STEAMwhiz Girl Scout Badges

$175.00$350.00

Earn your GS Daisy, GS Brownie, GS Junior, and GS Cadette STEM Badges with STEAMwhiz Innovation Labs! 

Check for Availability | Contact the STEAM-Team | 518-512-9595 | [email protected]

Girl Scouts young and old will Level Up their thinking & doing and build their skills in (S)cience (T)ech (E)ngineering (A)rt (M)ath @STEAMwhiz Innovation Labs in Guilderland, NY. They will get hands-on with 3D printing, computer-aided design, the engineering design process, coding, robotics & more!  Earn a STEM badge in as little as 1.5hrs. Jammed packed with creative problem-solving endeavors to support and develop your NextGen thinker & doer.

How to Secure Your Spot:

  1. Book your Initial Reservation Below- Minimum of 5 students/Maximum of 10 students
  2. After making your reservation, you can add up to 5 more students for a total of 10 students max per lab session.
    1. To Add Participants CLICK HERE.
  3. Additional participants can be added until your lab date.
  4. The lab/badge must be paid *In-Full* by your lab date.
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Description

We can integrate 3D Printing into many of the Girl Scout badges. But you might be asking, “Why 3D Printing?” Whether students are creating name tags, balloon-powered racers,  or articulating Minecraft characters, 3D Printing has vast benefits. Read our article, “3D Printing – Changing the Way Our Students Learn” to find out the top 3 reasons STEAMwhiz Innovation Labs uses and instructs students in 3D design and fabrication.

STEAMwhiz will help your Girl Scout and her troop discover that they can take on some of the biggest challenges and problems our planet faces—and help solve them. Invest in her future and develop the skills she needs to become a creative problem-solver for her future. That future can be a reality, thanks to science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM).

Get hands-on in these high-tech, creative, inquiry-based labs!

Check Out Some of the Badges Available @ STEAMwhiz 

  1. Math in Nature
  2. Coding for Good I – III
  3. Mechanical Engineering I – III
  4. Robotics I – III
  5. Science and Technology

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In-person Guided Labs

  • Each Girl Scout Badge will take between 1-3 Lab Sessions
  • Each lab is 1.5 hr/session
  • Pricing: $35 per student, per 1.5hr session (30% discount included)
  • Min. 5 students/Max. 10 students

Capital District GS Daisys, GS Brownies, GS Juniors, GS Cadettes

  • At least 1.5 hrs per lab session
  • Time commitment varies per badge

Become the Problem Solver Leaders of Tomorrow!!

When girls participate in  STEAMwhiz Girl Scout STEM/STEAM programs they benefit in four important ways:

  1. STEM/STEAM Interest – Girls are excited about STEM subjects and want to learn more about them.
  2. STEM/STEAM Confidence – Girls gain confidence in their STEM skills and abilities.
  3. STEM/STEAM Competence – Girls think scientifically to solve problems.
  4. STEM/STEAM Value – Girls learn the importance and relevance of STEM to themselves, others, and society.

STEAMwhiz can provide opportunities for your Girl Scout to jump into STEM and explore their interests and passions with fun, hands-on, inquiry-based challenges like engineering 3D Printed Balloon Racers, designing apps and video games, and coding a robot. Interest in STEM begins in early childhood (between the ages of five and ten) and girls who participate in programs like STEAMwhiz and Girl Scouts become more confident in their math and science abilities and are more interested in STEM subjects and careers. 

The ‘STEAM’ Team

STEAM-Team or Dream Team? 😉 This lab is taught by STEAMwhiz’s lead educator Allie Pulecio. She is certified in K-6th education, published STEM education work in a peer-reviewed journal, and has over 15 years of classroom experience and curriculum development. The lab is overseen by STEAMwhiz’s scientist Dr. Javier F. Pulecio (aka Dr. J) who holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences has worked as a physicist at premier U.S. research institutions, as well as an engineer at fortune 500 companies, and authored over a dozen publications in top-tier journals. Together they are driven by their passion to empower students to develop their analytical and critical thinking, necessary to prepare them for the future.

Our Method of Success

Eliminate the fear and allow our children the time and space to fail forward and succeed. The STEAMwhiz Method will help students build their confidence in themselves and their abilities through discovery, tests, creation, and analysis. STEAMwhiz kids will be able to embrace the idea that failures lead to opportunities to learn and grow. STEM/STEAM learning experiences offer amazing opportunities to develop powerful GROWTH MINDSET attributes, which are pivotal for success!

Prior Knowledge

Each lab is built upon the other. Students will be given the time necessary to develop new connections resulting in new learning. When instruction is not jumping from one new thing to the next, students can develop goals, take on challenges, learn from mistakes, practice new skills, persevere, and ultimately create a culminating “Show-What-You-Know” PBL unit (project-based learning).

Project-Based Learning

Project-based learning empowers students to seize control over their learning experiences, following their interests and passions as they address a driving question or challenge; through investigation and inquiry; student voice and choice; reflection; revision; and finally, a project to be shared and celebrated. As students work with one another to create projects to share, they become responsible for the assessment of their work. Project-based learning frees students from the anxiety of meeting the expectations of school and/or instructors while allowing them the agency to create using the meaning they’ve developed from their experiences. This is a powerful re-imagination of what is possible!

COVID-19 Safety

At STEAMwhiz we are guided by the best-known science and follow the most conservative, best practices to ensure your children and our educators are safe.

Sick/Symptomatic Guidelines – any child that shows any symptoms that are related to, been in contact with, or contracted COVID-19 please refer to the latest guidelines from the CDC. If you have any doubt please contact us before bringing your child.

HVAC system – The STEAMwhiz lab has a dedicated air handler that is constantly filtering air 24hr a day and 7 days a week. The MERV filters being used are rated eleven or better and have been tested in our labs to remove particles down to 0.1 microns (similar to N95 masks).

HEPA Filtertration System

Laboratory Decontamination – On top of the air being cleansed 24/7, the STEAMwhiz lab is decontaminated after every session. All hard surfaces are wiped down using a bleach solution and the lab is exposed to UVC radiation nightly.

Mask Policy – Optional *As of April 2022

Social distancing – There will be a maximum of 6 children per session in the lab and social distancing protocols will be followed.

Additional information

Initial Reservation

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