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Harper and S’mya read the 3rd chapter of the Girl Scout Daisy Petals. Also known as the green petal for Considerate and Caring. Follow along to earn this petal.
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Academics
In honor of Women’s History Month, the team at BestColleges.com put together a series of guides that celebrates and supports women who choose to earn a degree. The Women’s History Month series features top programs, a plethora of scholarships and resources specifically for women, and highlights of women scientists.
Their goal is to share these resources and get them in front of both women and girls to inspire future generations of STEM leaders, global advocates, and college graduates. Please take a look below:
Top Programs:
https://www.bestcolleges.com/features/top-womens-colleges/
Scholarships & Resources:
https://www.bestcolleges.com/resources/scholarships-and-resources-for-women/
Women Leaders in Science:
https://www.bestcolleges.com/blog/10-women-who-made-scientific-history/
A note for Girl Scout Ambassadors: These resources pair well with the College Knowledge badge!
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Members of the tourism and attractions community continue to provide online content for entertainment and educational purposes during the coronavirus pandemic, which has shut down schools and theme parks alike. Add offerings from Orlando-based SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment and the Crayola Experience to the options.
SeaWorld Orlando and its sister park Busch Gardens Tampa Bay have made public some of its (mostly) animal-driven resources that are tailored to students between kindergarten and 12th grade.
Included are a series of fact sheets called Animal Bytes, which spotlight dozens of species; a broader InfoBooks series; information about careers that involve working with animals; the Saving a Species series and a series of playable animal sounds.
With just a casual browse of the offerings, I learned facts about the blue tang (and that there’s a bony fish called the lookdown), consider saving the cheetah and heard the cries of a camel, a gibbon and a Clydesdale. (Most unnerving: the sounds from a beluga whale and a Florida panther.)
The information is available through seaworld.org.
Meanwhile, Crayola Experience, which has an Orlando location inside Florida Mall, is offering crafting instruction, games, apps, coloring pages and science experiments using household items.
To sign up for their downloads, go to crayolaexperience.com/athome.
Other experiences will be posted on the social media platforms for both Crayola Experience and Crayola.
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All Kindergarten and 1st graders will enjoy this Flower Friend story to begin earning their “Honest & Fair” Daisy Petal.
Activities for Kids
This course is a project of the Woman in Aviation International Chapter at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide. It is a self-paced Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), designed for learners 8-17 that celebrates Girls in Aviation Day! In the course, ERAU-WW provides learners with some of the best information related to aviation and aeronautics available. We hope you learn a lot, explore what we have to offer, and have loads of fun!
Sign up your young learner today and get excited about girls in aviation.
To be eligible for enrollment in this course learners must be at least 13 years old or must have a parent or guardian sign up for this course on the behalf of their child.
Target Audience: Children 8-17 years old.
Course is offered by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
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The Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History virtual tours allow visitors to take self-guided, room-by-room tours of select exhibits and areas within the museum from their desktop or mobile device. Visitors can also access select collections and research areas at our satellite support and research stations as well as past exhibits no longer on display.
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Celebrate Earth Day with Boeing and Discovery Education as we highlight the ways Boeing is using advanced technology, engineering, and its dedicated workforce to create a more sustainable future. The ecoAction Virtual Field Trip brings students to various locations around Seattle, Washington to meet STEM experts who are working on sustainability in the air, on land, in the water, and in the handling and reduction of waste.
It’s on all of us to create a more sustainable world. Join us to see how Boeing engineers and other STEM experts are working on sustainability in the air, on land, in the water, and in the handling and reduction of waste. Hop onboard the ecoDemonstrator test plane to see how an ingenious vortex generator reduces drag on airplanes, step inside a forest to learn about the creation of sustainable biofuels, check out a new permeable pavement, and see how recycling can lead to innovation.
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Interested in learning more about the sky? Then join Piper on this Facebook Live recording where she will go through all the steps of the Sky Badge. Get ready to learn about constellations, Earth’s atmosphere, and more! All you need is a few sheets of paper and coloring supplies.
Activities for Kids
Join Boeing and Discovery Education on a mission to inspire the world through aerospace innovation with an exclusive virtual field trip to historic Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. This behind-the-scenes tour will introduce kids to just a few of the amazing Boeing employees who are preparing to write the next chapter of space history with the launch of the Starliner/CST-100 spacecraft and the deployment of the Space Launch System (SLS).
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For Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors
PLEASE READ FULL EVENT DESCRIPTION: Complete your Think Like A Programmer (TLAP) Journey online and learn to code all from the comfort of your own home on your own schedule! CodeCampKidz will guide you step by step as you work through your projects. No experience or previous knowledge is required! When you finish your journey you will have coded a Take Action Project of your choosing and earned your journey award badge. All under the guidance of a live instructor OR on your own!
The Web Development Edition of TLAP is designed for girls who are interested in a Full Code Immersion experience. You’ll not only Think Like A Programmer but code like one as well while overcoming obstacles, building problem solving skills, and developing confidence as an independent coder. Sign up at any time and experience the latest in online learning.
All you need to participate is a modern browser, high speed Wi-Fi, and a computer with audio capability (CodeCampKidz is no longer compatible with Chromebooks). You will have as long as you need to complete your journey. Once you complete the journey, you are more than welcome to continue the fun and the learning; additional learning plans are available for purchase through CodeCampKidz once you complete your journey.
Confirmations: This program is completely virtual and the registration is rolling, which means we will continue to accept new girls throughout the entire Spring season(January 6th – May 17th). Confirmations for the class, containing a link to create your CodeCampKidz account and details on how to participate, will be sent out every Monday to girls who registered the previous week. Please note that the automatic response containing a receipt that you receive upon registering is not the confirmation email. The confirmation email will be sent from a Girl Scouts of Citrus staff member. We appreciate your patience with the confirmation emails, as this program is rolling admission and we are continuously accepting new girls.
How do you receive your badge?: Once girls complete the journey, they must submit proof of their completed Take Action Project to receive their badge. A badge request form will be provided in your confirmation email. This form will need to be sent to vkatz@citrus-gs.org with the subject line “Think Like A Programmer Journey Badge Request Form�?. Badges will be sent via USPS.
Refunds: Since this is an ongoing registration, we will not be able to offer any refunds or cancellations for this program.
If you have any questions regarding this program, please contact vkatz@citrus-gs.org. Confirmations for this program will be sent from vkatz@citrus-gs.org.