"Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul" --Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1866)The Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary is a non-profit, home to many beautiful parrots of all colors, shapes and sizes! Girl Scouts of California's Central Coast hosts one of our programs there for girls to learn more about these beautiful winged … Continue reading WOW – The Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary!
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It’s Tuesday, Explore STEM!
It's Tuesday, March 14—Girl Scout Week!Be an innovator and explore science, technology, engineering, and/or math (STEM) projects today. You could create a fun project through Made with Code, meeting challenges head on and exploring new solutions. Here's a blog post from GSUSA CEO and Rocket Scientist, Sylvia Acevedo, to inspire us all:As the largest, most … Continue reading It’s Tuesday, Explore STEM!
GSCCC Receives Grant from the Amgen Foundation for Imagine Your STEM Future Program
Girl Scouts of California's Central Coast has received a $15,000 grant from the Amgen Foundation to launch the 2017 Imagine Your STEM Future program, which will provide STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) activities to approximately 325 low-income girls, ages 5-18 in Ventura County. The Amgen Foundation seeks to advance excellence in science education to … Continue reading GSCCC Receives Grant from the Amgen Foundation for Imagine Your STEM Future Program
Edison International, helping Girl Scouts in Ventura County
Girl Scouts of California's Central Coast (GSCCC), with the support of a grant from Edison International, is helping Girl Scouts in Ventura County expand their knowledge in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) related skills. A variety of Girl Scout program activities inspire girls to “Imagine STEM” (Imagine) and embrace and celebrate scientific discovery in … Continue reading Edison International, helping Girl Scouts in Ventura County
STEAM DIY Activities
Girl Scouts Can Change the World with Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math!Aerospace engineer, biologist, meteorologist, and cryptographer—these are just some of the jobs in the science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) fields.Girl Scouts of California’s Central Coast introduces girls of all ages to how they can use STEAM and help make the world … Continue reading STEAM DIY Activities
Girl Scouts and Netflix Are Joining Forces in a Big Way!
Click to read the GSUSA Blog Post The cast of Project Mc² greets Girl Scouts at Netflix HQ. From left to right: Belle Shouse (Ember), Ysa Penarejo (Camryn), Victoria Vida (Adrienne), Genneya Walton (Bryden), and Mika Abdalla (McKeyla). Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) and Netflix are joining forces to empower young girls to envision their … Continue reading Girl Scouts and Netflix Are Joining Forces in a Big Way!
GSCCC Girl Scouts and Ventura Fish and Wildlife Conservation Effort Looks Promising
If You Build It They Will Come, But Will They Nest?In November of 2015, GSCCC put on a special Day of Birds event at Camp Arnaz where Girl Scouts of all ages got to learn about and be exposed to their feathered friends and older girls had the option of also constructing floating nesting platforms … Continue reading GSCCC Girl Scouts and Ventura Fish and Wildlife Conservation Effort Looks Promising
Explore the Ocean Live with Me this Summer
Girl Scouts is all about trying new things, broadening a girl’s horizon, and building courage, confidence, and character along the way. Last year, when I applied for the Science Communication Fellowship with the Ocean Exploration Trust, I was stretching myself for two big reasons: one was to further develop my own courage, confidence, and character. … Continue reading Explore the Ocean Live with Me this Summer
Meet Hercules
In case you have been wondering about some of the technology that makes ocean exploration aboard the E/V Nautilus possible, today’s post is about Hercules, one of the ROVs. Hercules parked inside his hangar, where he can be worked on and protected from the elements during transit.Todd designed and built Hercules. He gave me a tour … Continue reading Meet Hercules
Dive Alert!
Tonight we will perform another dive, with both ROVs (Argus & Hercules). We will be diving near the "East of Eden 3" site, and other targets that we identified as being potential active hydrothermal vents during our reconnaissance dive a few days ago.We will be studying the geological features, looking for interesting biological features (including … Continue reading Dive Alert!
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