On March 23, 2024, Girl Scouts San Diego hosted the Incredible Race 2024 at Balboa Park, welcoming over 270 Daisy-Ambassador Girl Scouts for a day of STEM challenges and teamwork. Sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton and Qualcomm, the event featured stations scattered throughout the park, with participants deciphering clues to complete tasks.
We extend our gratitude to the San Diego Air & Space Museum, San Diego Automotive Museum, San Diego Comic-Con Museum, Japanese Friendship Garden, DRS Daylight Solutions, Society of Women Engineers – San Diego Professional Section, San Diego History Center, the Model Railroad Museum, Tree San Diego, and the Fleet Science Center for their participation and support. Special thanks to volunteers from Booz Allen, Qualcomm, Rotary Club of San Diego, Junior League of San Diego, and more for their assistance.
Check out photos from this year's event here.
Save the Date: Saturday, March 22, 2025
Location: Balboa Park
Ages: Daisy-Ambassador
Registration begins mid-January
The Incredible Race is back! Gather a team (no more than ten is recommended) and get ready for an exciting adventure around Balboa Park, where you'll solve intriguing clues and tackle fun STEM challenges.
Adult supervision of each team is mandatory at all times and must meet safety activity checkpoint requirements for girl to adult ratios.
Crossing Boundaries
The Incredible Race crosses generational and organizational boundaries to make connections among science and learning. Modeled after the TV show The Incredible Race, teams travel all through the park completing challenges to progress. Girl Scouts ranging from Daisies to Ambassador (grades K-12) and their adults form teams to participate in the race. Some teams are comprised of troops with girls of the same age level while other teams are comprised of girls in differing age levels.
Our Goal
The key outcomes of the Incredible Race are to build girl’s STEM interest, confidence, competence, and value and to support the STEM pillar of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience. Girls will develop a strong sense of self, be challenge seeking, and develop healthy relationships. They will build confidence in their ability to solve clues to complete the challenges, learn about different women in STEM and their impact, take risks through participating and learning from the challenges, and work cohesively to make decisions as a team.
Participants
On average, between 300-350 Girl Scouts and 28-30 volunteers participate.
Thank you to our sponsors!
