Girl Scouts Heart of Central California STEM Center + MakerSpace

The Future of Innovation at Girl Scouts Heart of Central California

In order to provide girls with empowering, hands-on STEM learning opportunities, Girl Scouts Heart of Central California has opened the region’s first girl-led, girl-built STEM Center + MakerSpaces.

Located in Sacramento and Modesto (with a Mobile STEM Center + MakerSpace coming soon), these unique facilities host a variety of maker and design-thinking activities that encourage girls to embrace the spirit of scientific discovery in their lives.

The centers also include a MakerSpace that encourage the use of design thinking and collaborative problem solving. Through a variety of cooperative learning opportunities and hands-on experimentation, girls hone STEM-related skills while having fun and gaining confidence.

Girl Scouts has also introduced 30 new badges to power girls’ leadership and to prepare them for careers in emerging technologies and STEM fields like cybersecurity, mechanical engineering, robotics, computer science, and space exploration.