Summer STEM Series - Grand Rapids
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Date: Tue Aug 18, 5:00 PM EDT - Thu Aug 20, 8:00 PM EDT
Category:
  • STEM
Level:
  • Juniors,
  • Daisies,
  • Brownies

Registration deadline: August 2, 2026 or when sold out.

 

Event Description

Join GSMISTS Program Staff during this 3-day STEM Series. Choose to attend 1 day or all 3 to earn your Think Like an Engineer badge. Girl Scouts will work in teams as they use everyday materials to design and create a new innovation each day. 

 

The program will run each day from 5:00PM-8:00PM.


Tuesday, August 18, 2026 

Astronomical Flight: Design and build a parachute that will help safely land a model rocket.


Wednesday, August 19,  2026

Prosthetic Innovators: Explore how the human body works to design and test a functional knee brace.

Thursday, August 20, 2026

To Protect and Conserve: Become an Environmental Hero by designing a way clean an oil spill to protect animals and their habitats. 

This program completes steps towards Girl Scouts to earn and receive their Think Like an Engineer Badge.

 

Event Supervision

This is a drop-off program, additional information will be collected closer to event date

 

Price:  $25/ Girl Scout / Day

            $60/ Girl Scout for all 3 days

 

Badge/Patch: Think Like an Engineer (earned and received)

 

Food: none provided

 

Registration, Cancellation, Refund, Transfer Info

Please note that this event is subject to cancellation if the minimum registration requirement is not met.

If this event is cancelled by GSMISTS a 100% refund will be issued

Event registrations are non-refundable. In the event a girl/adult can no longer attend the program, spaces may be swapped to another attendee.

Events are first come first serve and are open until the registration deadline or the event fills. GSMISTS is unable to maintain waiting lists.

For event questions, or to register using Dream Dollars/ Individual Girl funds, please contact customercare@gsmists.org