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WAGGGS Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Consultation with Girls and Young Women

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Welcome!

WAGGGS is delighted to invite Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from all Member Organisations to engage in our Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Consultation with Girls and Young Women. The consultation runs from 1 June to 11 September 2022. We can still accept responses after this date and provide you with the certificate, however responses received after 26 September 2022 will not be included in the global report of the consultation. Thank you.

 

Get started:

  1. Girl Guide and Girl Scout leaders can access the consultation activity pack from this page. You may choose to read the content in your preferred language by clicking on "English" or "Select your language" at the top right corner of the page and choosing your preferred language. You can access the page for each activity by clicking on the respective pages under "Table of contents" at the right sidebar of the page.
  2. You may also download the full pack in PDF format from the bottom of this page. (Available in Arabic, English, French and Spanish. Courtesy from some Member Organisations, we now also have the pack in some other languages.)
  3. Age range of focus groups can be anywhere between 10 to 30 years old.
  4. There is no limit to how many focus group responses a Member Organisation/Component Association may submit. Each focus group should submit one feedback through the online form. Member Organisations/Component Associations of the SAGNO (Scout and Guide National Organisation) and WOAB (WAGGGS only Associations admitting Boys) categories are welcomed to also do the consultation activities with boys and get their feedback.
  5. Complete all seven activities with members of your Girl Guide/Girl Scout units or focus group. Please record the responses from the participants so you can feedback to us after.
  6. We would be very grateful if you could take photographs or capture video footages to share with us as your group participate in the consultation activities.
  7. Leaders who conducted the consultation are invited to share responses from their participants at this online feedback form by Sunday, 11 September 2022. 
  8. Leaders who have submitted the online feedback form will be emailed a template of certificate of appreciation to recognise their efforts and a template of certificate of participation for their members who were engaged in the consultation.

You may also download this presentation (in English) as a guide to explain to your leaders on how to deliver the consultation activities. 

For enquiries, please contact Gina Mills at [email protected] .

Thank you in advance for your support!

 

BACKGROUND

What and why

Thank you for participating in our consultation! A 2021 WAGGGS survey revealed that many of our Member Organisations are interested in WAGGGS supporting them to deliver programmes and/or advocacy campaigns on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

We also know that girls and young women want us to support them by providing relevant life-skills for the future. Science, Tehcnology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) knowledge, skills and mindsets are an important part of this. This consultation aims to help us understand what girls and young women want from Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting on this subject.

 

What to do

Step 1) Read through the activities and prepare your team. The Leader's guidance notes should help with questions you may have.

Step 2) Run the consultation activities with your group (can be done through in-person or virtual sessions based on leader's creativity), recording their feedback into the worksheet template as you go along. You will need about 1 hour.

Step 3) Feedback: please report your findings online here. If you are unable to do this, you can scan in or take photographs of your worksheet/records and sent them to [email protected] .

 

THE ACTIVITIES 

Please refer the "Table of Contents" at the right sidebar of this page to access each page of activities in the consultation activity pack.

  1. What is Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)?
  2. How does Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) make you feel?
  3. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) jobs
  4. The way the world is now
  5. What's holding us back?
  6. Break down the barriers!
  7. What could we do?

 

Download design files of assets

If you wish to insert your own language into the assets for local use and promotion, you can click on the links below and follow these steps. 

  1. Go to "File"
  2. Choose "Make a copy" 
  3. Move to Folder in your own Canva account

(Please make sure you only edit after making your own copy so the original template is maintained for usage of others)

Instructions for saving own copy in Canva

 

 

Online delivery template:

Template of session plan 

Activities 1-4 and 7 using Ahaslides 

Activities 5-6 using Padlet

 

Alternative:

If your Girl Guide/Girl Scout unit is having a tight schedule with camps or other programmes during the period, you may also try putting up a static display (e.g. flipchart paper with the questions asked in the consultation) at the programme venue where the participants can put their answers during their free time in the event. You may download the template for each flipchart paper here .

 

Consultation Packs in other languages

Thanks to our supportive Member Organisations, the consultation pack has been translated to more languages and they are attached below for the benefit of a wider audience.

  1. Bengali (by Bharat Scouts and Guides, India)
  2. Hindi (by Bharat Scouts and Guides, India)
  3. Kannada (by Bharat Scouts and Guides, India)
  4. Odia (by Bharat Scouts and Guides, India)
  5. Punjabi (by Bharat Scouts and Guides, India)
  6. Tamil (by Bharat Scouts and Guides, India)
  7. Telugu (by Bharat Scouts and Guides, India)
  8. Traditional Chinese - Mandarin (by Girl Scouts of Taiwan)

 

Enjoy!

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