NC Science Festival makes STEM accessible to everyone –

Since 2010, North Carolina Science Festival has been provided Knowledge for everyone, According to their slogan.

The festival, held every spring, is a statewide program It stems Awareness and accessibility and features events on a A large number of scientific topics throughout the country.

“Our goal is to ensure that everyone has access to STEM,” he specializes in community education Nikita Grillo He said. “One of our goals has always been to reach all 100 counties, which we have increased from 63 counties last year to 84 counties this year through a public event.”

One festival event has already reached all 100 North Carolina counties, she said He said. tea Energy Science Night at Duke The program allows children and families to explore science through after-hours school-based programs held in schools across the state.

While the festival I was focused To teach children and high school students about science, a lot Events are for all ages or intended for adult students, scholars and enthusiasts. Some events like cymatch program, These streams even cross, allowing elementary school students to learn from professors, scholars, and college-level students.

The festival is produced by Morehead Planetarium and Science Center On the UNC campus, under its jurisdiction is the annual The UNC Science Fair was held on April 6 of this year.

“We act as an overall organizer,” a Moorhead Planetarium communications specialist said Will Freund He said. “We basically take in all the events that are happening, and then we help pull it all together and post it together on the event website.”

The first NC Science Festival was held 14 years ago. Todd Boyettco-founder of the festival W Moorhead Planetarium Director of the Scientific Center, He said The idea for the festival came from all over the city Cambridge Science Festival Sponsored Massachusetts Institute of Technology Museum – One of the first American companies to adopt the European Science Festival model.

They did, however, expand the idea in one key way: size.