing!, Tech Talk
- Paws of Skill - Swing!
- Spirit of Water – Nova WILD!
Bear
- Baloo the Builder - Swing!
- A Bear Goes Fishing – Nova WILD!, Science Everywhere!, Swing!
- Bear Picnic – Science Everywhere!
- Beat of the Drum - Uncovering the Past
- Critter Care – Nova WILD!, Science Everywhere!
- Forensics - Fearful Symmetry, Tech Talk
- Make it Move - Tech Talk
- Marble Madness - Fearful Symmetry
- Robotics - 1-2-3 Go!, Out of This World
- Super Science – Down and Dirty, Out of This World
Webelos
- Adventures in Science – Down and Dirty, Out of This World, Swing!
- Art Explosion - Fearful Symmetry
- Build It - Fearful Symmetry, Tech Talk
- Earth Rocks! – Down and Dirty, Science Everywhere!
- Engineer - Out of This World, Swing!
- Fix It - Tech Talk
- Game Design - 1-2-3 Go!, Out of This World
- Into the Wild - Nova WILD!
- Into the Woods - Nova WILD!
- Looking Back, Looking Forward - Uncovering the Past
- Maestro! – Fearful Symmetry, Science Everywhere!
- Movie Making - Tech Talk
- Project Family - Uncovering the Past
