Virtual Girl Scouts / Junior Business Jumpstart Badge Workshop / May 1 / 2:00-4:00 PM Central Time

Challenge Island® partners with Girl Scout councils nationwide, and we also offer fully interactive, hands-on STEAM Girl Scout virtual workshops for girls of all ages - Daisy through Ambassador!  This workshop is taught by a certified Challenge Island Owner who is also a Lifetime Girl Scout and a former Girl Scout Council Director.  But girls be warned: These are not sit-watch-a-video and do the activity on your own types of classes!  These classes are fully interactive with the teacher and the other kids on the call and completely hands-on, just as our in-person classes are.  So come join us on our interactive online classes and connect with your troop members and new Girl Scout friends. We have put together a special workshop just for you!   

·       * Our whimsical, creativity-based STEM/STEAM curriculum inspires girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math.

·       * The Scientific Method / Engineering Design Process is used by girls throughout every challenge as our cross-curricular island themes extends their learning across multiple disciplines.

·       * Both left & right sides of the brain are utilized as innovative, creative thinking is encouraged and celebrated.

·       * Challenges emphasize valuable skills such as communication, critical & creative thinking, flexibility, leadership, initiative, social skills, grit, & perseverance.

·       * Our workshops prepare the fun, lively G.I.R.L. of today for the ever-changing global marketplace of the future.

Come Join Us and find out what Challenge Island is all about! We have put together a special workshop just for you!

In the Junior Business Jumpstart Badge Workshop, girls will use the Engineering Design Process to complete the badge requirements by listening to an Entrepreneur's story and learning about a product & service that touches our lives.  Girls will then evaluate that product to appeal to target a specific customer, design a prototype, get feedback on it, and revise their prototype in incorporate the suggestions.  Girls will come up with a pitch for their product/service and pitch it to the other Juniors.   

Girls are encouraged to wear their sash/vest. 

Cost includes: A 2-hour workshop with a design build challenge, materials list scavenger hunt, additional printouts, and a Certificate of Completion & exclusive Challenge Island patch mailed directly to the Girl Scout. This does not include the badge.