How do Sparks support Girl Scouts?
Leading hands-on projects with Girl Scouts takes confidence - not hours preparing materials or learning engineering concepts. Sparks make it easy to deliver engaging, made-to-keep hands on STEM that aligns with badge activities and engineering challenges. With 15 minutes to make an example, you can lead girls through imagining, building, testing, improving, and sharing their projects - before they go home for further exploration.
Daisies can…
- Build playful moving inventions with Art Machines, introducing simple machines and creative engineering.
- Explore balance, shapes, and structural design with Straw Structures while developing early engineering skills.
Brownies can…
- Design and improve moving mechanisms with Linkages, supporting engineering and robotics activities.
- Build and test pathways with Mazes, encouraging problem solving, testing, and redesign.
Juniors can…
- Design, build, and test Wind-Up Vehicles while investigating motion, force, and iterative engineering.
- Investigate lift, thrust, and energy transfer with Flying Machines through hands on engineering challenges.
Cadettes can…
- Design, build, and improve Electric Vehicles, applying motors, circuits, testing, and engineering design.
- Explore pneumatic engineering with Monster Mouths, investigating air powered mechanical systems.
Older Girl Scouts can…
- Lead Drawbots workshops for younger troops, introducing engineering, circuits, and creativity through hands on making.
- Incorporate Sparks into Bronze, Silver, or Gold Award service projects, family STEM nights, or community outreach while mentoring younger Girl Scouts.
