April is STEM Month! Learn how to celebrate with Girl Scouts.
Girls are natural-born scientists! They look at the world around them with inquisitive eyes, experiment and push boundaries, and learn as they go. Girl Scouts introduces girls of every age to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to help them see how they can improve the world—whether they're discovering how a car engine runs, learning to manage finances, or caring for animals.
Research shows that girls are keenly interested in STEM and excel at it. Yet, for a variety of reasons, girls often don’t pursue STEM—starting as early as elementary school. We can change that! Let's encourage girls to see that STEM can help them make the world a better place.
Have fun learning about the fascinating and important mathematical ratio Pi. Check out the Pi Day activity booklet!
Girl Scouts can explore STEM throughout the month of April by taking on the Girl Scout STEM Month Challenge sponsored by First Tech Federal Credit Union! To earn a special STEM Month patch, complete the following steps:
Once you complete all four steps, fill out this STEM Month Challenge Submission Form to tell us about your experience, and we'll send you a STEM Month Challenge patch! The submission form is open until May 31, 2021.
Questions about the STEM Month Challenge? Contact activities@girlscoutsosw.org.
All of the steps to complete this fun and educational program patch have at-home options. Learn where milk comes from, how it is processed, how dairy can play a role in our nutrition and what careers are possible in the wide world of dairy. Check out the Oregon Dairy Patch activity booklet!
Girl Scouts can explore the science of our universe through badges, clubs and travel thanks to the NASA-funded Reaching for the Stars: NASA Science for Girl Scouts in partnership with the SETI Institute, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and more!
“Reaching for the Stars: NASA Science for Girl Scouts” is based upon a cooperative agreement (NNX16AB90A) from NASA’s Space Science Directorate through the SETI Institute.
Explore, observe and investigate the Solar System and our place in it! Discover that space is bigger and even more exciting than you may have imagined. Girl Scout Daisies, Brownies and Juniors can learn all about sun, moon, planets and stars. Girl Scout Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors can learn about light – its properties and how we use it to make discoveries – and our place in the universe. Explore your interests, share your knowledge and learn how you can be a part of NASA.
To earn the Space Science badges, girls complete five steps, choosing one of three activity choices for each step. Designed to take three meetings, the Space Science badges can be completed using the troop leader materials in the Volunteer Toolkit, using the Badge Booklet available at GSOSW Shops, or both!
