Girl Scout Troop 148 from Parkview School in Valparaiso recently earned their Home Scientist Badge by exploring a number of ways science works in the home. Adult volunteer Mary Costa made a guest appearance to help the girls make root beer and ice cream. Then they combined the two results to make root beer floats. Other science experiments included making putty and CO2. They also created static electricity using balloons and learned about density by using raisins and soda.
Mary Costa has visited a number of Girl Scout troops throughout the Valparaiso area to teach them how science is part of our everyday lives. Giving girls the opportunity to explore the sciences is an integral part of the Girl Scout program.
The attached picture shows the young Girl Scouts of Troop 148 with the root beer they made. Pictured from left to right are Jemila Townsend, Bray Bartley, Taylor Engle, Alyssa Snow Ames, Jessica DeAlba, and Olivia Lozano. Troop leaders are Jeffrin Lozano and Linda Griffith.
Celebrating 100 years of girl power, Girl Scouts USA is the largest volunteer organization for girls and women in the world. Started by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912 in Savannah, Georgia with just 12 girls, Girl Scouting today has millions of members in big cities and small towns all over the world.