Challenge
Island® partners with Girl Scout councils nationwide, and we offer fully
interactive, hands-on STEAM Girl Scout workshops for girls of all ages
- Daisy through Ambassador! This workshop is taught by a certified
Challenge Island Education Instructors and Assistants.
* 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.
For
the Junior Business Jumpstart Badge, girls will use the Engineering
Design Process to complete the badge requirements by listening to an
entrepreneur’s story and learning about roller coasters and the inventor of the
roller coaster loop-the-loop that forever changed the roller coaster
industry. Girls will then design & build a roller coaster prototype,
get feedback on it, and revise their prototype and incorporate the
suggestions. Girls will create a name and business pitch for their new
themed roller coaster. Then they will pitch it to the other Juniors on
why they should spend their money to ride their coaster! It's going to be
a wild ride!