Focus on Engineering

STEAM education is an essential part of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience and preparing girls for dynamic careers in the field. During February’s Engineer Week, Daisy, Brownie, and Junior Girl Scouts learned about STEAM careers and education, saw live lab equipment demonstrations on a campus tour, and had a full immersive engineering experience at Cal Poly Pomona’s yearly Girl Scouts Day. Professional engineers from the American Society of Civil Engineers Los Angeles Younger Member Forum and Cal Poly engineering students spoke and Girl Scouts earned their Mechanical Engineering badges.

One of the newest STEAM badges, the Automotive Design badge teaches Girl Scouts about interior and exterior design elements in vehicles, including those in specialty vehicles like ice cream trucks or school buses. Led by one of our volunteer subject matter experts, an electrical engineer with Rivian, Girl Scouts designed a vet clinic on wheels, STEAM lab van, and Girl Scout cookie mobile at our Upland Service Center.