Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road brought girls together from throughout Kentucky on Saturday, June 17, for a day filled with innovation for The Girl Scout 500, their first-ever valve car race and STEM fest.
Over 65 participants attended the event held at the future Girl Scouts of Kentucky’s Wilderness Road Northern Kentucky Leadership Campus in Erlanger. Divided into teams, 35 middle and high school Kentucky Girl Scouts raced their valve cars in a bracket-style tournament.
Three teams won with the fastest valve cars of the day; a group of two girls from Morehead, dubbed the “Hipster Whale,” came in first, the “Schlondpoofas,” a team of two girls from Northern Kentucky, won second place, and “Farm of Friendship,” a group of three girls from Lexington was third place winners.
Participants had the opportunity to engage in a range of STEM science, technology, engineering, and mathematics-focused activities, such as building binary bracelets, LEGO robotics, snap circuits, and robotic boats, exposing the girls to a wide array of potential career opportunities in STEM.