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Burying the lead. The real interesting story is that previously the only science related badges were "science of happiness" and "science of style". Girl scout

• tptacek 14y ago
  What you did here was try to find the master list of Girl Scout badges and grep it for "science", which isn't even close to an accurate depiction of what the programs are. Incidentally: the implied dismissiveness of style is itself a gender bias artifact; we wouldn't bat an eye at the science of rockets or cars. You think there isn't science to dig out of cosmetics? At any rate, a cursory search will dig up badges for entomology, botany, a bunch of different computer badges, science in general, human biology, engineering, and more. There isn't one handy list of all the badges all in one place that I can find; you have to actually dig into the programs. (I'm the parent of an 11 year old girl, but she's not a Scout).
  • jasallen 13y ago
    What I actually did was read the article linked. If it's inaccurate shrug, I don't know, but a googling of "girl scout badge entomology" doesn't show much. If there are and they're meaningful, super, I'm pleased and 'part of the problem' is revoked. As far as "science to dig out of cosmetics", that's rather a non-sense question. Yes, there is science, good, hard science. It's biology and it's chemistry, it's not "beauty". Yeah, I get it, the 'idea' is we connect things they're interested in to science. Well, IMHO, the problem isn't getting the girls (or boys) who are into style and make-up to 'dig' science, the problem is encouraging and networking the girls who do dig science and math. (this is already done much better for boys, again IMO).