Great Southwest Council, Scouts BSA
Scouting's mission is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes. Scouting builds character and provides young people a foundation they can stand on to embrace opportunity, overcome obstacles and make new discoveries in a fun program.
Cub Scouts and Scouts BSA is a year-round program for both boys and girls from the first grade through high school that provides fun, adventure, learning, challenge, and responsibility to help them become the best version of themselves. Young men and women go to exciting places, test themselves, develop important life skills, and have one-of-a-kind adventures that can’t be found anywhere else. The Scouting Slogan is “Be Prepared”. Scouting prepares young people for life. Through successive achievements, boys and girls will learn life lessons including academic skills, self-confidence, ethics, citizenship, fitness, and leadership. Scouting offers experiences that broaden horizons and show young people what’s possible.
Scouting is designed to be experienced outdoors but people don’t realize that we also have many STEM related activities for young men and women with a drive for science and engineering. Scouting’s program encourage a kids natural curiosity and their sense of wonder about out the world around them. They will learn to develop and hone the skills needed to pursue further scientific interest and learning in their academic and professional lives. Scouting is a time-tested program that fosters the spirit of discovery for future innovators.
Cub Scouts have a number of fun STEM related adventures Such as the Engineer or Game Designer and can earn the Cub Scout World Conservation Award or the STEM NOVA award. Scouts BSA have dozens of STEM related merit badges. A few examples include, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Material Science, Digital Science and many more. Links to Scouting programs and how to join Scouting are included below.
There is something for everyone in Scouting!
About the Great Southwest Council, BSA: The Great Southwest Council represents the Boy Scouts of America in the Northern half of New Mexico and the Four Corners area of Colorado, Utah, and Arizona. The organization serves about 1,700 youth members through the efforts of more than 900 adult volunteers.
Boy Scout links
Information about Scouting's Programs
Boy Scouts of America | Prepared. For Life.™ (scouting.org)
How to join Scouting
https://beascout.scouting.org/
Activities/Resources
STEM Activity Links
K-5
Make a Paper Glider
Activity/Resource Website: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/make-a-paper-glider/
Make a Straw Rocket
Activity/Resource Website: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/make-a-straw-rocket/
Supernova Engineering Egg Drop
Activity/Resource PDF:https://rclobby.unm.edu/sites/default/files/Supernova%20activity%20-%20Egg%20Drop.pdf
Grades 6 - 12
Land a Spacecraft on target
Activity/Resource Website: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/land-a-spacecraft-on-target/
Design a Crew Module | NASA
Activity/Resource Website: https://www.nasa.gov/stem-content/design-a-crew-module
The Fate of Carbon | PBS LearningMedia
Activity/Resource Website: https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ilsofl18-sci-ilcarbon/the-fate-of-carbon/
Teacher Resources
Earth's Systems | PBS LearningMedia
Activity/Resource Website: https://nm.pbslearningmedia.org/subjects/science/earth-and-space-science/earths-systems/?rank_by=recency
Contact Information
Mike Maurer
VP Scouting Program
bmaurer69@comcast.net
1-505-492-6869
https://www.gswcbsa.org/
