Scouting Badges

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Automotive design with The STEM Zone.
Wind resistance setup with The STEM ZoneJ
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Automotive Design 
At every level Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts design, build, and test their vehicles. From aerodynamic testing, to building air powered, spring powered, and solar powered cars this hands on experience provides instruction and materials.  
 

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Straw rockets with The STEM Zone.HEIC
Little Bits with The STEM Zone.HEIC

Mechanical Design 
At every badge level scouts use simple machines to discover the meaning of mechanical advantage. Scouts take flight by designing, building and testing hot air balloons, paper airplanes, straw rockets, candy cranes, and Little Bits.