Daisy think like an engineer

These stories bring to life the materials, processes, and mindsets that reflect the goals of making as learning.

My troop consists of 2 Daisies, 3 Brownies, and 4 Juniors, so we decided to try out the new Think Like an Engineer Journey. The girls had a great time being engineers during the design process. I divided them into 4 groups, and they worked well together. I made sure there was an older girl…

Our Girl Scout Troop had a fabulous year. But there was one problem: We had these great new robotics and engineering badges to work with and I had no idea how to lead the girls through these. Sure, we have the new volunteer toolkit which gives us great ideas, but we have a multi-level troop…

In this Journey, you will:1. Find out how engineers use design thinking to solve problems2. Do 3 design thinking activities: design and build a paper structu...

Bridge Challenge Engineer Journey

Explore the engineering design process with this illustration. This illustration is part of the Engineering for Good unit.

Students compete to build the tallest tower in this fun engineering lesson plan.

A new Think Like a Citizen Scientist Girl Scouts journey was released this morning in collaboration with SciStarter as part of the Girl Scouts of USA’s announcement that it is adding 23 new badges related to science, technology, engineering, math and the outdoors. Girl Scouts can now earn badges through activities like programming robots, citizen … Read more "A new, national “Think Like a Citizen Scientist” Girl Scouts journey!"

This was originally designed as a Cadette Think Like An Engineer by Laura Witte, Troop 1912, Girl Scouts of Gateway Council. Based on GSUSA journey plans. Our troop adapted the Think Like an Engine…