Financial Literacy Badges

Say goodbye to the Daisy leaves!  This summer they were phased out and new, cloud shaped badges took their place.  I loved how the leaves created a scene with the daisy petals so this is a big bummer.  On the other hand, it will be easier to place these badges with the other cloud badges and not worry about spacing as much.  The requirements are pretty much the same as before so basically just a shape change.  

My troop works on a financial literacy badge every year.  We normally aim for December so we can either start planning how to use proceeds from our cookie sale or discuss spending and budgets around the holidays.  This year we have a Junior, several Cadettes, and a Senior.  This is an easy badge to adapt for a multi-level troop.

Similar steps include discussing wants vs needs, creating a budget, and learning something new about money each year

2021 Retiring and New Girl Scout Badges

GSUSA has just released 28 new badges, retired 13 badges, and changed the design of the Global Action Award badges.

Cookie Business:

Some of the old cookie badges are getting kicked out to make room for new and improved badges.  Thirteen very different badges are out, with thirteen very similar badges coming in.  This could make it easier to combine badges with a multi-level troop since many of the steps are similar, like set a troop goal and budget.

Retiring Badges:

Digital Leadership Badges

Find out how to stay safe online while using technology to make a difference in the real and digital world.

Math in Nature

Daisies, Brownies, and Juniors have a new series to bring math concepts outside of the classroom and into nature.  I am pretty excited about these, I only wish my troop was younger!

Global Action Awards

The Global Action Awards are no longer dated and instead are Year 1, Year 2, and Year 3 like the Cookie Family Entrepreneur pins.  The requirements each year differ and can be found here.

Cadette Journeys Overview

Switch to Daisy  Brownie  Junior  Senior  Ambassador

Cadettes have seven different Journeys available to complete. Below is a guide to help them choose which ones spark their interest.

aMAZE!

In this Journey, you will:

1. Find out how to develop true friendships, navigate cliques, and move beyond stereotypes, with the ultimate goal of peace in your interpersonal relationships.
2. Plan a Take Action Project that shares your new friendship-building skills.
3. Earn 3 leadership awards: Interact, Diplomat, and Peacemaker.

Breathe

In this Journey, you will:

1. Find out about the air we breathe by visiting a wind farm, talking to an an environmental scientist, or doing experiments using wind.
2. Plan a Take Action project to fix an air problem in your community. You could plant an indoor garden, campaign against smoking, or push for clean-air initiatives in your community.
3. Earn 3 leadership awards: Aware, Alert, and Affirm.

MEdia

In this Journey, you will:

1. Explore media and find out how to reshape negative media messages into more positive ones—invite a TV show producer to talk about what influences her work, organize a movie night and discuss the film’s messages, or write a rap song or TV script.
2. Plan a Take Action Project that encourages positive messages in media—rewrite a song that has hurtful lyrics about women, create a blog that reviews how movies and TV shows depict girls, or start a Twitter campaign responding to stereotypes you see in the media.
3. Earn 3 awards: Monitor Award, Influence Award, and Cultivate Award.

Outdoor (Cadette)

In this Journey, you will:

1. Deepen your outdoor skills when you earn your Night Owl, Trailblazing, and Primitive Camper badges.
2. Plan a Take Action project that helps make your favorite park, beach, or forest a better place for everyone.
3. Earn a Take Action Award.

Think Like a Citizen Scientist

In this Journey, you will:

1. Find out how citizen scientists make observations, collect data, and help scientists conduct scientific research.
2. Do 3 citizen science activities: make observations about your environment, create a community field guide, and a SciStarter project.
3. Plan a Take Action project that helps others.

Think Like a Programmer

In this Journey, you will:

1. Find out how programmers use computational thinking to solve problems
2. Do 3 computational thinking activities: categorize various objects as “Computer” or “Not a Computer” to explore the four tasks that define a computer, create a card-sorting algorithm to learn about processing, and design technology that will best meet a user’s needs using user-centered design.
3. Plan a Take Action project that helps others.

Think Like an Engineer

In this Journey, you will:

1. Find out how engineers use design thinking to solve problems.
2. Do 3 design thinking activities: design and build prototypes of a life vest for a dog, a model camp cabin inspired by nature, and a prosthetic leg for an elephant.
3. Plan a Take Action project that helps others.

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