I seriously regret that I didn't have the opportunity to be a Girl Scout as a young person. They seem to get to much cooler stuff than their boy counterparts. According to their website, Girl Scouts has a strong emphasis on building STEM skills in young women:
We introduce Girl Scouts of every age to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to help them see how they can actually improve the world—whether they're discovering how a car's engine runs, learning to manage finances, or caring for animals.
Check out all the awesome Girl Scout STEM badges that kids can earn:
- Board Game Design Challenge
- Design a Robot
- How Robots Move
- Model Car Design Challenge
- Roller Coaster Design Challenge
- What Robots Do
- Bugs
- Computer Expert
- Designing Robots
- Fling Flyer Design Challenge
- Home Scientist
- Inventor
- Leap Bot Design Challenge
- Making Games
- Programming Robots
- Race Car Design Challenge
- Showcasing Robots
- Animal Habitats
- Designing Robots
- Detective
- Digital Photographer
- Entertainment Technology
- Programming Robots
- Showcasing Robots
- Digital Movie Maker
- Netiquette
- Special Agent
- Woodworker
- Game Visionary
- Science of Style
- Sky
- Social Innovator
- Truth Seeker
- Website Designer
- Photographer
- Water
More about this at The Mary Sue.