iFLY Indoor Skydiving
iFLY Indoor Skydiving provides a fun, interactive and hands-on STEM
learning experience for juniors and above! iFLY teaches Girl Scouts
about the science and physics behind body flight and the best part of
the experience is each girl becomes part of the science experiment and
gets to experience body flight in a beautiful 55ft vertical wind
tunnel. The program is lead and taught by a certified STEM Educator
and every girl will receive a flight training class lead by a
certified Flight Instructor and full gear rental before their flight experience.
The STEM program consists of a wind tunnel demonstration where
iFLY’s vertical wind tunnel is used as a live lab and the group gets
to witness a variety of objects (including a liquid!) fly in the
tunnel – this provides a focus on topics like gravity, velocity, force
and motion. It also includes an interactive STEM presentation with a
focus on the science behind body flight and STEM careers. Lastly,
every girl will also participate in a hands-on activity! The cherry on
top is every girl will experience the dream of flight
The only requirement for a STEM event with iFLY is a minimum
participation of 15 (girls, parents, etc.) and iFLY offers a special
Girl Scout rate that is greatly discounted compared to the normal
rates. This program is available M-F and Sundays. Contact Karissa
Swift at 737-256-7830 or kswift@iflyworld.com.
Skype a Scientist
Skype a Scientist matches scientists with classrooms/groups for
informal Q&As all about science! We serve about 10,000 groups a
year in this mission. Girls can ask about careers in science, or can
just ask about what life is like as a scientist while learning about
the their area of expertise! We have thousands of scientists to choose
from, all of whom are offering their time and expertise on a volunteer
basis. If a Girl Scout Troop wants to talk about dolphins, we have a
scientist for that. If they want to learn about space, we've got a
scientist for that too! Any scientific topic girls can think of, we
have a scientist to match their needs. Complete
the form or visit skypeascientist.com.
Walter Hive Makerspace
Come in with your personal projects or stop by and learn something
new! Walter Hive's makerspace includes equipment for welding,
woodworking, laser cutting, 3D printing, electronics prototyping,
painting, papercraft, sculpture and other projects. They have many
events on their calendar, including a free to the community “Open Shop
Night” every Wednesday for all ages. They also host a “Teens of steam”
night the first Tuesday of every month. For more information, visit thewalterhive.org/calendar.
