Guide the girls through these steps: 1. Finally, the last step involves helping your family stay fit. For your Girl Scouts this is easier to understand by explaining the Fibonacci Sequence forms in spirals. PDF Take Action Guide - Girl Scouts Of The USA The girls will need to learn how to take photos from an expert. A very interesting and informative post. This helps to protect the plants and animals, but also keeps the water sources in the area clean as well. Find out how to buy Girl Scout Cookies, explore Girl Scout Cookie flavors, see how girls learn essential life skills, and more. We found that a Saturday or Sunday morning through lunch or lunch and the afternoon worked best for a journey in a day. They had so much fun that we planned a few more journey in a day agendas for our troop. They then bring the production to relevant audiences around the community or host an event. When you take a snack break, play the Leave No Trace game with your troop. This could even make a wonderful Take Action Project. Join a troop, find events, become a volunteer, or discover alum opportunities. Next, look at a topographic map of the same trail (or a different trail if you cannot find one). Thanks for sharing! It is important to help the girls to see that they have strengths that they can use to help others. Please do not choose a project from this list for girls to do! However, you could easily add these in if you choose to have a snack during the journey meeting. Use shadows to help estimate the height of tall objects in nature. Become a Girl Scout, Become a Volunteer 0000004367 00000 n You can find these in rivers, tree branches, lightning, plants, and clouds. Leaders strive for success of the entire group by listening to others and taking their advice. As you may expect, these projects have a far-reaching influence. Your girl scouts will learn so much more about their environment and ways to enjoy the outdoors in a safe manner. Research a few baby animal habitats to learn how different animal moms and dads care for their babies. It also extends to the Cadette Journey aMaze, the Seniors Journey GIRLtopia, and the Ambassadors Journey Your Voice, Your World. This is so thorough! And of course, music makes a nice compliment to any Girl Scout journey. Carry out your Take Action Project 1 hour or more: Actually make your Take Action Project a reality. 525 0 obj Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc or its affiliates. This can be a drawing or an actual piece of art you add to the campground or hiking trails with the proper permission. Turn your conservation hike into a solar system walk by placing small objects along your path using the steps for modeling the solar system in the Space Science Investigator badge. Build a community herb garden for community members to use to pick their own fresh herbs. The girls may see this in pineapples, cut open apples or bananas, sunflowers, and pinecones. Learna special skill that might come in handy at camp: knot tying! <>stream They also make a trade item. How can I help girls organize a Take Action Project? The Outdoor journey badges are separate Junior Girl Scout badges but they do overlap in multiple areas. The Junior Eco Camper badge focuses on camping while leaving minimal impact on the environment. Not only do they bring a lot of energy to their work, they are able to motivate others through their pep talks. You can also ensure that you have the proper safety items for building a campfire. Now you can focus on making the world a better place through your Take Action project, Bronze Award, Silver Award, or Gold Award. Provide time to share comics. Go outside to a local animal habitat, this is easy if you are camping. Another way to save time is to teach the Leave No Trace Principles during your hike. Make a no-trash meal either using one pot or cooking on a stick to meet both the Eco Camper and Camper badge requirements. Your girls will apply the Leave No Trace principles. Take Action project ideas for the Engineering: Think Like an Engineer Journey. They are commonly short-term projects that almost always multiply efforts that are already in place. Girl Scout Activity Zone activities have been adapted from existing Girl Scout programming. 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. Then share the Dream Team trading cards on pages 20 -22 of the Girls Agent of Change handbook. However, leaders also have the ability to access the journeys and badges in the Girl Scout Volunteer Toolkit, which is an amazing resource for leaders to access the material for free. Community a group of people living in the same general area, share a common background or interest, or have a common history or goal. What meals will your prepare? PDF JUNIOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS CHECKLIST Take Action Project Checklist Leave What You Find leave all plants, rocks, animals, and historical items as you found them. These are great to pair with the Take Action Project or Herstory Trading Cards. Friday Night: Set up Your Campsite and create first aid kits, Saturday Morning prepare breakfast, learn about leave no trace and local wildlife habitats before your hike, Saturday Morning Go on a conservation hike, explore animal habitats, and clean up along your way. A 501(c)(3) Organization. You can incorporate this with the Junior Geocacher badge requirements by creating planet based geocaches to place along your hike. Earn a Take Action Award. Take Action and community service projects are different, but both are essential to Girl Scouting. Moreover, you will decrease the number of mosquitos by being farther away from the water. The choice is really up to your troop and your time restraints. You always give such great information about how to earn the badges. They are a wonderful resource, and a safe and ready place for all of our Outdoor Education and camping. To earn this Junior Girl Scout Badge, simply plan and prepare for your hike, gather all your gear, set your goal, and then go on your hike. 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. The first and second step look at exploring how music is made and music from around the world. They can play around with a blue or green screen with their photos or even try being a make up artist. If you plan to complete a drawing, you can pair this with the Junior Drawing Badge. No sew blankets for children Similar to the no-sew blankets for animals above, these blankets can also be made for children. Another option is to plan your Take Action Project for another day. Girl Scouts of the USA suggests three ways to make a project sustainable: Make your solution permanent. Remember, a campsite is more than just your tent too! *If Juniors have already earned the Animal Habitats or Camper badges, leaders should review the Juniors plan an overnight camping trip, including items to bring, activities to enjoy, and meals to prepare. It can be nice to brush up on these skills right before your camping trip or during the trip. En la tarde de hoy, recibimos nuevas imgenes y videos del aparatoso accidente en la autopista Duarte en la entrada de Falconbridge Dominciana "FALCONDO" provincia Monseor Nouel. Then create a special digital or print photo collage of all the girls photos to share with their family and friends to build Girl Scouting excitement. That sounds like so much fun! Saturday Afternoon work on other Junior Girl Scout Badge requirements for any additional badges you would like to earn, Saturday Evening prepare dinner, create a campfire, enjoy campfire songs, stories, and dessert, Sunday Morning prepare breakfast, break down camp and get ready to go home, Sunday Morning finish any badge requirements that your troop would like to finalize to earn. Every Girl Scout journey offers opportunities to individualize and customize the journey to best meet the needs of your scouts. Let each girl share a favorite song, play the music, and then have a vote on the music we love as a troop. So it is especially important to help our Junior Girl Scouts to take steps to set up a campsite that is environmentally friendly. How are the homes different when they are babies? This requirement can tie nicely with the Outdoor Art Creator Junior Girl Scout badge. They will need to measure their own height, the length of their shadow, and the length of the objects shadow to determine the height. 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. 2. 0000007372 00000 n So the water sources and food sources in the area are also part of the animals habitat. Allow your scouts time to research the endangered habitat to learn more about why it is in danger? Mom is an educator and dad is a firefighter/paramedic. Instead, guide them to brainstorm ideas, get feedback, and come up with a plan. How are peoplel trying to help the habitat? Junior Outdoor Journey - State College Girl Scouts Each shape or form is unique 0000143685 00000 n Scouts learn new camping skills such as reading a map, tying knots, building a campfire, cooking or hiking. 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. Great blog. Earning the Junior Trail Adventure fits nicely with the conservation hike in Eco Camper. 16 Juniors Take Action Project ideas | fun science, science projects %PDF-1.4 % PDF A Take Action Guide for Volunteers - Girl Scouts Of The USA Join our newsletter and receive family friendly freebies straight to your e-mail. Total Time: 1 hour and 55 minutes (or longer, depending on your Take Action Project) . Make smores or another special treat, tell stories or sing songs around your campfire with your scouts. This is really very informative! The girls will then need to pick a project, make a plan, reach out to members of their community, invite others to join, and carry out their plan. Planning Junior Girl Scout Year: Outdoor Junior Journey You may even find that one of your Junior Girl Scouts is an expert. Leaders inspire others and appreciate working with others, while inspiring them to feel amazing about the work they are doing. What is Consensus 10 minutes: Take a few minutes to discuss how people in our community reach a consensus. Even though the Junior Outdoor Journey is a bit different than the other journeys available, the scouts will still explore a few key concepts and vocabulary on their way to earning the rewards. These are often skills that you use often or love about yourself that you can share with others. It also extends to the outdoor journey for cadettes, seniors, and ambassadors. While on the geocaching site, be sure to find a Travel Bug and follow its trip on a map. Teach the girl scouts how to leave no trace while camping. Use page 13 in the Girls Agent of Change handbook. While habitats are where animals live, they can include so much more. Complete a Take Action Project The capstone "Take Action Project" should focus on making the outdoor world a better place. 4) Juniors uncover different ways they can combine their powers to form an unstoppable team who can accomplish anything. Create bat houses to hang outdoors to provide a safe hibernation place for bats safe from White Nose Syndrome. What worked well for you? Ceremony a special way to celebrate an important event, experience, or feeling. However your scouts can pick any endangered area. startxref 2 Plan it: Prepare a Take Action plan. If you're a Girl Scout volunteer, go to Volunteer Toolkit for complete meeting plans and activity instructions. Gather friends and family to complete the girls Take Action Project. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This post may contain affiliate links. Always remember to respect the wildlife and other visitors too. Step 4 and 5 look at writing an article and essay. 0000137155 00000 n Taking a music poll would work really well while the girls are learning about consensus. 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. We appreciate your kind words. Leave No Trace is a big part of scouting. Use page 15 from the Girls Agent of Change handbook or create your own. Setup:Review the information below, then practice with the community service and take action project scenarios. Change Agent a person with an intention to bring about change by looking for better ways to do something and then making it happen. Learn the Leave No Trace Seven Principles. 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! We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Learn the Leave No Trace Principles 15 minutes. Before your camping trip, you will want to plan with your Junior Girl Scouts. Working with your campsite hosts to create signs to visually mark the hiking trails so that future hikers can easily follow the trails without fear of getting lost. Spanish and English Family Names Easy Readers, Spanish and English School Supplies Easy Reader, Dual Language Early Kindergarten Beginning Letter Sound Bundle, Spanish and English Beginning Letter Sound Places in my School, Spanish and English Beginning Letter Sound Position Words, Girl Scout Junior Guide on the Agent of Change Junior Journey, Planning Cadette Girl Scout Year: Animal Helpers Cadette Badge, Planning Tiger Year: April Tiger Cub Scouts Meetings, Spanish April Activities for Kids from a Dual Language Family, Planning Junior Girl Scout Year: Junior Crane Design Challenge. 0000001723 00000 n When you take action, you work as a team to: Here are three ways to create sustainable change: A short-term effort that helps something or someone fulfill an immediate need, A long-term project with sustainable and ongoing influence that addresses a root cause of an issue, Joining an existing effort to solve a problem, Creating a unique initiative to address an issue, Done as part of an existing team (usually as a volunteer), Creating and leading your own team of volunteers, Working toward a goal thats set by others, Setting the goals and leading a team to achieve them. The Outdoor Junior Journey specifically focuses on combining learning the skills necessary for camping in the outdoors, especially camping in a way that is environmentally friendly. You will want to ensure you are at least 200 feet away from nearby water sources and hiking trails. If your girls can handle a full weekend of Girl Scouts, you may plan to start early in the evening on Friday and continue through the afternoon on Sunday to include the entire Take Action Project or additional badge work. 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. Take Action projects, along with the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards, address the root cause of an issue, and come up with sustainable, longer-lasting solutions. Open with visiting an animal habitat while the scouts list all the animals who live here and those they actually see, listing their special adaptive features. 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. Juniors plan an overnight camping trip, including items to bring, activities to enjoy, and meals to prepare. Pairs well with Junior Staying Fit Badge and Musician, Power of Team Comic 30 minutes: Share the comic SuperShelterMakers on page 46 63 of the Girls Agent of Change handbook. Explore your surroundings by looking for examples of symmetry, including bilateral symmetry which means the two halves are the same on both sides. Know Before You Go plan ahead and prepare everything you need, including having a plan to pack everything when you leave. Use page 34 in the Girls Agent of Change handbook for a starting point. Recipe found in the Outdoor Art Explorer Junior packet on page 5. Choose the Right Path find durable surfaces for camping and stay on established hiking trails. This would be an assignment that each scout does at home over the course of the next few weeks. Leaders also are courageous enough to want to bring about change and determined enough to make it happen. However, our plan does help to meet at least a few requirements of the badges which Girl Scouts suggest pair best with this journey. Your troop will need to apply what they learned to a take action project to earn the Outdoor Junior Journey. Your Juniors could create these stuffed animals and maybe even include it with other comfort items. The measurement should be taken about 4.5ft from the ground, which is a little shorter than most of your girl scouts. Then provide each girl or team of girls a blank paper, or use our comic book template, to create their own supergirl comic-book story, script, or visual story to show taking action in their community. The girls can place one special trade item inside their geocache box such as a friendship bracelet or SWAP. Prepare to take action by completing a Journey or, if youve already done one and youre a Girl Scout Junior, Cadette, Senior, or Ambassador, get started on your Bronze, Silver, or Gold Award, respectively. 0000006064 00000 n 1) Power of One Messages or Theme Days for School, 3) Meet New Friends Theme Days for Lunch or Recess at School, 4) Building Buddy Benches for the School or local park, 5) Week or Month of Announcement Statements to Help Others Discover their Powers, 7) Building Bat Houses to help with the endangered bats in the area, 8) Beautifying their School with a Rock Garden, 9) Creating a Community Garden at their School or Community, 10) Create an Outdoor Classroom or Lunch Space at their School. They took pictures of each other for the center of their poster. Finally the Animal Habitats badge worked well at the end for us. They care about an action enough to make a difference. Mom is an educator and dad is a firefighter/paramedic. 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. Dont miss our FREE Girl Scout Leaders Campsite Guide to assist when planning your camping trip. While the Girl Scout Outdoor Journeys build upon the skills learned at the previous level, it is not required to have completed any previous outdoor journey. Become a Girl Scout To earn the Animal Habitats Junior badge, the scouts will learn more about wild animals and their habitats. However, our plan does help to meet at least a few requirements of the badges which Girl Scouts suggest pair best with this journey. Allow the girls to brainstorm what these words mean to them. 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. Your email address will not be published. During your campfire be sure to share girl scout songs, a story about Juliette Gordon Low the founder of Girl Scouts, and share special Girl Scout traditions from the past. This can be extra fun to use with if you have the girls taking photographs throughout the journey. Extend your hands straight out in front of your body with your palms facing in. Sometimes these traits are looked at individually and other times they are all used together to describe a persons moxie. While you explore a Girl Scout Journey, there are badges that often pair well with each journey. You could also skip the Real Me game, thus saving yourself 30 minutes. Have the Juniors count the spirals going in each direction to recognize the Fibonacci Sequence in nature. The sequence is as follows 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, . Write down each step to accomplish your take action project. Allyson then turned to her classmates and fellow Girl Scouts for . Youll be subscribed to our family friendly newsletter, where you can unsubscribe at anytime Privacy Policy. If your pinky finger is below the horizon, the sun will set very soon. Since your Junior Girl Scouts love taking pictures and sharing memories, this is a perfect badge to add to any camping trip. The final step is the reflect and celebrate the troops accomplishments. What better way than to include photos in the celebration. When earning the Power of Team award, the scouts will explore how they can use their individual powers with others to create an unstoppable team. Check out the Junior Girl Scout aMUSE Journey and Outdoor Junior Girl Scout Journey for more ideas. You are so welcome, Martina. Multiple the total number pace by 4 to find each girls 1-mile walking pace. Take Action projects look like. Planning Junior Girl Scout Year: Agent of Change Junior Journey (10 min) Taking Action! Sometimes, service and action just naturally blend together into one sustainable effort. Make a meal together either using one pot, foil, or cooking on a stick. In this Journey, you will: Deepen your outdoor skills when you earn your Animal Habitat, Camper, and Eco Camper badges. Be sure to have a bucket of water near by and keep your fire only as big as you need. Required fields are marked *. 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. Pairs well with the Junior Digital Photographer Badge and Junior Scribe Badge. The next step asks the scouts to learn more about the foods that they eat. This is perfect for any Take Action Project as you will want to highlight and celebrate the work of your girls. Series includes the Daisy Journey Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden and the Brownie Journey Brownie Quest. To pair with the Space Investigator badge you could ask each girl to create a box for one of our planets to place at specific points along the hike. 0000001133 00000 n Consensus all members of the group agree what to do together. For each width of your hand you can place under your pinky finger is about 1 hour left before the sun sets, each finger width below your pinky finger is about 15 minutes until the sun sets. Learn what Girl Scouts do; about our history, research and data; and about family involvement, or try Girl Scout activities! For each Girl Scout journey, leaders have the option to purchase two books: a leaders guide for the specific journey and a girls handbook for the journey. Work with your camping location to strategical place garbage cans and recycling bins to encourage others to use them when they have trash. These may include thick fur, wings for migrating, special claws for digging, protection features, etc. If your girls can handle a full day of Girl Scouts, you may plan to start early in the morning and continue through the afternoon to include the entire Take Action Project or additional badge work. Troop Leaders: The instructions for all badge steps are available free of charge in theGirl Scout Volunteer Toolkit. PDF Think Like a Citizen Scientist Journey: Take Action Guide Buy Girl Scout Cookies Many leaders have moxie. The Girl Scout Agent of Change Journey defines power as the way you act in everyday amazing ways. Take Action Project Name: Sea Shell Overcome Allyson Willis. Plan to bring along a camera and take photos of items from multiple angles and distances to create micro and macro photos to share with the other girls. 0000003074 00000 n If your troop would like to complete the outdoor journey in just one day, we recommend combining a few parts together. Learn a little about geocaching by talking with an expert or visiting an official geocacher site. This badge beings by asking the girls to write a poem, where step 3 asks them to share who they are. 1. Take Action and community service projects are different, but both are essential to Girl Scouting. Baby Animal Habitats 10 minutes. 8:15 8:30am Journey Vocabulary Activity, 10:30 10:45am Brainstorming Take Action Projects, 11:00 11:30am Planning Take Action Project, 11:30 12:00pm LUNCH and The Real Me Game. Each girl can write down their name under the line from the Girl Scout Law where they want to focus on growing this year. The first three goals focus on the Power of One award, the fourth goal is the main focus of the Power of Team award, and the final two goals are the focus of the Power of Community award. Trash Your Trash dispose of waste properly which may include packing up your trash and carrying it out. As always, keep your fire small, only big enough to complete your goals, and be sure that the fire is completely out before sleeping or leaving your campsite. While the badges are not a set like some of the other Junior Girl Scout Journeys, they should be displayed together. Let each scout take pictures of the activities throughout the process. Our girls love the instant recognition; however, we find that more badges are lost this way or never end up on their vests. Pairs nicely with the Outdoor Art Explorer Junior Badge and Junior Girl Scout Way Badge, Total Time: 1 hour and 25 minutes plus length of campfire. We did not pair this with the journey, but instead held this prior to beginning this journey. 1. Girls Series. So let's get started! Your troop learns different ways to prepare a campsite with minimal impact to the environment. 2016-2022 Girl Scouts of the United States of America. Your Juniors will need at least 8 glasses of water per day of the trip and probably more since they will be active. The fourth step is a make a digital photo project. As your girls find awe-inspiring nature items, they can make an impression in the salt dough without needing to take the nature item with them. Girl Scout Law Flower Board large sheets of paper, 5 large sheets of paper 3 for the vocabulary activity and 1 for leader brainstorm and 1 for Take Action brainstorm, Sheet of paper for Im Being Framed or Page 13 and Power of Team Comic or Comic Strip and Creating Take Action Plan, Materials to make an obstacle course (we mostly used large items in the room), 3 Notecards per scout labeled True, False, and Wish. A fractal is simply a never ending pattern. Journeys | Girl Scouts Pairs well with Junior Staying Fit Badge, Im Being Framed 20 minutes: Have the girls create a collage showcasing all their powers, strengths or skills that they can use to make a difference in the world. Work with your troop to plan your camping adventure. You will need string, a measuring tool, and some graph paper. CreatingButterflies is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. Great pages in the Girls Agent of Change handbook include pages 6, 7, 11, 25, 28, 34. This will also cover the final step to share your photos, since you will be sharing them at the celebration! Build a campfire with your scouts. - Energy takes place in all different shapes and forms. 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. The Junior Girl Scout Agent of Change Journey is part of the Its Your World Change It! 0 If its a community service project, brainstorm how you might make it a Take Action project.