Space Jam is our signature STEM merit badge seminar effort. Often compared to the National Jamboree, only cooler and more accessible. We are ahead of the STEM effort in BSA, and plan to say there by working with NASA, and other groups to make technology merit badges fun and inspiring.
First Tech Challenge STEM/Robotics and More:
The all new Crew 272 starts a new page in 2017 with First Tech Challenge! We have been all about everything for years, now we are STEM, Science Technology, Engineering and Math – focused. We are bringing it to Fountain, Vermillion and Park counties from the Wallace Kingman area. Meeting at a airport hanger just North of SR-234. Over the next 10 years we expect to have some new startups in our community and new high tech opportunity for all that want it, without leaving the area!
Lifeguard training enables safe water activities, and as the Lifesaving merit badge is the one our Advisor is most proud of, it is fitting we give the same learning opportunity to others.
Crew 272 was first chartered 11/5/2005 to the Hillsboro Booster Club, Hillsboro IN. The initial Crew is made up of Eagle Scouts and their families from Troop 272. The Crew has Caving, Scuba Diving, Skiing, as focuses. The Crew taught Wilderness First Aid, Lifeguarding, CPR, AED and Oxygen skills. Crew 272 is the co-sponsor (along with Troop 17 in Champaign, IL) of Space Jam. SpaceJamboree.com on the web. The Crew is know far and wide in the USA and Midwest.
Currently Crew 272 is chartered to the Not For Profit 501(c)(3) organization Three Minutes to Defibrillation in Rural America, Inc. DeFibAmerica.org on the web. It is fitting with our mission of helping kids prepare for a life in a tech world.
The Crew Advisor, is Brian Walker, Brian is an Eagle Scout, father of two Eagle Scouts, and a past Scoutmaster; a Silver Beaver honored Scouter, Brian loves STEM. The Crew has produced numerous videos for You Tube, including a 35′ hour glass tower, a 21′ Ferris Wheel — using only rope and logs!, 63′ monkey bridge with a center tower and two spans, and our 30′ monkey bridge!
The Crew is based in Fountain County Indiana, with Wallace/Kingman center.
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