Girl Scouts in Georgia have teamed up to form a robotics team aptly dubbed: GENIUS (Girls Exploring New Ideas Using Science). Fighting against the odds, the girls of GENIUS represent an underrepresented group in STEM: females. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, only 24% of STEM jobs are held by women.
GENIUS happily proclaims to be a group of “geeks.” GENIUS competed in the FIRST LEGO League building robots with LEGO Mindstorms, in an effort to solve a biomedical engineering challenge. Their creation: a backup camera system for their friend’s wheelchair. The girls say their experiences with the STEM group have inspired them to continue on to seek careers in STEM fields.
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