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BrownieWOW! Wonders of Water
The Brownie friends and Brownie ELF enjoy some wonder-filled adventures as they invite the real-life Brownies to explore the Wonders of Water. As they dive in, the Brownies realize they can create another big WOW as they try out new Ways of Working as a team. Brownies learn about the water cycle through a "Green Tea for the Blue Planet," and enjoy making their own rainbows as they explore the precious resource of water. Brownies pledge to LOVE water by protecting it, then team up to advocate for other people to SAVE water, too. As they SHARE what they have learned, they find they can inspire even more people to protect Earth's water. Along the way, Brownies experience what it is like to live in places where there is not enough water. They come to understand why the right to clean water is so important to everyone on Earth. Along the journey, the Brownies earn their LOVE Water, SAVE Water, and SHARE Water awards. As they celebrate their leadership accomplishments, they add the WOW! award to their vests, too! LOVE Water - This first award encourages girls to become aware of the many ways they use and enjoy water. As they begin to understand the science of water and its importance in the world, they will also make a personal commitment to protect it. SAVE Water - The second award is earned when the Brownies team up and speak up as advocates to protect water or keep it clean in their community. Girls start thinking as a team about what they will do for water. By making an effort that moves beyond themselves, the girls begin to realize the impact that group efforts can produce. SHARE Water - Girls earn the third award as they create an even bigger ripple by sharing their efforts for water with others, educating and inspiring them to join in, and asking them to commit to a water promise. WOW! - Girls culminate their journey by earning the WOW! Award, a grand finale that symbolizes the powerful change they've brought to their community. They earn the award by showing proof of their SHARE Water efforts, and by describing how their efforts relate to the Girl Scout Law and how they have had an impact as leaders. |
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JuniorGet Moving
Juniors build their skills as leaders who Energize, Investigate, and Innovate. They earn these three prestigious new leadership awards as they explore their own energy, the energy in their places and spaces (buildings), and the energy of getting from here to there (transportation). Juniors have a new comic story, "Vamos Ya!" to inspire their action (walking school bus anyone?). Dez, the fashionista spider, is also back to add some wit to the journey as she tries to figure out life "off the grid." "How does this carbon footprint thing work?" she asks. "Do I get eight?" From their own paper-making experiment to making beads from newspapers and magazines to forming a "perpetual human motion machine," Juniors will find that GET MOVING! is crammed full of energizing stuff to make and do! Energize Award - Make an Energy Pledge to reduce their energy use in one or more ways. Try at least two other Energize activities suggested along the journey. Check out how other people are tackling energy issues. Investigate Award - Connect with their Girl Scout crew to: Learn about energy use in their buildings. Work with their families to make an energy improvement at home. Investigate energy use in a community building and suggest ways to make it more energy-efficient. Innovate Award - Identify an energy issue in the community, research it, create a plan, and carry it out, all the while reaching out to others to join in, too. Share the news, reflect on what they accomplished, and celebrate it. |
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CadetteBreathe
Cadettes engage all five senses as they clear the air—their own and Earth's. Girls learn to assess air quality inside and out, getting an aerial view of everything from cigarette smoking to noise in the air to deforestation. Along the way, they try some scientific experiments (that could even double as magic tricks to share with Brownies). As they enjoy creating some "breathing room" in their lives, Cadettes may also find a new flair, think about "Hair," and perhaps even try making an éclair. After becoming more Aware, the girls go on to Alert others to act for air, and then Affirm their impact on Earth, as they add these three uplifting leadership awards to their collection of Girl Scout honors Aware Award - Keep an Air Log throughout the journey. Identify two experts who can guide you to greater air awareness. Increase your AWAREness about the issues that impact Earth's air. Decide the most important, personal reason you care about Earth's air. With your Cadette team, choose an air issue to act on together. Alert Award - Decide whom to educate and inspire—this is your Air Care Team (ACT)! Decide what you will ask your Air Care Team to do. Decide how to reach your Air Care Team to inspire them to act on your air issue. Educate and inspire! Give your ACT its call to action. Affirm Award - Gather proof of progress or improvement through your efforts to educate and inspire. Share the impact with your ACT and maybe even go further. Get with your Cadette team and reflect on your efforts and their impact. Affirm your commitment to strive to be an heir apparent of air and all of Planet Earth's elements. |
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SeniorSow What?
Seniors investigate the food network (no not cable TV—the real one that gets each piece of food to the table). As they ponder the dirt on land use around the world (corn's a big issue!), girls get down to the science and roots of complex and global food issues. Girls plan and conduct a local "food forage" to scope out their "food print" choices, and talk to scientists, local growers, and business owners—and even global hunger experts. Using what they learn, girls consider their "leader prints" as they decide who and what they can cultivate en route to a Take Action Project that positively impacts their food network. Along the way, Seniors take time to enjoy a "truly happy meal" together, experiment with new recipes, and try out being "locavores" who know how to savor local bounty. So what about career choices and networking? Sew what about sewing? Seniors have a chance to try these on, too! When they add Harvest, a prestigious new leadership award to their collection, Girl Scout Seniors will truly be proud of what they have sown on Earth! Get your leader print going! Here's the path: Identify, and dig into, a food or land issue, tapping some community experts as you go. Maybe you've met growers, gardeners, nutritionists or others in your region and have ideas about challenges they face. Maybe you've improved your food print and want to inspire others. Want your school to host a farmers' market? Got a seed of an idea from this book? Want to team up with other Seniors? Just choose an issue that allows you to use your unique talents and learn something new, too! Capture your vision for change in a Harvest Plan that includes: Your very own "So What?"—your goal, why it matters, how it will benefit both the planet and people. Say it in a way that gets others interested and involved! Show how even simple actions and decisions impact the larger food network. Remember: There's no need to go it alone. Who can you turn to for input and support? What specific impact do you hope to have? Name it! And when you have executed your plan, check back. Have you achieved it? Maybe you will have achieved other results, too, especially if you find yourself needing to adjust your plans along the way. Your project can be big or small, depending on your time and interest. Either way, strive for a sustainable impact. You may push for a new policy or for a change in an existing one. You don't need to start something from scratch. Now, create change: Execute your plan by advocating to influence a food policy or land-use effort (yes, you can!), or by educating and inspiring others to act on a solution you identify. |
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AmbassadorJustice
Justice—for Earth and all its inhabitants—we all know what it is. Why is it so hard to achieve? Ambassadors realize that maybe justice needs a brand-new equation—their equation. By "Doing the Math" with even the simplest of acts, deciphering how decisions get made, and exploring how to use scientific evidence, Ambassadors will create and then present their own unique equation for what justice asks of us. Along the way, they will find they are also networking and gathering new ideas for college and careers. Ambassadors can also take some time out to Nest and Soar as they ponder new inspirations from birds around the world. When they add the Sage Award to their list of accomplishments, Ambassadors will be confident that they are they are the wise and healing leaders Earth yearns for! On this journey to JUSTICE, Ambassadors have the opportunity to earn the prestigious Sage Award by participating in activities in the six steps to understanding environmental justice. The SageAward takes its name from the word meaning wise person (from the Latin root sapere, to be wise) and the medicinal herb (from the Latin root salvare, to heal or to save). The award represents both the commitment and ability to be judicious, and it reminds us of the importance of healing. While earning the Sage Award, girls explore justice (and injustice) from many angles including science, decision making and even doing a little math! Ultimately Ambassadors create and present their own unique definitions for Justice! |
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Adult guides are an integral part of the journeys. It is recommended that adults read through
the guide once to get ideas about how they and the girls want to
approach the journey. Then, adults can go back and look more closely at the Sample Sessions. The adult guide not only lists Sample Sessions, but trip and team-building ideas as well plus plenty of tips for getting creative.
Other activities are available through Girl Scouting for girls to do along with the journey. The sessions do not have to be done week after week, unless girls design it that way. Camping, badges, trips, the Cookie Program Activity, etc., can be woven throughout the year.
Other activities are available through Girl Scouting for girls to do along with the journey. The sessions do not have to be done week after week, unless girls design it that way. Camping, badges, trips, the Cookie Program Activity, etc., can be woven throughout the year.
