BISMARCK — MDU Resources Group, through the MDU Resources Foundation, has awarded a $70,000 grant to Girl Scouts Dakota Horizons to equip its Mobile STEM Center.

The Mobile STEM Center is a branded cargo van that provides an innovative solution to delivering science, technology, engineering and mathematics-based programming to girls throughout North Dakota, South Dakota and adjoining counties in Minnesota and Iowa.

The MDU Resources grant will fund state-of-the-art equipment, such as tablets, lab tools and telescopes, that are necessary to provide STEM programming to girls across the region. Project curriculum is aligned with the National Girl Scout Program Portfolio including engineering, space science, cybersecurity, robotics, coding, and other research-based projects to ignite interest in STEM careers.

Girl Scouts-Dakota Horizons will premier the Mobile STEM Center this month. The council will work in partnership with volunteers to transform the way STEM programming is delivered and provide greater accessibility and state-of-the-art technology for Girl Scout members from kindergarten through high school.