Think Like a Programmer (2 hrs/ $25 per scout)
- Find out how programmers use computational thinking to solve problems.
- Do 3 computational thinking activities: create algorithms to make images with tangrams; create mad libs to learn more about algorithms, abstraction, functions, and variables; and create a personal innovation to discover rapid prototyping
Detective (2 hrs/ $25 per scout)
Stories, movies, and television are full of amazing detectives solving mysteries and bringing criminals to justice. Their jobs are important, exciting, and take serious skills—skills you can try in this badge. Grab your magnifying glass and dive into the science of detecting.
- Practice the power of observation
- Communicate in code
- Fingerprint for fun
- Try out detective science
STEM: Think Like an Engineer (2 hrs/ $25 per scout)
Grab your safety goggles and put on your thinking cap–time to combine your creativity with science to build survival devices.
- Learn how simple machines can be used in complex builds.
- Design and build a paper structure that withstands our testing zone.
- Engineer an emergency shelter as a team.
- Design and build towers that must withstand a seismic shake up.
*Bookings close 14 days ahead of workshop times
Due to field trip season, we will not book any workshops in the months of April & May.