In early May 2026, NASA employees, contractors, and volunteers helped to bring Heliophysics to girls of all ages in a fun-filled weekend of hands-on science activities and experiments. The event took place from May 1-3 at Camp Conowingo, a Girl Scouts of Central Maryland camping property on the Susquehanna River north of Baltimore, and brought together participants from across the region.
2026 年 5 月上旬，NASA 员工、承包商和志愿者在充满乐趣的周末实践科学活动和实验中，帮助各个年龄段的女孩了解太阳物理学。该活动于 5 月 1 日至 3 日在马里兰州中部女童子军露营地 Conowingo 营地举行，该营地位于巴尔的摩以北的萨斯奎哈纳河，聚集了来自该地区的参与者。
With support from the Heliophysics Education Activation Team (HEAT) and the outreach program from NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, NASA heliophysicist Nicholeen Viall led a camping trip on which 165 Girl Scouts earned their Space Science badge and Ancient and Modern Sun-Watching patch.
在太阳物理学教育激活团队 (HEAT) 和 NASA PUNCH（统一日冕与日光层旋光仪）任务的外展计划的支持下，NASA 太阳物理学家 Nicholeen Viall 带领了一次露营之旅，165 名女童子军获得了太空科学徽章和古代和现代太阳观测徽章。
The badge and patch were earned over the course of the weekend through a series of activity stations that included hands-on examples of how scientists study the Sun, Heliosphere, Moon, planets, and stars. In particular, these creative experiments allowed attendees to learn about space weather and see firsthand how the Sun impacts our lives, which is a cornerstone of HEAT education goals.
徽章和徽章是在周末通过一系列活动站获得的，其中包括科学家如何研究太阳、日光层、月球、行星和恒星的实践示例。特别是，这些创造性实验让与会者了解太空天气并亲眼目睹太阳如何影响我们的生活，这是 HEAT 教育目标的基石。
The activities were set up in seven stations. Girl Scout troops were split into 7 groups, plus an 8th group of high school seniors who ran the stations. Each group was named after a constellation (Ursa Major, Leo, Orion, Cassiopeia, Pegasus, Cygnus, Lyra, and Canis Major).
活动共设七个站。女童子军被分成 7 个小组，另外还有第 8 个小组，由高中生负责管理各站。每个组都以一个星座命名（大熊座、狮子座、猎户座、仙后座、飞马座、天鹅座、天琴座和大犬座）。
On the morning and afternoon of Saturday May 2, each group spent about 45 minutes per station doing activities to earn a space science badge.
5 月 2 日星期六上午和下午，每组在每个站花费约 45 分钟进行活动，以获得太空科学徽章。
On Friday and Saturday evenings, the groups participated in a star and Moon gazing nighttime astronomy activity and were able to find Jupiter.
周五和周六晚上，这些小组参加了夜间观星和赏月的天文活动，并最终找到了木星。
These activities were made possible in part thanks to time contributed by members of NASA Solar System Ambassadors and the National Capitol Astronomers. Station 3 from the daytime events also had Sunspotter telescopes for the Girl Scouts to try out, which were provided by HEAT with help from team member Carolyn Ng.
这些活动之所以成为可能，部分要归功于美国宇航局太阳系大使和国会大厦天文学家成员贡献的时间。白天活动的 3 号站还配备了太阳黑子望远镜供女童子军试用，这些望远镜是由 HEAT 在团队成员 Carolyn Ng 的帮助下提供的。
Fellow HEAT team member Laura-Ashley Alegbeleye was also onsite leading activities, where her expertise in classroom education really shined. Laura-Ashley attended as a representative of HEAT, which allowed her to share HEAT resources and educational content with the Girl Scout attendees at several stations, including Station 1.
HEAT 团队成员 Laura-Ashley Alegbeleye 也在现场领导活动，她在课堂教育方面的专业知识真正大放异彩。 Laura-Ashley 作为 HEAT 的代表出席，这使她能够与包括第一站在内的多个站的女童子军参加者分享 HEAT 资源和教育内容。
Viall describes the Space Science Career station by pointing out that the event coordinators leveraged HEAT educational materials, as well as activities designed for the Ancient and Modern Sun Watching patch by the PUNCH team, to show that even a NASA mission requires many different skill sets. “It’s not just scientists and the engineers,” says Viall. “It is financial analysts, it’s communications people, it’s good writers, it’s good artists. All of these different people have to be a part of the team.”
Viall 在描述空间科学职业站时指出，活动协调员利用了 HEAT 教育材料以及 PUNCH 团队为古代和现代太阳观察补丁设计的活动，以表明即使是 NASA 的任务也需要许多不同的技能组合。 “不仅仅是科学家和工程师，”维尔说。 “这是金融分析师，是传播人员，是优秀的作家，是优秀的艺术家。所有这些不同的人都必须成为团队的一部分。”
One of the standout moments of the weekend was the campfire at the end of Saturday, which is a tradition for Girl Scout camping events, according to Viall. “One of the traditions of the campfire is that we all sing songs and the Girl Scouts put on skits,” explains Viall. “I want to say about half of the skits that the Girl Scouts made were about space, the Sun, astronauts, or about exploring Mars.”
维亚尔表示，周末最精彩的时刻之一是周六结束时的篝火，这是女童子军露营活动的传统。 “篝火晚会的传统之一是我们大家一起唱歌，女童子军则表演小品，”维亚尔解释道。 “我想说的是，女童子军制作的短剧中有一半是关于太空、太阳、宇航员或探索火星的。”
Viall also pointed out that the event offered a chance for older girl scouts to gain mentoring experience by leading five of the seven activity stations. “I went to those troops over a month ahead of the event,” says Viall. “I met with them and taught them the activities, sent them all the materials, and brainstormed with them about the best way to teach the younger Girl Scouts.” The event taught these older Girl Scouts how to be great leaders themselves by sharing the knowledge with the younger Girl Scouts which Viall helped to impart on them. “That part was really cool, to see the older girls teaching the younger girls the [science] concepts.”
维亚尔还指出，该活动为年龄较大的女童子军提供了一个机会，通过领导七个活动站中的五个来获得指导经验。 “我在活动开始前一个多月就去了那些部队，”维尔说。 “我会见了她们，教她们活动，给她们发了所有材料，并与她们一起集思广益，讨论教导年轻女童子军的最佳方式。”这次活动通过与年轻的女童子军分享维亚尔帮助传授的知识，教会了这些年长的女童子军如何成为伟大的领导者。 “看到年长的女孩教年轻的女孩[科学]概念，这真的很酷。”
As a final note, Viall points out that after the 165 Girl Scouts signed up, which was the maximum capacity of the campground, there were still three more troops who had wanted to participate. “We had so much interest that I visited an additional 30 girls at their troop meetings to do a quick Space Science/PUNCH lesson event,” says Viall.
最后，维尔指出，在 165 名女童子军报名后，即营地的最大容量，仍有三名士兵想要参加。 “我们对此非常感兴趣，因此我在部队会议上拜访了另外 30 名女孩，以进行快速的空间科学/PUNCH 课程活动，”Viall 说。
Girl Scouts of the USA have offered the Space Science badge series for kindergarten through twelfth grade students since 2019. The Ancient and Modern Sun-Watching patch leverages the PUNCH Public Outreach products, curated for the Girl Scout experience.Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas convened a prototype patch-earning event in 2024. Now, two years later, the Girl Scouts who participated in the Camp Conowingo event officially earned the Ancient and Modern Sun-Watching patch. Viall is the PUNCH Mission Scientist, which helped establish the connection that made the whole event possible. Together with collaborators from NASA HEAT, this event certainly helped to activate a love for science in a new generation of learners.
自 2019 年以来，美国女童子军为幼儿园至十二年级的学生提供了太空科学徽章系列。古代和现代太阳观察徽章利用了 PUNCH 公共外展产品，专为女童子军体验而策划。德克萨斯州西南部的女童子军于 2024 年召开了原型徽章赚取活动。现在，两年后，参加 Camp Conowingo 活动的女童子军正式获得了古代和现代徽章观察太阳的补丁。 Viall 是 PUNCH 任务科学家，他帮助建立了联系，使整个活动成为可能。与 NASA HEAT 的合作者一起，这次活动无疑有助于激发新一代学习者对科学的热爱。