Elliot Kundrod, 6, left shoots a small dinosaur off the catapult he made as Grant Coleman, 7, right looks on, at the Cub Scout STEM Event at Butler County Community College Saturday morning. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle 3/18/23

Butler County Community College resembled a Scout camp Saturday as it hosted a Technology Merit Badge Academy for Scouts and a Cub Scout STEM exploration event.

The Academy, which ran from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., in the Science and Technology building was a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) initiative of the Moraine Trails Council Boy Scouts of America. It provided an opportunity for middle school and high school Scouts and members of the coed Venturers program to pursue a STEM-related merit badge

In addition, the academy was designed to foster an interest in careers by introducing Scouts to the careers and skills some local employers seek