Girl Scouts and STEM
Think like an Engineer or a Programmer at iBuild Academy. You can register on your own or register as a troop. If you want to register as a troop, send us an email (ibuildacademy@gmail.com) with your troop number, badge, date requested, and the number of participants, and we will send you a link to register all of your scouts at once.
We need to meet our minimum registration within 1 week of the scheduled event. Don't see what you are looking for, give us a call (386-218-5436) and we can make it happen!
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Scouts will participate in a variety of activities to gain knowledge about Robotics. Girls will design a robot, learn how to program a robot to follow commands, and build a working bot to show others its special powers.
Robot Design Challenge - C/S
Find out how computers make decisions. You will write a computer program using functions, arguments and 'IF" statements.
Coding Basics - C/S
During this event, you will learn how to design, build, and share a website. You will build yourself a safe space online where you can show your readers what moves you.
Web Design
After this event, you'll know video games are developed, how video games use a story to move the game along, how players make decisions, and how games can make a positive difference in the world.
Digital Game Design C/S
A movie doesn’t just tell a story, it shows a story. If you could show the whole world a story, how would it make? Bright and cheery? Fast-paced and full of changes in the scene? With what visual would it start and end? You’ve probably spent countless hours watching movies – now’s your chance to show others how you want them to see the world.
Digital Movie Maker
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Learn all about airpower as you engineer a balloon-powered car and understand potential energy, kinetic energy, and jet propulsion. You will design, build, test and re-engineer your own balloon-powered car.
Balloon Car Design Challenge
Learn about simple machines as you construct a crane. You will build, test and look for ways to improve your crane as you explore the power of simple and complex machines.
Crane Design Challenge
It seems like almost every gadget can take a digital photograph, from phones to laptops too, of course, digital cameras. But do you know how to get the most out of your digital device, and what it takes to capture a winning photo? You will if you earn this badge!
Digital Photographer
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After completing this event, you'll know how to think like a game maker and use iteration to plan, build, and test a game.
Digital Game Design B/J
Computers help you do so much. You can make amazing art, find incredible facts on the Internet, and send fun cards to friends and family. Earn this badge, and you'll be a safe, secure computer expert!
Computer Expert
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You will explore how paddle boats work and use the Design Thinking Process to engineer your own paddleboat.
~ Explore how paddle boats work
~ Design, build and test a rubber band powered paddle boat
~ Brainstorm ways to improve your design
Paddle Boat Design Challenge
There's an old saying that all work and no play makes life pretty dull. But if you learn the ins and outs of entertainment technology, you can end up with work that's all about play! When I've earned this badge, I'll know the science behind the world of entertainment.
Entertainment Technology
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When you've earned this badge, you'll know how programmers write programs that make computers work and how people can use computers to help others. Together we will find out how computer scientists write programs for computers to solve problems.
Coding Basics - B/J
During this event, girls will participate in a variety of activities to gain knowledge about Robotics. Girls will design a robot, learn how to program a robot to follow commands, and build a working bot to show others its special powers.
Robot Design Challenge- B/J
After this program, you'll know how computers work, how to stay safe online, and how to protect your online identity. You'll know what information is private and how to share information safely.
Cybersecurity 2: Safeguards B/J
Learn how engineers brainstorm, build models, and test their ideas as you create a car.
~ Design and build a model car
~ Use model cars to test the friction of different surfaces
~ Race your cars
Model Car Design
Engineers use their imaginations to solve problems. They invent and build things that can be used in the real world. Engineer your own roller coaster to see how its design affects its speed. Each Daisy Scout will build their own unique rollercoaster to take home.
Roller Coaster Design Challenge
During this event girls will participate in a variety of activities to gain knowledge about Robotics. Girls will design a robot, learn how to program a robot to follow commands, and build a working bot and show others its special powers.