Criticism of the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana came to a head because of the fight over the Girls IN STEM Academy, a proposed charter school in Washington Township.

The new badges encourage girls to do things like design and program robots or investigate different parts of cybersecurity.

A group effort allowed Girl Scouts in south central Indiana to connect with women engineers and try their own mini-projects this past weekend.

Girls between the ages of 5-17 who live in Indiana are more likely to live in poverty, have emotional issues or be obese than others around the nation.