Partnering with the Girl Scouts of Moingona Council, the Program for Women in Science and Engineering (PWSE), the ISU Section of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), and the Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) student organization hosted Brownies Exploring Science and Technology (BEST). These events are now done the first Saturday of the month in February and March.

BEST and Girls Enjoying Math and Science (GEMS) are offered on an annual basis. For each program, PWSE at Iowa State University will host approximately 80 -100 girls. Seventy nine Brownie Girl Scouts and 22 adults participated in the event on November 13. The PWSE Graduate Assistant and 14 volunteers from the student organization coordinated the event. The half-day, Saturday, programs allow the girls to have fun with hands-on science, math, and technology activities and interact with undergraduate women enrolled in science and engineering degree programs.

A volunteer helps BEST participants during the "Air Exists" experiment.

The undergraduate PWSE students who volunteered with BEST.

 

All activities were taken from Movers, a publication from the National Science Partnership for Girl Scouts and Science Museums. Activity rooms included:

FORCES OF FLIGHT – Exploring the four forces present in flight
PEANUT PLANTS – Examining seeds and what is needed for them to grow
WIND WHEELS – Making wind socks and pinwheels
AIR EXISTS – Discovering how we can see air in water

 

 

For information on upcoming dates, registration, or other details please contact Liz Blasberg at the Moingona Girl Scout Council Office, 1-800-342-8389, http://www.moingonagirlscouts.org/