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Education Outreach

We would love to have ASCE members help with the STEM education with the Girl Scouts.  There are two upcoming opportunities.  Please let me know if you would be interested and I can get you more information. 

• Pumpkin Chunkin – Saturday, October 22^nd – 23^rd
• Volunteer Shift #1(Oct. 22): 9:00 am- 11:00 am
• Volunteer Shift #2 (Oct 23): 9:00 am- 11:00 am
• Location: STEM Center of Excellence, 6010 Whispering Cedars Dr, Dallas, TX  75236
• Event Description: Launch into this fall team Engineering Challenge! Girl Scout Troops will learn woodworking and engineering skills while constructing a trebuchet or catapult using STEM Center designs Volunteer role:
• Help guide Girl Scouts in execution of building trebuchet, utilize 3 processes (Girl-led, hands-on, collaborative). Be able to be problem solvers, teachers, follow blueprints, and provide support to parents.
• Cookie Box Creations – Fall/Winter 2022/2023
• October 16th, 2022 - Orientation 2pm to 4pm
• January 2023 - Meeting a few times during the month to plan and work on cookie box creation – location and time to be decided by volunteers
• February 26th, 2023 - Showcase at the Galleria, build is 8am to 12pm
• Cookie Box Creations teams middle school and high school girls with architects and engineers in a design contest to transform Girl Scout cookie boxes into free-standing structures. Using STEM elements, the activity challenges girls to develop critical thinking skills, and promote cooperation and team building. This program runs over several weeks to allow Girl Scouts to collaborate deeply with the volunteers and follow a complete design and build process, from ideation to execution.                 Mentoring and helping the girls create a blueprint, design, and build the structure.

If you have any questions let me know at [email protected].