Home Scientist (2 hours)

By paying careful attention during experiments, scientists learn new things—even if they’ve done the test before. That means you don’t have to grow up to be a scientist. You’re a scientist every time you do an experiment! In this badge, find out where science has been hiding in your own home.

  1. Be a kitchen chemist
  2. Create static electricity
  3. Dive into density
  4. Make something bubble up

Fling Flyer Design Challenge (2 hours)

Work like an engineer to create a fling flyer and explore what keeps it and other things, like birds, planes, and spaceships, in the air.

  1. Learn about forces that affect flight
  2. Design and build a fling flyer
  3. Test your fling flyer
  4. Brainstorm ways to improve your design

Race Car Design Challenge (2 hours)

When engineers design something new, they need to consider how forces like gravity and friction will affect their design. Race car designers add or create special features, parts of something, that help their car to go fast. Engineers create these features to make their products more useful. Design, build, and test your own race car to explore how science can make a faster race car!

  1. Learn how design can affect speed
  2. Design and build your race car
  3. Design your racetrack
  4. Conduct a fair test and record results

STEM: Think Like an Engineer (2 hours)

Grab your safety goggles and put on your thinking cap–time to combine your creativity with science to build survival devices.

  1. Learn how simple machines can be used in complex builds.
  2. Design and build a helping hands device using simple machines
  3. Design and build a water collection device.
  4. Design and build a pop fly contraption.

STEM: Think Like a Programmer (2 hours)

Designing Robots

Robot are simple machines that run automatically, made of many different parts, each with its own important job to help the robot.

  1. Explore how robots imitate nature
  2. Learn about the parts of a robot
  3. Plan your robot
  4. Create a prototype

 Programming Robots

Robots are simple machines made of many different parts that are programmed to run automatically. Programmers are the engineers that create step-by-step instructions, or algorithms, that tell robots how to understand and respond to their environment.

  1. Create a simple machine
  2. Test your robot senses
  3. Learn about programming
  4. Code our mini robots

Basic Powderpuff Pinewood Derby Design Workshop (2hours)

This workshop will provide the space, tools, and tips to give your derby car the advantage!  This is the perfect workshop for beginners as you learn the basics of building and designing a derby car while working side-by-side with fellow Girl Scouts.  Test your new derby car on our testing ramp while getting tips and tricks to increase your speed. 

  1. Learn how design can affect speed
  2. Learn to use hands tools to build your derby cars
  3. Race, test, record results, and redesign your cars!

Advanced Powderpuff Pinewood Derby Workshop (3 hours)

This workshop will provide the space, tools, and tips to give your derby car the advantage and more!  This is the perfect workshop for experienced racers who want to fine tune their cars with added weights, custom body designs, and added color.  Test your new derby car on our testing ramp while getting help using weights to increase your speed.  

  1. Learn how design can affect speed
  2. Experiment with adding or moving weight along the car body for an additional force
  3. Learn to use hands tools to build your derby cars
  4. Race, test, record results, and redesign your cars!

Call 972-546-3050 ext 106 to book your group’s program.