Invention Convention Spurs Imagination and Creativity
GSNC's 2013 Invention Convention Encourages Girl Scouts to Think Outside the Box (or Maybe with it!) As They Create Objects Out of Recycled Materials. Brownies Show Off the Chair They Created Last Friday night (February 22), a crowd of over 100 people gathered at the Cradle of Aviation Museum for Girl Scouts of Nassau County's first Invention Convention for Girl Scout Brownies. The girls came ready to DISCOVER more about the world around them, to CONNECT with other girls, the Museum and GSNC volunteers and staff on some cool ideas, and then to put those Discoveries and Connections together to TAKE ACTION by creating their own musical instrument and chair made from recycled materials. Girls also participated in an exercise where they designed and built a space station on Mars or the moon. All of the activities were in the halls and galleries of the Museum, where the girls were surrounded by marvelous inventions at every turn! A Brownie Listening to Her Mu...