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Meet 2021 Silver Beaver Recipient Carol Brown

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Carol is a volunteer instructor for Fairfax County’s Community Emergency Response Team.  She also works with the Office of Emergency Management as an outreach educator for their Community Emergency Response Guide.

Carol volunteers with the Northern Virginia Audubon Society and the Fish and Wildlife Service as an ornithologist and wildlife biologist.  At the 2017 National Scout Jamboree, she developed and delivered the bird study program for the Nature at the Summit activity area.  Carol is a trained Hornaday advisor and is currently working with the distinguished Conservation Service Award Committee to develop guides and training for advisors and Scouts.  In 2020, she was awarded the Hornaday Gold Badge.  Both of her sons, Andrew and Alan, are Eagle Scouts who earned the Hornaday Badge.

Carol is currently an assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 1853 and is an instructor for Introduction to Outdoor Leader Skills, Outdoor Ethics, Leave No Trace, and Tread Lightly courses.  She is a graduate of the Wood Badge program.  She has been on staff at the Klondike Derby for six years.  She will be joining the Powder Horn staff for 2021.  She joined the Merit Badges At Home program for the National Capital Area Council in 2020 and counseled the Safety merit badge for over 100 Scouts.  Carol is the Old Dominion Chapter’s Order of the Arrow advisor for health and safety.  She became a Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow in 2016 on a very cold November night in Maryland.

Watch Carol receive her Silver Beaver award at the virtual Court of Honor on Saturday, May 15th at 7:30pm. Purchase your ticket today at https://scoutingevent.com/082-46492 !

NCAC Eagle Scout Earns Dr. Bernard Harris Supernova Award

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Eagle Scout Tyler Schroder, of Troop 577 in Clifton, VA, has been awarded with the Dr. Bernard Harris Bronze Supernova Award. Schroder becomes one of less than twelve scouts in all of NCAC to have earned this award.

The Boy Scouts of America developed the STEM Nova Awards program to excite and expand a sense of wonder about STEM in scouts. By working with an adult counselor or mentor, the various modules allow scouts to explore the basic principles of STEM and discover the fun and fascinating world of STEM. There are three levels to the Supernova program: Bronze, Silver, and Gold.

Tyler Schroder is a junior at Centreville High School. He is a junior assistant scoutmaster to Troop 577, a member of Amangamek-Wipit Lodge, Order of the Arrow, and a member of Venture Crew 893.

Schroder’s Supernova journey started in 2019 with his mentor by working on three Nova activities. These covered topics such as programming, water conservation, and rocketry. He also earned merit badges touching on STEM topics such as composite materials. Earning the STEM merit badges is the first step toward earning this award as four STEM merit badges are required. To complete the requirements, Schroder helped teach Cub Scouts Can Code and hosted a lunchtime talk about the Supernova at the first NCAC STEM at home event.

What makes the Supernova program stand out from the regular Nova awards are the research requirements. A part of that requirement is the Supernova activities. These are deep dives into the four different STEM (Science, Technology, Mathematics, & Engineering) areas. Schroder chose Mathematics and Science for his two. When asked what his favorite activity was, “Mathematics was by far my favorite and proved to be a great area for a real-world experiment on voting methods”[1]. Schroder also participated in his regional science fair in engineering mechanics, and shadowed a Cybersecurity professional as part of this requirement.

Learn more about the Nova and Supernova awards program from Tyler himself at the NCAC Capital Camp-In on May 23rd.

[1] You can view a copy of Schroder’s Supernova report, A Paradox of Counting: Voting Methods and Fair Decisions, online at https://www.rts2.us/assets/SupernovaReport1.pdf.

NCAC Earth Day Keynote Speaker

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“Eagles as the Messenger: How we use Sea Eagles to Monitor the Health of the Planet”

Join us at 7:00 PM on April 22, 2020 as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day with this presentation from Dr. William W. Bowerman! This presentation will be delivered live via ZOOM; please sign-up here (free event) to receive the link: https://scoutingevent.com/082-earthday.

Biography:
Dr. William W. Bowerman has been awarded the Hornaday Gold Award, one of the rarest awards in Scouting, and is awarded for distinguished and unusual service to natural resource conservation and environmental improvement over a sustained period (at least 20 years). Dr. Bowerman has over 35 years of work on conservation of bald eagles and other birds of prey on five continents. He served for 18 years on the International Joint Commission, Great Lakes Science Advisory Board, including 3 years as United States Co-Chair. Bowerman’s Scouting achievements include Eagle Scout, Vigil Honor, NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award, and Silver Beaver Award. He has served as an adult leader in Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, including service at the District and Council levels, currently NCAC’s Vice President of Outdoor Adventure. He is a National Fellow of The Explorers Club. Dr. William W. Bowerman, is a Professor and Department Chair of Environmental Science & Technology, University of Maryland.

To learn more about #NCACEarthWeek visit https://scoutingevent.com/082-earthday.