girl scouts

Powder Puff Woodworking (Daisies, Brownies and Juniors) 

Saturday, January 11 - 12:30-2:30pm 

Need help with a derby car? Girl Scouts earn a Wood Crafts Fun Patch as they learn to safely design, cut, and sand their Powder Puff/Pinewood Derby car. If there is time, girls may be able to stain or paint their cars, or do that at home. Girls must bring their derby car kit with them to the workshop (we do not provide derby car kits). Limited to 15 Girl Scouts.

Location: STEM Lab (suite 21)
$20/Girl Scout

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Coding for Good (Daisies and Brownies)
Sunday, January 12 - 12:30-2:30pm

Saturday, March 21 - 12:30-2:30pm
Girl Scouts are introduced to offline computer coding as they learn how to create a series of simple and more complex commands to follow a maze and design their own their own maze app. Daisies and Brownies earn their Coding for Good 1, 2 and 3 Badges during this workshop.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$32/Girl Scout
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Digital Movie Making (Cadettes)
Sunday, January 12 - 3:00-4:30pm 
Cadettes learn how to plan and tell a story through movies,  work together as a crew to film different scenes, and edit their final project to include titles, seamless transitions, effects, and credits. Girl Scouts are encouraged to bring a tablet, smartphone, or they can share one of ours. Cadettes earn their Digital Movie Maker Badge. Limited to 12 participants.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$17/Girl Scout
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Programming Basics (Juniors and Cadettes)
Sunday, January 19
12:30-2:00pm - note time change
Through offline activities and games, learn how programmers use computational thinking to solve problems. Juniors and Cadettes earn their Think Like a Programmer Badge. Note: The Take Action badge is not earned during this workshop, and must be completed elsewhere to complete the Journey. 
Location: Science Center (suite 5) Note: This is not our usual meeting location for Girl Scout workshops (it is just up the sidewalk).
$17/Girl Scout
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Programming Basics (Juniors and Cadettes)
Sunday, January 19
1:00-2:30pm
Through offline activities and games, learn how programmers use computational thinking to solve problems. Juniors and Cadettes earn their Think Like a Programmer Badge. Note: The Take Action badge is not earned during this workshop, and must be completed elsewhere to complete the Journey. 
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$17/Girl Scout
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Crash Course in Coding (Juniors)
Sunday, January 19
3:00-5:00pm 
Juniors learn basic online coding commands to create a custom game app they can share with others. Girl Scouts are encouraged to bring a laptop or tablet, or they can share one of ours (a physical keyboard is recommended). Juniors earn their Coding for Good 1, 2 and 3 Badges during this workshop.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$32/Girl Scout
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Online Coding for Good (Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors)
Sunday, January 26 - 12:30-2:30pm

​Sunday, March 22 - 12:30-2:30pm 
Girl Scouts learn about syntax and debugging as they create online codes for images and memes, relate computer programs to everyday life, and develop apps that can be used for good. Girl Scouts are encouraged to bring a laptop or tablet, or they can share one of ours (a physical keyboard is recommended). Girl Scouts earn their Coding for Good 1, 2 and 3 Badges during this workshop.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$32/Girl Scout
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Engineering Challenge (Daisies and Brownies)
Sunday, January 26

12:30-2:00pm
Daisies and Brownies use Design Thinking Skills to conduct engineering challenges that help people, and solve a problem. Girl Scouts earn their Think Like an Engineer Badge. Note: The Take Action badge is not earned during this workshop and must be completed elsewhere to complete the Journey. 
Location: Science Center (suite 5) Note: This is in our classroom next to the restaurant just up the sidewalk, not our usual Girl Scout workshop classroom.
$17/Girl Scout

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Cybersecurity 301 (Seniors and Ambassadors)
Sunday, January 26
3:00-5:00pm
Girl Scouts study the importance of cybersecurity in businesses and corporations, investigate how to keep devices and your identity protected from cyber criminals, and learn how to handle a cyber attack. Seniors and Ambassadorsearn their Cybersecurity 1, 2 and 3 Badges during this workshop.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$32/Girl Scout
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Studying Space (Seniors and Ambassadors)
Sunday, February 2
1:00-2:30pm
Seniors earn their Space Science Expert Badge, and Ambassadors earn their Space Science Master Badge as they investigate the brightest stars in the universe, and how scientists study space using telescopes.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$17/Girl Scout
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Citizen Science (Seniors and Ambassadors)
Sunday, February 2
3:00-4:30pm

Seniors and Ambassadors earn their Think Like a Citizen Science Badge ​as they investigate a variety of citizen science projects to determine which they would like to participate in. Projects include environmental, space, physics and medical research. Girl Scouts are encouraged to bring a laptop, tablet, smartphone, or they can share one of ours.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$17/Girl Scout
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Car Design (Juniors and Cadettes)
Sunday, February 9
1:00-2:30pm
Juniors and Cadettes learn about potential and kinetic energy as they design, test and build alternative fuel vehicles from various materials. Juniors earn their Mechanical Engineering: Balloon Car Badge, and Cadettes earn a STEM Fun Patch.  
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$17/Girl Scout 

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Spa Science (Juniors and Cadettes)
Sunday, February 9
3:00-4:30pm
In this workshop, Juniors and Cadettes experiment with chemistry to design, create, and test new bath and beauty products. Juniors earn their Product Designer Badge, and Cadettes earn a Science Fun Patch.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$17/Girl Scout
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Valentine’s Mad Science (Daisies and Brownies)
Saturday, February 15 - 1:00-2:30pm
Saturday, February 15 - 3:00-4:30pm 

Sunday, February 16 - 1:00-2:30pm

Sunday, February 16 - 3:00-4:30pm
Daisies and Brownies experiment with candy chemistry as they create a sugar density gradient and make a Skittles liquid rainbow, and of course, they make Valentine’s slime. Daisies earn a Science Fun Patch. Brownies earn their Home Scientist Badge.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$17/Girl Scout

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Brain Science (Juniors and Cadettes)
Saturday, February 22 - 3:00-4:30pm
Juniors and Cadettes learn about the nervous system as they study the anatomy and function of the brain, dissect a sheep brain, and test their senses to earn a Discover Science Center Patch. 
Location: STEM Lab (suite 21) 
$20/Girl Scout

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Scribbling Robots (Daisies)
Sunday, February 23
12:30-2:30pm
Daisies become engineers to learn how robots work, design and create a prototype of their scribbling robot, and test their creations. Daisies earn their Robotics 1, 2 and 3 Badges during this workshop.
​Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$32/Girl Scout
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Bristle Bots and More (Brownies and Juniors)
Sunday, February 23
3:00-5:00pm
Girl Scouts become engineers to learn how robots work, program robots, design and build a prototype of a bristle bot, and test and show off their creations. Three badges are earned by Brownies and Juniors: Robotics 1, 2 and 3 Badges. 
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$32/Girl Scout

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Engineering Design (Seniors and Ambassadors)
Sunday, March 1
1:00-2:30pm
Seniors and Ambassadorsdesign and build devices that help people, animals, and the environment. Girl Scouts earn their Think Like an Engineer Badge. Note: The Take Action badge is not earned during this workshop and must be completed elsewhere to complete the Journey. 
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$17/Girl Scout
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Science of Water (Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors)
Sunday, March 1
3:00-4:30pm
Girl Scout learn about the unique properties of water as they conduct water experiments, create saltwater paintings, and learn about issues affecting underwater environments. Cadettes and Seniors earn an Under the Sea Fun Patch, and Ambassadors earn their Water Badge.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$17/Girl Scout
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Computational Thinking (Seniors and Ambassadors)
Sunday, March 8
1:00-2:30pm
Through offline activities and games, learn how programmers use computational thinking to solve problems. Seniors and Ambassadors earn their Think Like a Programmer Badge. Note: The Take Action badge is not earned during this workshop and must be completed elsewhere to complete the Journey. 
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$17/Girl Scout
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Robot Challenge (Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors)
Sunday, March 8
3:00-5:00pm
Using the LEGO Mindstorm® platform, Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadorswork in teams to design, build, program and use their robots to complete challenges. Girl Scouts earn three badges: Robotics 1, 2 and 3 Badges.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$32/Girl Scout
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Simple Inventions (Daisies and Brownies)
Sunday, March 15
1:00-2:30pm
Daisies and Brownies use LEGO® to invent and build simple machines and devices to perform a task. Daisies earn a STEM Fun Patch, and Brownies earn their Inventor Badge. 
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$17/Girl Scout 
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Space Science (Juniors and Cadettes)
Sunday, March 15 - 3:00-4:30pm 
Juniors and Cadettes model our solar system to explore how planets move, investigate the electromagnetic spectrum, learn how telescopes are used to explore space, and create models of constellations. Juniors earn their Space Science Investigator Badge, and Cadettes their Space Science Researcher Badge. 
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$17/Girl Scout
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Coding for Good (Daisies and Brownies)
Saturday, March 21 - 12:30-2:30pm - NEW
Girl Scouts are introduced to offline computer coding as they learn how to create a series of simple and more complex commands to follow a maze and design their own their own maze app. Daisies and Brownies earn their Coding for Good 1, 2 and 3 Badges during this workshop.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$32/Girl Scout
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Forensic Science (Juniors and Cadettes)

Saturday, March 21 - 3:00-4:30pm - NEW

Juniors and Cadettes learn the science of solving mysteries as they test their observation and interview skills, investigate fingerprints, and analyze DNA and handwriting samples to earn their Detective Badge (Juniors) or Special Agent Badge (Cadettes).

Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$17/Girl Scout
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Online Coding for Good (Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors)
​Sunday, March 22 - 12:30-2:30pm 
Girl Scouts learn about syntax and debugging as they create online codes for images and memes, relate computer programs to everyday life, and develop apps that can be used for good. Girl Scouts are encouraged to bring a laptop or tablet, or they can share one of ours (a physical keyboard is recommended). Girl Scouts earn their Coding for Good 1, 2 and 3 Badges during this workshop.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$32/Girl Scout
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Photography (Juniors and Ambassadors)
Sunday, March 22 - 3:00-4:30pm 
Juniors and Ambassadors learn camera techniques of shooting, composition, and lighting, how to find and compose your subject through a photo scavenger hunt, and how to edit your images with different digital tools. Girls will create a portfolio of their work to share with your fellow artists. Girl Scouts are encouraged to bring a tablet, smartphone, point and shoot camera, or they can share one of ours. Juniors earn their Digital Photographer Badge, and Ambassadors earn their Photographer Badge. Limited to 12 participants.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$17/Girl Scout
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Science of Space (Daisies and Brownies)

Sunday, March 29 - 1:00-2:30pm

Daisies and Brownies explore our solar system as they learn about and model craters on the moon, investigate how large our sun really is, and identify stars and constellations. Daisies earn their Space Science Explorer Badge, and Brownies earn their Space Science Adventurer Badge.

Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)

$17/Girl Scout

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Bristle Bots and More (Brownies and Juniors)

Sunday, March 29 - 3:00-5:00pm

Girl Scouts become engineers to learn how robots work, program robots, design and build a prototype of a bristle bot, and test and show off their creations. Three badges are earned by Brownies and Juniors: Robotics 1, 2 and 3 Badges.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$32/Girl Scout

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All About Bugs (Daisies and Brownies)
Sunday, April 19 - 1:00-2:30pm

Sunday, May 3 - 1:00-2:30pm 
Learn about bugs, what they look like, and where they live and create an insect craft. Brownies earn their Naturalist Badge. Daisies earn a Science Fun Patch.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$17/Girl Scout
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Car Design (Juniors and Cadettes)
Sunday, April 19 
1:00-2:30pm
Juniors and Cadettes learn about potential and kinetic energy as they design, test and build alternative fuel vehicles from various materials. Juniors earn their Mechanical Engineering: Balloon Car Badge, and Cadettes earn a STEM Fun Patch.  
Location: Science Center (suite 5) - NOTE: We are not meeting in our STEM Lab.
$17/Girl Scout 
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Citizen Science: Ladybug Project (Daisies and Brownies)
Sunday, April 19 - 3:00-4:30pm

Sunday, May 3 - 3:00-4:30pm​ 
Daisies and Brownies learn about the scientific method and citizen science as they make observations and collect data on ladybugs for the Lost Ladybug Project. Daisies and Brownies earn their Think Like a Citizen Scientist Badge. Note: The Take Action badge is not earned during this workshop and must be completed elsewhere to complete the Journey. 
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$17/Girl Scout
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Structural Engineering (Juniors and Cadettes)
Sunday, April 19 - 3:00-4:30pm 
Juniors and Cadettes design and build structures that hold significant weight, withstand nature’s forces, and protect people and animals. Juniors and Cadettes earn their Think Like an Engineer Badge. Note: The Take Action badge is not earned during this workshop and must be completed elsewhere to complete the Journey. 
Location: Science Center (suite 5) - NOTE: We are not meeting in our STEM Lab.
$17/Girl Scout

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Flower Science (Juniors and Cadettes)
Sunday, April 26
1:00-2:30pm 
Juniors and Cadettes investigate the science of flowers by dissecting a flower, looking at plants under a microscope, and conducting a plant experiment. Juniors earn their Flower Badge, and Cadettes earn a Science Fun Patch.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$17/Girl Scout
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Science of Trees (Juniors and Cadettes)
Sunday, April 26
3:00-4:30pm
Juniors and Cadettes become dendrologists and learn all about trees - their anatomy, how to identify different species, and how they help people and animals. Juniors earn a Science Fun Patch, and Cadettes earn their Trees Badge.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$17/Girl Scout
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All About Bugs (Daisies and Brownies)
Sunday, May 3 - 1:00-2:30pm 
Learn about bugs, what they look like, and where they live and create an insect craft. Brownies earn their Bugs Badge. Daisies earn a Science Fun Patch.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$17/Girl Scout
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Citizen Science: Ladybug Project (Daisies and Brownies)
Sunday, May 3 - 3:00-4:30pm​ 
Daisies and Brownies learn about the scientific method and citizen science as they make observations and collect data on ladybugs for the Lost Ladybug Project. Daisies and Brownies earn their Think Like a Citizen Scientist Badge. Note: The Take Action badge is not earned during this workshop and must be completed elsewhere to complete the Journey. 
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$17/Girl Scout
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Cybersecurity 101 (Daisies and Brownies)
Sunday, May 17 - 12:30-2:30pm 
Girl Scouts investigate how computers communicate, and learn the importance of online privacy and security as they safely gather information, and make observations to solve a cyber mystery. Girl Scouts are encouraged to bring a laptop or tablet, or they can share one of ours. Daisies and Brownies earn their Cybersecurity 1, 2 and 3 Badges during this workshop.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$32/Girl Scout
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Cybersecurity 201 (Juniors and Cadettes)
Sunday, May 17 - 3:00-5:00pm 
Girl Scouts learn how to detect and protect against malware, hacking and identity theft as they investigate computer networking, communication protocols, and metadata. Girl Scouts are encouraged to bring a laptop or tablet, or they can share one of ours. Juniors and Cadettes earn their Cybersecurity 1, 2 and 3 Badges during this workshop.
Location: STEM Lab (Suite 21)
$32/Girl Scout
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