--- title: Obama Rubs Elbows With Some Adorable Girl Scouts description: The 6-year-old inventors were attending the 2015 White House Science Fair canonical: https://time.com/3755027/obama-girl-scouts-meeting/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-23T20:19:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:04:54.564Z article:section: Politics og:title: Obama Meets Some Innovative (and Adorable) Girl Scouts og:description: The 6-year-old inventors were attending the 2015 White House Science Fair og:url: https://time.com/3755027/obama-girl-scouts-meeting/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19ff3693a2e62b54/698784dee20a872571a85b5e/obama-girl-scouts.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Obama Hosts White House Science Fair og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Obama Meets Some Innovative (and Adorable) Girl Scouts twitter:description: The 6-year-old inventors were attending the 2015 White House Science Fair twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19ff3693a2e62b54/698784dee20a872571a85b5e/obama-girl-scouts.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Obama Rubs Elbows With Some Inventive Girl Scouts by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Mar 23, 2015 8:19 PM UTC  U.S. President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with a group of six-year-old Girls Scouts from Tulsa Oklahoma who designed a battery powered page turner to help people who are paralyzed or have arthritis at the 2015 White House Science Fair in Washington on March 23, 2015. U.S. President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with a group of six-year-old Girls Scouts from Tulsa Oklahoma who designed a battery powered page turner to help people who are paralyzed or have arthritis at the 2015 White House Science Fair in Washington on March 23, 2015.Aude Guerrucci—Pool/Getty Images by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Mar 23, 2015 8:19 PM UTC President Obama spent some quality time with a group of six-year-old Girl Scouts from Tulsa, Oklahoma on Monday as part of the 2015 White House Science Fair. The Girl Scouts—also known by the nickname “Supergirls”—attended the science fair after designing a battery-powered page turner meant to help people who are paralyzed or suffer from movement-related diseases like arthritis. They used Legos as the building blocks for the development of their prototype. The White House Science Fair features projects from innovative students around the United States. This year’s fair is focusing on girls and women who are doing extraordinary things in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). ### Photos: What Obama's Hugs Meant  You can see it by Obama’s bowed head and Hagel’s sorrowful face – this is an “I’m sorry” hug, plain and simple. Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images  This hug between Obama and former Press Secretary Jay Carney may have been commemorating Carney’s departure, but all people will remember is its awkwardness. Susan Walsh—AP  Here’s where Obama’s hug game is the strongest: with Michelle. The peaceful smile on his face, the warm, full-body embrace – this is clearly an “I love you” hug. Consider it the antidote to the Carney debacle. Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images  Obama’s hug with nurse Nina Pham after her battle with Ebola was a way to signal to the public that the disease is not as scary as some had thought. This is the hug as public health awareness. Olivier Douliery-—Getty Images  Critics charged that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie "hugged" the president, but the Republican claimed it was just a handshake. Jewel Samad—AFP/Getty Images  The photo of Obama hugging a victim of Hurricane Sandy went viral- his solemn face and her tear-stained one, his arms protectively around her shoulders – this is a presidential hug in its purest form. Pablo Martinez Monsivais—AP  Though Obama’s peck on Burmese democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi’s cheek was a pro-democracy smooch, her visible recoil from the kiss indicates that he may have been better off with a handshake. Jason Reed—Reuters  Obama was literally swept off his feet by pizzeria owner Scott Van Duzer. The now-famous bear hug was a “celebrities are just like us” moment, when Obama showed he could still joke around in a regular ol’ pizza joint. Sept. 9, 2012. 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