Code Ninjas
If your Girl Scout likes computers, they will love Code Ninjas! A STEM education center where children aged 7-14 learn coding and robotics through our game-development curriculum. They build games and program robots using various coding languages while learning essential skills in coding, problem-solving, logic, and typing! Visit our site for more information!
https://www.codeninjas.com/az-phoenix
https://www.codeninjas.com/az-chandler
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 led and taught by a certified STEM Educator, and every girl will receive a flight training class led 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 and 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 ask about what life is like as a scientist while learning about 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 on the first Tuesday of every month. For more information, visit thewalterhive.org/calendar.
