The Girl Scouts just teamed up with SETI for STEM classes and space merit badges

Get the Full StoryGirl Scouts of the USA have always learned to be good citizens of this planet, but now they are aiming a little higher. Your favorite cookie sellers have teamed up with the SETI Institute for a five-year program called Reaching for the Stars: NASA Science for Girl Scouts. While the program, which is funded by … Continue reading “The Girl Scouts just teamed up with SETI for STEM classes and space merit badges”

Girl Scouts of the USA have always learned to be good citizens of this planet, but now they are aiming a little higher. Your favorite cookie sellers have teamed up with the SETI Institute for a five-year program called Reaching for the Stars: NASA Science for Girl Scouts. While the program, which is funded by NASA’s Science Mission Directorate and led by the SETI Institute, won’t train the bright minds of the future in the art of searching for intelligent life in the universe unless they plan on showing Contact at the next Girl Scout Jamboree , it will hopefully encourage a lifelong love of science, tech, engineering, and math STEM . According to a study by the Girl Scout Research Institute, while girls say STEM fields are interesting, only 13 would choose a career in STEM, and only a third have participated in STEM activities outside school. Meanwhile, 57 say that if they went into a STEM career, they’d have to work harder than a man to be taken seriously. Hence the need for a STEM program aimed at young women.Read Full Story

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