Showing posts with label STEM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label STEM. Show all posts

Monday, April 1, 2013

March Meeting

I know I've fallen way behind on keeping you updated with our meetings! I hope your year has been a little less crazy than mine. I can't find my meeting schedule/agenda for the past couple, but here's our most recent one!

Pre-Meeting: Journal what do you want to be when you grow up?

Song: "If I Were Not a Girl Scout" or "Hot Time in Old Town"

Circle: We had a guest speaker, a woman rocket scientist who was a friend of one of our parents. She came and talked about outer space and what she did to build rockets. The girls had some super interesting and thoughtful questions to ask her! Most of them also answered their journal questions with some type of scientist, so yay for STEM focus!

Snack!

Activity: To go along with the space theme, we made Galaxy Play-Dough. Great way to teach the girls about lab rules (No smelling!). The girls added the ingredients to the bowl and pot, my co-leader operated the stove. Once the play-dough was formed, we put the girls at the table and gave them glitter to knead into the dough.

Game: We played a couple quick games of "Hot Lava", where the girls lined up and we outlined their feet on the floor with duct tape. Outside the tape the floor was hot lava, and the girls had to switch the order of their line without stepping outside of it. They did such a great job we had them line up from oldest to youngest without talking. Even the parents were skeptical of their ability to figure it out, but they got it done!

Closing

What has your troop been up to? Leave me a message below!

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Our Eighth Meeting: January

Pre-Meeting: When did I stand up for something? in journal

Opening

Song: Can a Woman?

Circle: Talk about women scientists; share journal

Snack

Activity: Magnet Hunt -- guess if things are magnetic or not and put our hypotheses to the test!

Game: Dots Game

Closing: Give Petals!

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Our Sixth Meeting: November

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Premeeting: Journal 5 things I’m thankful for

Opening:


Circle: Share Journal Things and add one to ThanksgivingTree

Snack!

Activity: What’s in the Bag? << Describe what characteristics were without looking

Game: Buildingeach other up! - Each table has a bag of a few things: marshmallows, stick of gum, straws, index cards, paper clips, etc.  Each table has 5 minutes to see who could build the tallest structure without it falling, using only the on the table.
Closing: