Resources for Girl Scout members. Not only do they bring a lot of energy to their work, they are able to motivate others through their pep talks. You will need string, a measuring tool, and some graph paper. to bring "powerful" snacks to the session q q q q q q q My TAKE ACTION PROJECT . This is perfect for any Take Action Project as you will want to highlight and celebrate the work of your girls. Your troop should decide how they want to celebrate their progress and completion of the journey.
PDF Outdoor Journey - Girl Scouts (30 min) Social Activity Outdoor-themed charades (15 min) Musical Statues (10 min) Taking Action! As you are camping, have a plan to carry out everything that you bring in. They also make a trade item. While habitats are where animals live, they can include so much more. Our girls love the instant recognition; however, we find that more badges are lost this way or never end up on their vests. Provide time to share comics. Write out the different meals you will need to prepare food and dont forget the snacks too! They care about an action enough to make a difference.
PDF Engineer Take Action Guide - Girl Scouts Next, the scouts should check out the music in their life. As you may expect, these projects have a far-reaching influence. Let each scout take pictures of the activities throughout the process. However your scouts can pick any endangered area. Opening Activity 15 minutes: What makes a great leader brainstorm. We like to bring along hydration packs with at least 2 liters of water per person, sunscreen and a hat for sun protection, a snack, the trail map, and a whistle at a minimum. Leave What You Find leave all plants, rocks, animals, and historical items as you found them. They will explore endangered animals, their habitats and learn more about protecting animal habitats, especially while camping and enjoying the outdoors. There are no physical requirements to be a leader. I think it teaches really valuable skills and lessons to young girls. Begin by calculating your walking pace. Add this poster to a binder for new leaders. To earn the Agent of Change Girl Scout Junior Journey, the girls will need to earn three different awards. Discuss voting, Fist to Five (see page 37), or other ways to come to a group decision. Throughout this project, they will need to learn to work as a team. This pairs nicely with the Conservation Hike if you plan your hike where geocaches are available or ask each scout to create and hide one. Check out the Take Action guide under meeting aids for ideas on Take Action projects. Then prepare your meals while on the trip. Usually by Junior Girl Scout year, the scouts have a better idea of what a Take Action Project is and they have participated in a few. 0000001294 00000 n
You always give such great information about how to earn the badges. And remember, keep your fires small. <<6B6A16F639AEB2110A00E092BEBDFE7F>]/Prev 308681>> Opening Activity 15 minutes: Brainstorm a variety of issues within the community. This is a great step to include when planning out your activities for your Outdoor Junior Journey. Pairs well with Junior Digital Photography Badge and Junior Scribe Badge. Take Action projects look like. We are a family of 6 with 4 wonderful becoming bilingual children who loves scouting, camping, and hiking with their family. If you plan to use wood from the land, use sticks that have already fallen to the ground and are easy to break with your hands. Did your girls love the journey as much as ours? Explore your surroundings by looking for examples of symmetry, including bilateral symmetry which means the two halves are the same on both sides. This Power Log will help the girls to highlight their individual strengths and places throughout their day where they helped others or made a difference. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This post may contain affiliate links. As your Junior scouts focus on earning their animal habitat badge, they will need to understand habitats. Take Action Project Name: Sea Shell Overcome Allyson Willis. 0000002848 00000 n
By allowing the girls to plan the celebrations, they will take more ownership and enjoy them even more. If its a community service project, brainstorm how you might make it a Take Action project. Research a few baby animal habitats to learn how different animal moms and dads care for their babies. We found that a Friday or Saturday afternoon/evening through lunch or dinner the following day worked best for a journey in a day. Take Action Quiz. The choice is really up to your troop and your time restraints. You may even find that one of your Junior Girl Scouts is an expert. See more ideas about fun science, science projects, alternative energy. Then share the Dream Team trading cards on pages 20 -22 of the Girls Agent of Change handbook. They interview women and ask them if they have been affected by stereotypes. 0000004367 00000 n
To find the area of the leaf, trace the leaf on a piece of graph paper. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc or its affiliates. Keep It Girl-Led: These examples are intended to give a sense of what a Take Action project could look like. Teach the girl scouts how to leave no trace while camping. So we have usually opted for certificates to show the progress after each step and presentation of badges at the end of the journey. Another way to save time is to teach the Leave No Trace Principles during your hike. Baby Animal Habitats 10 minutes. Carry out your Take Action Project 1 hour or more: Actually make your Take Action Project a reality. Pairs well with Junior Animal Habitats Badge, Playing the Past Junior Badge, Junior Social Butterfly Badge. You can incorporate this with the Junior Geocacher badge requirements by creating planet based geocaches to place along your hike. Time for the hike depends on how long your girls want to hike. Allyson began her quest for a state seashell for Delaware in October 2012. They took pictures of each other for the center of their poster. Great pages in the Girls Agent of Change handbook include pages 6, 7, 11, 25, 28, 34. Discover Girl Scouts. Sometimes these traits are looked at individually and other times they are all used together to describe a persons moxie. <> You can unsubscribe at anytime Privacy Policy. We hope you loved our Agent of Change plans as much as our girls and the best part, the troop was excited to tackle another Junior Girl Scout Journey! Once the girls complete their Take Action Project, they can share it with others by writing an essay to highlight their accomplishments. Pairs well with Junior Scribe Badge. For Volunteers, For Parents & Families Many leaders have moxie. Break into small groups and provide each group with a different scenario listed in table belowor as a full group, review one scenario at a time and work together to determine if it is a community service or Take Action project. endobj Learn more about how to earn . Did your girls love the journey as much as ours? Pairs well with Junior Geocacher Badge, Junior Outdoor Art Explorer Badge, Junior Digital Photographer Badge, Junior Girl Scout Way Badge and Junior Space Science Investigator Badge. Minimal impact campsite is a big part of the Junior Eco Camper badge and involves setting up a campsite that changes the environment as little as possible. While Power, Moxie and Leader are the main vocabulary for the Agent of Change Junior journey, there are a few additional words that can help the scouts while learning on this journey. Consensus all members of the group agree what to do together. Take some time to explore different size backpacks or suitcases that your girls might bring.
We did not pair this with the journey, but instead held this prior to beginning this journey. Leave No Trace Activities 15 minutes. Leaders inspire others and appreciate working with others, while inspiring them to feel amazing about the work they are doing. Many animals have bilateral symmetry. As we progressed throughout the journey, we often circled back to the other awards as well. 0000136596 00000 n
Review the, Reflect on what worked, what didnt, and what youve learned, Educate and inspire others to be part of the change. The fourth step is a make a digital photo project. Next, challenge each girl to attempt the obstacle course wearing a blind fold while their girl scout sisters guide them through the course with their voices and gentle touch guidance. To earn the Power of One award, the scouts will work to discover their own strengths, or individual powers, by keeping track of their daily activities throughout a day. If you plan to complete a drawing, you can pair this with the Junior Drawing Badge. They have the know-how and expertise, either individually or collectively with those they motivate, to push for positive change for their community and world. The entertainment technology badge begins with animating your artwork. The most important part is to allow your girls the opportunity to plan the celebrations throughout the journey or the celebration at the end of the journey. The girls begin by preparing for their adventure. We love helping our children and other scouts keep learning more about their world and themselves. Be sure to add information about using the garden and caring for the herbs. For our troop, we found earning Camper badge while earning the Eco Camper badge to be helpful since there is so much overlap. Let the girls make this their own and take turns reading or acting out the story. For this badge begin by teaching your Junior Girl Scouts how to tell time using the sun and their hands. . Begin with teaching your girl scouts the steps to take in an emergency such as Check the scene for safety, call 911 or for other help, and Care for the injured person or animal. Let each girl share a favorite song, play the music, and then have a vote on the music we love as a troop. The Agent of Change journey is no different. Required fields are marked *. While your scouts explore the Agent of Change Junior Girl Scout Journey, there are a few key concepts and vocabulary that can be beneficial to explore.
STEM Made Easy: Choosing Your "Think Like a" Journey Then allow the girls to take turns sharing their cards and see if their friends can guess if the statement they share is their Truth, False, or Wish statement. They will need to measure their own height, the length of their shadow, and the length of the objects shadow to determine the height.
PDF Outdoor Journey Take Action (sample agenda) - Girl Scouts Then walked through the obstacle course together, describing each section and how you move through the course. Simply ask some of the women you know who were Girl Scouts to share their favorite traditions to enjoy during your campfire. 525 0 obj 0000003173 00000 n
What would you have tried differently? Introduce the seven Leave No Trace Principles and create a troop poster. Your troop will need to apply what they learned to a take action project to earn the Outdoor Junior Journey. Support Girl Scouts by donating nationally or to your local council, becoming a lifetime member, and advocating for girls. When earning the Junior Camper badge, your girls will learn all about planning a camping adventure including preparing food when camping, tying knots, building a fire, and hiking. Sing a few songs together as you enjoy your special campfire treats and views of the nighttime sky. Then play the leave no trace game Eco Friend or Eco Foe found in the Girl Scout Volunteer Toolkit or Surface Hopscotch found on page 9 in the Eco Camper packet. Keep it up. 0000006663 00000 n
For these take action projects below, we focused on helping our environment. I am ready to volunteer by offering: ideas about taking action to improve the community knowledge of issues that interest Girl Scout Juniors art, building, or craft skills . The three STEM Journeys released in fall 2018 offer girls the opportunity to Think Like an Engineer, Think Like a Programmer, or Think Like a Citizen Scientist. This year, your Juniors will discover new passions, level up their skills, and maybe even make their mark in their community by starting their Girl Scout Bronze Award! Us too, Scott. Speck with a campsite host to learn about the best ways to protect the locale wildlife while hiking and camping safely. While you do not need to complete each journey in the set, the journey concepts do build and go more in depth with each progressive level. Ask the scouts to brainstorm community issues at a prior meeting and decide on a Take Action Project. Pairs well with the Junior Digital Photographer Badge and Junior Scribe Badge. hb```b`` B@1VX(kXL2szL\^.%. Your scouts will learn that not only do they have special leadership powers, but they can combine these powers to form an unstoppable team and community. Become a Girl Scout, Become a Volunteer Become a Girl Scout
12 Community Action Project Ideas to Wrap Up the School Year Use the knot tying guide on page 5 of the Junior Camper packet to have the girls practice tying a square knot, a clove hitch, and a bowline. 9. The square knot is great for joining two different ropes that are the same thickness, while a clove hitch helps to fasten a rope to a tree or post. The girls should practice editing 3 photos to fix red eyes, change the lighting or filter, or add a special message or stamp to their picture. 0000007986 00000 n
Finally your Juniors will need to pack for the trip.
Take Action Projects: Social Distancing Style - Girl Scouts River About Girl Scout Cookies. You can find these in rivers, tree branches, lightning, plants, and clouds.