Category: STEM
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Girl Scouts, Chattanooga State Community College Partnered to Teach Girls about Careers in STEM
Girl Scouts has made a commitment to put 2.5 million girls through hands-on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) programs by 2025 to help bridge the ever-widening STEM gap in the United States. At Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians (GSCSA), we’re doing our part through partnerships with local community colleges that provide Girl Scouts with interactive…
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Outreach Program Helps Girls Keep Up in STEM
The National Girls Collaborative Project recently released statistics on the state of girls and women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) which found that in kindergarten through 12th grade, girls and boys test at about equal levels in math and science. However, there exists a large gap in those test scores between students from minority and…
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Girl Scouts Work to Bridge the United States STEM Gap
The United States is on the brink of a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) “talent vacuum,” reported an article published by The Hill on May 2. With the government encouraging companies to stop outsourcing in addition to tighter regulations on immigration, U.S. companies are facing a shortage of skilled laborers. The article cited research by Ranstad…
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Girl Scout STEM Badge College Event
On June 2, Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians and Pellissippi State Community College partnered together to create the STEM* Badge College event for Girl Scout Cadettes and higher. At the event, girls learned about 3D printing, computer coding, DNA, robotics, movie-making, and much more. We sat down with some of the girls and asked…