The Girl Scouts of the USA unveiled 23 new badges related to science, technology, mathematics, and nature activities this week, responding to popular demand for activities related to interests such as the outdoors, mechanical engineering, and computer programming.
The new badges will have members designing robots and learning about mechanical engineering, ” building and testing rollercoasters, race cars, and gliders,” the organization said.
“The level of skills will be appropriate to the girls’ ages, starting with kindergarten-age Daisy Scouts,” member station Arizona Public Media reports.
Jessica Malordy, communications coordinator for Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona, tells APM, “Girls have expressed a ton of interest and have been very vocal about their desire to do more STEM.”
