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Girl Scouts Go Crazy for Space
We had a great time with Spanish Trails Council #235 as they studied the "neighborhood" of the solar system.

Along with learning the size of the planets and their distance from each other, the girls explored comets by learning a song with all the facts they needed to begin building their own comet models.

By choosing two facts they had learned about comets, the girls designed models as our own mission engineers do. These paper models may not seem as sophisticated as the computer programs used to model comets on a NASA mission. Still, the thought process and practice of choosing and expressing elements of a planetary body here on Earth are very important for solving problems and testing theories. Our engineers and scientists can't wait to solve these problems once the spacecraft has left the ground because then, it is just too late.
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News Archive

Date	Title	Source
03.09.04	Salute to Scouts	Solar System Exploration Girl Scouts Program
03.08.04	Girl Scouts Explore their Solar System	Patrioits' Trail Girl Scout Council
08.28.03	Girl Scouts & NASA Pair-up for Solar System Community Event	The Girl Scout Council of the Congaree Area, Inc.
02.21.02	Singer Teresa and NASA astronaut to make special appearance at local Girl Scout 90th Birthday celebration	Girl Scouts of Southeast Louisiana
05.22.01	Reach for the Stars	Girl Scouts USA
05.25.00	The Joy of Science Outside of School	Langley Research Center