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Outdoor Survival Badge

Outdoor Survival is a Junior Badge from the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Council.

Purpose: To educate girls not only to survive if need be, but to plant within them the seed of respect, appreciation, and understanding for nature and the wilderness in an unforeseen situation. Earning the Junior Girl Scout First Aid Badge (not required to earn the Outdoor Survival Badge) is highly recommended.

Complete requirements 1 through 4, and pick two from the remaining requirements.

## Activities

1. Learn or explain what S.T.P. means in the treatment of first aid.
2. Learn the five basic needs required in survival and how to apply them to two different survival conditions.
3. With your troop,
	* Learn to identify five edible plants in your area, give a description of each and what season it is best to eat or not to eat. Understand in which manner the plant part is edible and how it is prepared for eating or drinking.
	* Learn what amphibians, birds, fish, insects, reptiles, rodents, are edible. Name at least five edible animals that can be found in your region. Optional: How they would be captured and prepared.
	* Identify five poisonous plants that cause internal poisoning and list treatments and symptoms for them. Identify three contact poison plants and their treatment.

* With other girls
* Learn techniques for building several different types of shelters, keeping in mind materials available, season and location. Construct a shelter
* Learn different ways to light a fire without the use of a match. Build a fire without the use of a match and maintain it.
* Learn different ways to collect water. Learn to build/make a solar still, try to collect some water in it. Learn two different ways to purify water. Find out what will happen to your body if loss of water exceeds intake. List the symptoms that result.
* Learn how to read and orient yourself on a map.
* Learn why it is important to file a hike, travel, or flight plan.
* Learn several signaling methods and describe how to use them for survival.
* Put together a survival kit and first aid gear and know why each item is needed.
* Talk with someone in your community about the part they play in the survival of someone lost. This can be a Forest Ranger, Search and Rescue Squad member, or Air Patrol member.
* Teach a group one of the new survival skills you have learned.

# External Links

Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Junior Badges
Outdoor Survival Badge
Underground Railroad Badge

**Underground Railroad** was a Junior Badge from the Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council.

Girls will learn about our rich history while exploring the Underground Railroad. Many areas of Black Diamond Council were important stops along the Underground Railroad. Girls will develop an understanding of “the drinking gourd” and discover who was involved in the “Society of Friends”. By learning about a part of our history, girls will become more responsible citizens and respect and celebrate differences in others.

# Activities

* \*Learn about the Underground Railroad. What is it? When did it begin? Why was it created?
* Find a map of the Underground Railroad and learn about the routes taken by the slaves.
* Define the following words: Freedom Seeker, Conductor, Fugitive, Stationmaster, Station, Runaways or Escapees, Slave or Enslaved, Slaveholders, and Soul Catchers.
* Find out about a minimum of 6 "Faces of Freedom" in addition to Moses.
* \*Who is Moses? Why was the person named Moses? Why was Moses so important to the slaves? What other things happend to Moses before they became Moses?
* Find out how the slaves from the South found their way to freedom in the North since they had never left the plantations before.
* Learn about 2 of the songs of the slaves and their hidden meanings.
* What other events took place at this same time in history?
* What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
* Find out about some sites that served as Underground Railroad sites. Are their any in your community? Visit [1] for some listings in Washington Co. Ohio. Are any of these sites listed as National Historic Landmarks?
* What is the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and what did it mean for the slaves?
* Learn about the National Underground Railroad Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. You can plan a visit or you can do a virtual tour at [2]
* Define Abolitionist and find 3 people who helped with the Underground Railroad.
* What is the Mason-Dixon Line and what did it mean to the slaves?
* What did the slave children do during the day?

# External Links

Council's Own Home Page
Underground Railroad Badge
United Way Awareness

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United Way Awareness is an All Ages Award from the Girl Scouts of Badger Council.

PURPOSE: To enable Girl Scouts and their families to gain a perspective of the role of the United Way.

LENGTH OF PROGRAM: September, October, and November (During the United Way Campaigns).

ACTIVITIES: Complete 5 activities including the two starred.

# Activities

1. 1. 1. Invite someone from United Way to visit your troop and tell about the United Way or tour your local United Way office. If your city does not have a local United Way office, contact the Program Service Center to find out where the nearest office is.

2. \*Do a service project for an agency funded by the United Way (not the Girl Scouts) or the local United Way office. (Remember that Girl Scout members cannot solicit funds, and be sure to follow "Safety -Wise" Guidelines.)
3. Find out what community agencies in your hometown receive money through the United Way. Make a list of all the agencies that help children.
4. Learn about the history and the logo of the United Way - then, make a skit or puppet show demonstrating what you learned.
5. \*Talk to a volunteer or staff member from an agency funded by United Way. Find out what that agency does to help people. (This should be some other agency besides Girl Scouts.)
6. Learn what volunteerism means. Why is it so important to Girl Scouts and our country? Find at least three different ways Girl Scouts can volunteer in your community.
7. Find out about United Way "pledges" and how the local United Way collects them.
8. Draw a poster asking people to give to the United Way and post it in your local community during the local campaign.

# External Links

Council Patch Programs
United Way Awareness Requirements
Out of the Frying Pan IP

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The Out of the Frying Pan IP is an interest project from the Girl Scouts of Colorado Council.

In today's world cooking is made easy with canned goods and boxed casseroles. Wouldn't it be fun to see how to cook a meal from a different country, or plan your own meals? Find out as you jump out of the frying pan and into the fire with gourmet cooking!

# Skill Builders

1. 1. 1. Learn to cook in mass quantities such as for a party or event.

2. Research three ethnic groups, and prepare a dish from each group to share with your family, troop or community.
3. Plan and serve your family at least a three-course meal. In the process make a shopping list, make a budget, do the shopping and plan a date.
4. Plan all meals and snacks for one week on a budget of $150.00 for a family of four. This will include eating out, lunch money and additional snacks outside the house.
5. Keep track of your family spending on food. This includes candy and drinks for three weeks. Figure out the average cost per person in the family, including eating out.
6. Plan a holiday meal from another country.
# Technology

1. 1. 1. See how cooking methods have evolved through time. Make a presentation on your findings for your troop or group as if it were a cooking class.

2. Research a decade of cooking and prepare an item from that decade only using the tools available form that decade. Be resourceful.
3. Use a computer program to make a database for a cookbook.
4. Research TV cooking through out the years and see how they have changed from food, to recipes, to examples.
5. Use the Internet to prepare a special dish for a party.
# Service Projects

1. 1. 1. Teach a younger group of girls to bake. You can be elaborate and bake a cake or keep things simple with the classic chocolate chip cookie.

2. Teach your siblings how to cook. Teach them all the safety precautions that need to be taken into account when cooking (i.e. washing hands, keep pots and pans cooking on the back burners when possible, etc.). Make sure it is alright with your parents before starting.
3. Create a cookbook to use as a fund-raiser for your troop, group, church, or organization your feel is important.
4. Work in a soup kitchen or gather materials needed for a soup kitchen.
# Career Exploration

1. 1. 1. Talk to a gourmet chef about his/her career.

2. Look up cooking majors on the Internet. Share your findings with your troop or group.
3. Try to take a tour of a restaurant.
4. Research what it would take to own and operate your own restaurant.
# See also

Advanced Outdoor Cooking IP
List of Council's Own Interest Projects

# External Links

Girl Scouts of Colorado Council Own Earned Recognitions
Out of the Frying Pan IP
Sand in My Shoes

To earn this badge, complete 6 requirements—3 from Pine Barrens and 3 from Ocean sections.

Pine Barrens:

1. Develop an animal profile for an endangered animal. What is their habitat look like? Does their coloring help them blend into their surroundings? What do they eat? What eats them? How are their young born and how to the parents care for them? What do their tracks look like? Make plaster cast of animal tracks or an endangered animal poster.

2. Two major fruit crops grow naturally in the Pine Barrens, the blueberry and the cran- berry. Find out some interesting facts about one or both fruit. Then bake something using the fruit. Resources listed below.

“The Best of Blueberries” by Marilyn Schmidt

“Cranberry Cookery Complete” by R. Marilyn Schmidt

3. Using the following resources pick 4-8 trees and create your own tree identification guide by sketching or gluing a sample leaf, bark and fruit/seed for each tree. Label each one with the correct name. Remember do not pick anything from a living tree.

“Trees, Leaves and Bark” by Diane L. Burns

4. Soil Erosion takes place in the Pine Barrens and along the New Jersey coast. Weathering is the breakdown of the earth’s materials: erosion is the movement of these weath- ered materials. Water, wind, glaciers, gravity, and people can cause erosion. Soil erosion ex- periment kit may be borrowed. Call for rental.

5. Explain fires role in the Pine Barrens ecosystem. Make a list of the benefits of “fire” in the Pine Barrens. See attached. Firewise DVD available for borrow, for leader to review for additional information.

6. Visit the Forest Resource Education Center in Jackson or Cattus Island County Park and Cooper Environmental center to learn more about the Pine Barrens.
Passport to Religions Badge

**Passport to Religions** is an All Ages Award from the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago & Northwest Indiana.

# Activities

1. Describe your faith to the girls in your troop. Talk about what you like best about your faith. Explain how you practice your faith.
2. Find out about two different religions other than yours. What is the main difference between your religion and the ones you learned about?
3. Learn about the different symbols that represent the many religions of the world. Find out their meaning. (For information on many religious symbols: http://altreligion.about.com/library/glossary/blsymbolstext.htm)
4. Make a Passport. On each page of the passport, draw a religious symbol. When you have learned about that religion, stamp that page just as a country would stamp a passport when you leave or enter it.
5. Discover the difference in the holy books each religion uses. Read a passage from one of those books.
6. Religions have different calendars, holy days and more. Find out about a special holy day in another religion and learn about the customs or traditions.
7. Research how many members belong to your religion. Find out what other countries practice your religion.
8. Visit a different place of worship other than the one you practice in. (Brownies: Draw a picture of the place you worship in & one of a different place of worship).
9. Attend a ceremony or service from a different religion than yours.
10. Interview a religious leader or teacher. Find out why they chose that path.
11. Learn about different religious leaders of the world.
12. Learn a prayer from a different religion than yours. Share the prayer with your family.
13. Research the religion choice for all of your family members. Discover if the religion you practice was always the religion your ancestors practiced.
14. Make a religious craft.
15. Play a game or act out a religious story with the girls in your troop.
16. Do a service project for your religious place of worship.
17. Find a traditional religious recipe. Make the recipe & share it with your troop.
18. Learn about different diet restrictions from other religions.
19. Say grace from your religion and one from a different religion before a meal.
20.There are many countries from WAGGGS. Discover the different religions that Girl Scouts and Guides practice in their countries.
21. Participate in a Girl Scout Sunday or Girl Scout Sabbath event.
22.Earn the appropriate religious medal for your age level. (Go to www.praypub.org for information on the different age level awards of all the religious denominations)
23.Write a reflection about what you have learned.

The “Passport to Religions” Try-It, Badge & Interest Project Award were written as part of a Silver Award Project by Matie O’Connor & Juliette Pirpiris, Troop 1812.

When you have completed the requirements, you can purchase the age appropriate insignias by contacting the Girl Scouts of Chicago at (312) 416-2500, ext. 227.
Outdoor Art Expert (Senior badge)

**Outdoor Art Expert**is a Girls Choice badge set introduced in 2011 from the Girl Scouts of Suffolk County.

## Activities:

Learn to see nature with an artist’s eye and create something helpful to the environment.

1. Explore art outdoors
2. Make something!
3. Create or share music inspired by nature
4. Capture nature digitally
5. Design outdoors

When you’ve earned this badge, you'll have learned how to create art outdoors with a focus on the environment.
Talking Hands Badge

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Talking Hands is a Junior Badge from the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Council.

Do six activities including the one starred to complete this Badge.

# Activities

1. 1. 1. \*Learn the Signed Alphabet and know your name.

2. Teach someone the Signed Alphabet so they can spell their name. Try and spell a minimum of 15 different words to each other.
3. Invite an interpreter to your meeting. What do they do? How can you become an interpreter? Find out what the interpreter likes or dislikes about their job. Ask him or her about anything you are curious about.
4. What are the different types of languages used by deaf people and the hearing impaired? Give examples.
5. What types of communication technology are available to help deaf people during their everyday lives? How are these things different from what you use?
6. Research to discover interesting or famous people who are deaf or hard of hearing. How has their hearing impairment both helped and hurt them during their lives.
7. Do deaf people drive? Do their cars have adaptations or accessories? Do they have special tests to get their license?
8. Learn how deaf people play sports. How is it different from how you play sports? Find out about the Deaflympics Games that are held every four years.
9. Go to your local library and check out books on deaf people. What interesting things did you learn? Draw a poster about some of them.
10. Attend a play/program that is interpreted for the deaf. Discuss what you saw, felt, enjoyed or disliked about an interpreted performance. Talk to the interpreter after the program if possible.

# External Links

Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Junior Badges
[1]
Race to Space

**Race to Space** is an All Ages Award from the Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama Council.

The Race to Space patch program encourages girls to explore science and technology.

Daisies: 3 activities

Brownies: 5 activities

Juniors: 7 activities

Cadettes: 10 activities

Seniors/Ambassadors: 13 activities

## Activities

Explore and observe the sky like a real space scientist.

1. Explore the Sun
2. Observe the Moon
3. Meet the Stars

When you’ve earned this badge, you’ll have explored and observed the Sun, Moon, and stars.

## Find out about the space program.

1. When is the next space shuttle scheduled to be launched? Keep a diary of what you learn about it: What will be the mission, date and place launched, daily log of activities? How many will be on board (number of men and/or women)? Were any of the astronauts from another country? Cut out newspaper articles about the mission and include them with your diary.
2. Research the space program of another country. Point out similarities and differences to the United States program. Find out if the country you are studying has worked with the U.S. space team at any time in the past, or are they planning any joint missions with the U.S. in the future?
3. Learn about the space shuttle Challenger. How has the space program changed since 1985? What other mishaps has NASA overcome since the space program began?
4. Find out why the United States sends experiments into space. Why do we invest so much money in the space program?
5. Compare the space shuttle to an earlier model of a U.S. space rocket. How much has technology changed since we began going into space?
6. Read about the Hubble telescope. How is it different from a telescope you would use in your own backyard to look at the stars? How is it the same? What is the Hubble telescope’s purpose in space?
7. Learn about the International Space Station. Who is currently on the station? How long do astronauts usually stay on the station? What experiments are they conducting? Which countries have participated in the building and maintaining of the International Space Station?

## Learn about astronauts.

1. How do astronauts live in space? Where do they sleep? What is their daily routine?
2. What is weightlessness? How do astronauts learn to live in a weightless environment?
3. Do some career exploration. How do you become an astronaut? What would you study in college? Try to talk to a college student majoring in aerospace.
4. Find out what kind of food astronauts eat. Try to have a “tasting” party with real astronaut food.
5. Compare the space suits from the beginning of space exploration with the ones astronauts use today. Discuss the similarities and differences. How have they improved? Can you come up with any good ideas on a space suit design?
6. Visit an aerospace or ﬂ ight museum, such as the Southern Flight Museum (Birmingham) or the U.S. Space and Rocket Center (Huntsville). While there, learn at least three facts to share with your troop.
7. Attend a Council event related to the space program.

# External Links

Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama Patch Programs

Race to Space
Clockwork man

Carl Walkman from the grave yard creepy pasta, while he was in hospital he became clockwork man. This is the recorded accounts of, what happened to him while he was ther.

Carl parents made him see a psychiatrist. He was diagnosed with psychoses and depression , after that his parents put him in a mental hospital. Where he was kept separate from every one else, in a room with woods painted the staff believed the paintings calmed the patients.

The only noise's he could hear were the, staff passing by the door, other patients screaming and laughing, and the clock that hung on the wall in his room. His enter day was planned out for him.

7:30am: Medication.
8:00am: Breakfast.
10:00am: Psychiatrist appointment.
12:00pm: Lunch.
2:00pm: Constructive therapy.
4:00pm: Reflection time.
6:00pm: Dinner time.
8:00pm: Shower.
9:00pm: Bed time.

Carl had to follow this routine every day, after 5 weeks Carl became obsessed with time. He manage to steal a watch of one of the staff members, then waited for an opportunity to be alone. He ripped out left eye and replaced it with the watch, when he was found by a nurse. It was to late, he had lodged the watch in. It was to risky to remove it as the staff, was unsure what damage would be coursed by removing it.

He was treated for the wound, but was never allowed be alone. Over a couple of days, he was allowed to stay in the day room more. where he meet Caroline, they swapped story's of what had happened to them. 3 weeks later he escaped from hospital, no one knows his current were abuts.
The Ace Of Spades

The Ace Of Spades is known as the death card. Nobody knows why it became associated with death, but most cultures believe that the Ace of Spades is a bad omen.

Two young girls named Nicole and Tamara were sitting in their backyard one evening. They were passing their time playing cards at the garden table. It was getting dark and the moon was visible in the night sky. There was a forest and a swamp behind their house and the wind was blowing softly through the trees.

The girls were just about to start a new game when a tall man appeared from the darkness. The two girls had never seen the man before and, as he came shuffling through the long grass and approached them, they felt a little afraid.

"I see you two are playing cards." he said.

The girls nodded.

"Mind if I join you?" he asked. "I can teach you a new game."

Tamara shook her head. Her mother had always warned her not to talk to strangers. Besides, the man looked very creepy.

But the other girl said, "OK, I suppose. It's kind of boring just playing with two people. Show us your new game."

Tamara nudged her and whispered in her ear, "I don't want to play with him. Let's just go inside."

"Come on." laughed Nicole. "Stop being such a baby. Stay here. Don't you want to learn a new card game?"

Reluctantly, Tamara agreed to stay. The tall man picked up the deck of cards and began shuffling them.

"I don't know if you will like this game," he said, grinning broadly, "but I know I will enjoy it immensely."

He dealt the cards, one to each of the girls and one to himself. Tamara's card slid off the table and fell face-up on the ground. It was the Ace of Spades.

When Tamara bent down to pick it up, saw that the man wasn't wearing any shoes. His legs were long and hairy and his toenails were curled. A chill went down her spine. Holding the Ace of Spades in her hand, she began to feel very frightened.

She began tugging at her friend's blouse and begged her to leave. Nicole refused and dismissed her with a wave of her hand. Tamara ran into the house and locked the door behind her. She scrambled up the stairs and into her bedroom. Grabbing her mobile phone, she called the police.

When they arrived, a few minutes later, Tamara answered the front door and led them out to the backyard. When they got to the table, they found Nicole's dead body lying underneath it. The poor girl had been torn in half. The chair on which she had been sitting was covered in blood. A note had been placed on the table.

It read:

"You were saved from death by the Ace of Spades!"
Saltwater Try-It

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Saltwater is a Brownie Try-It from the Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast.

Guidelines: Complete any four activities.

## Activities

What is Saltwater? How is saltwater different from freshwater? Find out if you float better in freshwater or saltwater. Try this experiment!

**Supplies:**

* 2 hard boiled eggs
* 2 jars or containers
* 4 cups of water
* Table salt

 **Experiment:** Do hard boiled eggs act differently in freshwater or saltwater?

1. Fill both jars with 2 cups of freshwater. Add 1⁄4 cup of salt to one jar and stir. Add a hardboiled egg to each jar. What happened? Why?
2. Find 3 plants that live in and around the Bay and Atlantic Ocean. Find out the following things about the plants:
	* What is the name of the plant?
	* What kind of plant is it?
	* Where does it normally live?
	* Does it help other organisms in the habitat?
	* Do humans use the plant for a purpose?
3. Learn about 3 animals that live in and around the Bay and Atlantic Ocean. Find out the following:
	* What is the name of the animal?
	* What kind of animal is it?
	* In what kind of habitat does the animal normally live?
	* What does the animal eat?
	* Does this animal do something special for its habitat?
	* Do humans have a use for this animal?
	* Is the animal endangered?
4. What is a watershed? Find out if you live in the Bay watershed by examining a map. Identify the following physical features in the watershed:
	* Mouth of the bay
	* The Eastern Shore
	* Pennsylvania
	* Maryland
	* Virginia
	* Head of the bay
	* The Susquehana River
	* The James River
	* New York
	* Your house!
5. What is in the water? Use a plankton tow to collect a water sample. Use a microscope to search for tiny plants and animals.
6. Visit one of the following places: The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center or other aquarium, a lighthouse, a Coast Guard station/museum or other saltwater related place.

# See also

Aquaculture Try-It
Coast Guard Pride Try-It
Fishing Try-It
Navy Pride Try-It
Oceanography Try-It
List of Council's Own Brownie Try-Its

# External Links

Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast Patch Programs
Saltwater Try-It
Silver Award

The **Silver Award** is the second highest award of the Girl Scouts of the USA, and the highest award that a Girl Scout Cadette can earn.

## Prerequisites

A girl must be in 6th, 7th or 8th grade (or equivalent), be a registered Girl Scout Cadette, and have completed a Cadette Journey before she can begin work on a Silver Award project.

### **Cadette Journey**

There are currently four Cadette Journey programs to choose from. All badges in the Journey must be earned for the Journey to be complete.

* Cadette Amaze Journey (three badges, sold as a set)
	+ Interact
	+ Diplomat
	+ Peacemaker
* Cadette Breath Journey (three badges, sold as a set)
	+ Aware
	+ Alert
	+ Affirm
* Cadette MEdia Journey (three badges, sold as a set)
	+ Monitor
	+ Influence
	+ Cultivate
* Cadette Outdoor Journey (four badges, sold separately)
	+ Night Owl
	+ Trailblazing
	+ Primitive Camper
	+ Take Action

## Silver Award Steps

1. Identify an issue you care about.
2. Build your Girl Scout Silver Award team or decide to go solo.
3. Explore your community.
4. Pick your Silver Award project.
5. Develop your project.
6. Make a plan and put it into motion.
7. Reflect, share your story, and celebrate.

## Silver Award Project

The Silver Award Project can be done as an individual or as a small group. The project's objective must be to benefit the community in some way. Each Girl Scout is expected to contribute 50 hours to the project. The project is to be girl-led, but adults can advise and assist when necessary. Although the general guidelines have been established by GSUSA, it is important to check with the local Council on exact procedure.

## Approval

The approval process varies by council. Before beginning work on a Take Action Project or a Silver Project, it is important to check with the local council

## External links

https://www.girlscoutsnyc.org/en/whatgirlsdo/Gold-Silver-and-Bronze-Awards/silver-award.html
Public Policy (Ambassador badge)

**The Public Policy badge** is part of the “Legacy” badge set introduced in 2011 from the Girl Scouts Nation's Capital.

## Activities

Gain the knowledge you need to speak up about and act on issues that are crucial in your world.

1. Find out how activists advocate for change
2. Engage as a global citizen
3. Dig into national or state public policy
4. Explore local or community policy
5. See public policy creation in action

When you've earned this badge, you'll know about public policies and how you can advocate for issues and legislation that matter to you.
Weather Wise Try-It

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Weather Wise is a Brownie Try-It from the Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council.

During this special Council’s Own designed especially for Brownie Girl Scouts, girls will learn about the various aspects of weather such as weather instruments, safety, flags and other symbols. Girls will have fun exploring the myths and legends associated with weather and making their own homemade weather instruments.

To earn the Weather Wise Award, Brownie Girl Scouts must complete 4 activities.

# Activities

1. 1. 1. Learn about "homemade" weather instruments and make at least one weather instrument. Use a weather watch calendar for a period of at least three days.

2. Learn a weather myth or legend and share it with a friend.
3. Know the rules of safe conduct during a thunderstorm out of doors and indoors.
4. Learn about and make the five weather flags. Fly a weather flag each day at camp or at troop meetings.
5. Participate in a weather scavenger hunt with your friends and/or take a wind walk.
6. Learn ten of the weather symbols used by the National Weather Service.

# External Links

Council's Own Home Page
Weather Wise Try-It
Traveler Badge

**The Traveler badge**is part of the “It's Your Story - Tell It!” badge set introduced in 2011 from the Girl Scouts of Alaska.

## Activities:

Get the travel savvy you need to make the most of your adventures, now and throughout your life.

1. Research destinations
2. Look into fun itineraries
3. Find out how to create a budget, including ways to travel inexpensively
4. Gain travel expertise before you go
5. Take your trip—and make a memory

When you've earned this badge, you'll know how to plan a great trip of at least one night—whether it's around the corner or across the globe.

### External links

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6ggdlXxWNQ-MzRZNjdMWHdTclU/view
Wider Opportunities IP

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The Wider Opportunities IP is an interest project from the Thousand Islands Girl Scout Council.

# Activities

*Complete 8 activities*

1. 1. 1. \* Participation: Participate in a Wider Opportunity or pretend that you have. Pick a destination for a trip. Take notes and make a diary of/or about the daily activities of your trip.
		2. \*Budget: Prepare a budget and keep track of your spending.
		3. \*Check Into It: Plan how you will finance your Wider Opportunity; consider if and where you will seek financial assistance. Think about a job; a loan; applying for financial assistance from your troop, Girl Scout Neighborhood, troop sponsor, or council.
		4. Transportation: Contact at least two (2) travel agencies for prices and schedules for various ways of transportation to the same location. Compare.
		5. \*Background: Do some research about your opportunity and the area in which you will be visiting.
		6. Set a Goal: Set a goal which you hope to achieve by participating in the Wider Opportunity. State why you hope to achieve this goal and why you might or might not achieve it.
		7. Involving your Career: Be aware of the various career opportunities around you and make note of them. Inquire about the ones that especially interest you.
		8. Saying it in Pictures: Using photographs, postcards, magazines, or other pictures, make a scrapbook outlining your trip. The pictures must be relevant to your activities.
		9. Make your Own: Design a patch you think would best represent your opportunity.

# See also

Wider Opportunity IP
List of Council's Own Interest Projects

# External Links

Council's Own Patches - Thousand Islands Girl Scout Council
Wider Opportunities IP
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Shensheng The Lost Village

200 hundred year's ago, there was a. village called the, Shensheng (sacred) village. it is said that, it was a beautiful. place they would, practice rituals to. please there god's, they had rituals for nearly every thing. A ritual for good harvest. a ritual for a long, and happy marriage. a ritual for a happy, fortune and long. life and a ritual, for the god to protect. them from harm and misfortune.

The village was happy, and peaceful it wasn't. a big village it, was hidden for. from any other villages, so if any travelers. found the village they, were greeted by cautious. and scared people, It was a small, village filled with happy, people living side. by side in, peace and harmony.

They were hopeful and, grateful what they had. until the day of the, ritual for the god's. they needed triplets for, the ritual but one. had ran away, the villagers became. panicked and fearful, for their lives. the village elders, decided to proceed with. the ritual with only, 2 of them. hoping the god's, would still be happy. with their sacrifice As, the villagers finished the ritual.

The ground beneath them, shook and trembled. The earth broke to, reveal hellish fire. What came out was, an undead army. The villagers ran, in fear. The ritual failed, the villagers knew. That their god's, angry with them. The god's had sent, the undead army. To kill them, displeased with them. The village erupted, in to fire. scream and cry's of, terrier and pain.

The street became, a river of blood. Then nothing but, silence dead silence. Every one was dead. men woman and, children's dead body's. paved the street's' of the village. The village was left, lifeless and forgotten. No one to tell, the story of ShenSheng. Hitch hiker's went missing, after finding the village. Only their belonging, left to be found.

The only reason the, village is know known. Is because 2 hitch hiker's. Claimed to have found, the shensheng village. No one believed their story. Of horror and, survival or that. such a place actually, exists at all. No one knows, where the hiker's are. The story of shensheng is. still circulating around, but no trace. Of what happened, to the hiker's. Or where they are now.

If you are brave enough. to find the, village there is no. guaranty you will return or. Even be found at all. It is said, if you stand. in front of a mirror. In the pitch, black and say. shensheng come to me. The villager's will appear. In the mirror, with pail face's. And blood stained cloths. They will try, to kill you. In hope of, lifting the cures. Even if you survive, the first encounter. The villager's will haunt you. Driving you insane, and they wont. Stop until you commit suicide. Or they kill you.
The Service Center

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The Service Center is an All Ages Award from the Girl Scouts of Appalachian Council.

The Sevice Center patch is designed to commensurate a troop's visit to the Council headquarters in Johnson City. When troops complete their tour of the Service Center, they can now point to a special patch representing all they learned during their visit. Troops are most welcome at the Service Center.

# BROWNIES

Do two of the following, including the one marked (\*).

1. 1. 1. \*Take a guided tour of the Service Center, given by a Council staff member or volunteer.

2. Take a tour of Camp Wildwood, weather permitting.
3. Answer the following: Leaders, ask your girls these questions upon completion of their tour.
1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. What is the name of your Girl Scout Council?
					2. What special things does your Council do?
					3. What happens in the Conference Room?
					4. What is the name of the Camp at the Service Center?
					5. What room has Girl Scout books, films and slides?
					6. What do you find in the Equipment Shop?

# JUNIORS

Do four of the following, including the ones marked (\*).

1. 1. 1. \*Take a guided tour of the Service Center, given by a Council staff member or volunteer.

2. Take a tour of Camp Wildwood, weather permitting.
3. \*Complete requirement #1, Girl Scouting Everywhere.
4. Complete requirement #6, Girl Scouting Everywhere.
5. \*Look through the Library for resources you might like to use in other Girl Scout activities.
# CADETTES

Do four of the following, including the ones marked (\*).

1. 1. 1. \*Take a guided tour of the Service Center, given by a Council staff member or volunteer.

2. Take a tour of Camp Wildwood, weather permitting.
3. \*Complete requirement #4, Hands Around the World.
4. Discuss ways in which you might complete requirement #2, Hands Around the World.
5. \*List as many professional Council positions as you can and tell which you would like to have.
# SENIORS

Do three of the following, including the ones marked (\*).

1. 1. 1. \*Take a guided tour of the Service Center, given by a Council staff member or volunteer.

2. Take a tour of Camp Wildwood, weather permitting.
3. Choose one Council staff person and briefly discuss with that person their job and its duties.
4. \*Find ways to participate in Council activities that will help satisfy requirements for Silver or Gold Award.
# ADULTS

1. 1. 1. Schedule troop tour at least one week in advance.

2. Plan on a 20-minute tour of the building and 30 minutes in the camp.
3. Remind girls to be courteous and quiet while in the Service Center, as it is a place of work, too.
4. Allow time for browsing through the library, shopping, or walking through the camp, weather permitting.
**NOTE:TO RECEIVE THE PATCH, YOU MUST TAKE A GUIDED TOUR OF THE SERVICE CENTER.**

# External Links

Council Patch Program - Girl Scouts of the Appalachian Council, Inc.
Patch Requirements
Recycler Try-It

**Recycler** is a Brownie Try-It from the Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia Council.

**Brownies:**
Complete 4 activities, including 1 "Take Action" activity.

**Juniors:**
Complete 6 activities, including 1 "Take Action" activity.

**Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors:**
Complete 8 activities, including 2 "Take Action" activities.

# Discover

1) Locate recycle centers in your area. How did they begin? What materials do they accept? What is the average amount received of each material? Do the workers volunteer? If not, who pays them? Plan a visit to one of the centers.

2) Locate a large business in your area and find out if they participate in a recycle program. If yes, what kind of materials? If not, why?

3) Find out what types of materials are recycled in the United States. How much of each type? How and when did the US become involved in recycling?

4) Many types of roadside trash are recyclable. How long does it take for these items to biodegrade? How much is spent in Georgia to clean up this roadside trash?

# Connect

1) Keep a journal of the number of plastics, newspapers, cardboard boxes, aluminum cans, and glass bottles your family uses in one week. By multiplying, find out how much your family consumes in a month, a year and a lifetime.

2) Create a game or skit dealing with recycling. Perform with a group. Or, create posters to display.

3) Visit a local landfill. Do they have a recycle center? See what happens to all the waste that is not recycled. What laws are in place for maintaining a landfill? Interview a staff member of a landfill to learn more about costs, how separation is done, what happens to the soil, the history of landfill and any other topics of interest. Share your findings with another troop or a local organization.

4) Choose an item and follow it from trash to treasure. Record the process from the time an item is turned over for recycling until it is another usable item.

5) Do a craft or science night where you use recyclable materials.

# Take Action

1) Set up recycle stations at home. They might be mixed paper, newsprint, tin or aluminum cans or plastic. Ask your family to join you in using these stations for two months. Deposit your collected materials at a recycling depot.

2) Talk about two examples of places (for example in schools, workplaces, stores) where you have noticed that recycling could be implemented. Figure out some particular ways that this could happen. Write to that company and share your ideas or suggestions.

3) If your town does not already have a recycling program, create a presentation from some of the things you discovered while learning about recycling and ask to speak with your city council or county commissioners about starting a recycling program.

Some useful internet sites for information are:

1. 1. http://georgia.earth911.org/usa/master.asp?newpostal=31322
	2. http://www.nrc-recycle.org/
	3. http://www.obviously.com/recycle/
	4. http://www.virtualrecycling.com/web/ideas.shtml

# See also

Earth Saver Try-It
List of Council's Own Brownie Try-Its

# External Links

Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia Council's Own Badges
Recycler Try-It, Badge, & IPP Program
Wanted Pages

We call a page "wanted" when there are links made to it but the page does not yet exist. By creating a wanted page you're adding something that others had probably desired to see on the wiki.

This list is only advisory: **just because a page is listed here does not make it necessary.** Look carefully at the pages that link to it and use your judgment.

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Women Empowerment IP

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The Women Empowerment IP is an interest project from the Girl Scouts of Central and Southern New Jersey Council.

# Skill Builders

1. 1. 1. List the differences between flirting and harassment and discuss when someone has crossed the line.
		2. Create a doll that reflects how women are viewed in society. List as many misconceptions as you can about your doll.
		3. Define sexual harassment. Discuss with your troop or group why people choose not to talk about it.
		4. Discuss the stereotypical sexual harassment case. (Where someone is being harassed by their older boss and they are worried about losing their job.) How has this conception changed? Come up with five different sexual harassment situations where this can happen. Also, who is most at risk to becoming a victim of sexual harassment?

# Technology

1. 1. 1. Use the Internet to find out how women have liberated themselves throughout the twentieth century. (Consider both before and after the Suffrage Movement.)
		2. Find out what affirmative action is and how it has affected the dynamic of the work force.
		3. Use the internet or other reference materials in the library to discover and investigate the women who have broken down barriers in society. (Example: Sally Ride was the first female astronaut)
		4. Who is Clarence Thomas and what was the controversy that surrounded him? Why was this so important?

# Service Projects

1. 1. 1. Create activities to share with your troop or group to help familiarize others with the signs of sexual harassment and what to do if they or someone they know is a victim of sexual harassment. (Example: a game establishing the difference between flirting and harassment.)
		2. Run a personal product drive or volunteer at a local food bank or battered women's shelter.
		3. Plan and organize a workshop for the community dealing with sexual harassment.

# Career Exploration

1. 1. 1. Research five careers into which women are not likely to enter. Discuss why women would shy away from these careers.
		2. Speak with a counselor and/or a law enforcement official who handles sexual harassment cases. Find out what kinds of charges can be brought against someone for this crime. Get an understanding of what his or her job entails and how he or she got involved with this kind of work. Also, find out what kinds of educational requirements are necessary.
		3. Make a timeline showing the advancements and defeats that women have faced over the past one hundred years. How have educational and job requirements changed?

# External Links

Earned Awards: Council's Own Earned Awards - Juliette's Closet, Girl Scouts of Central and Southern New Jersey
Women Empowerment IPP
Photographer

**The Photographer badge** is part of the “Legacy” badge set introduced in 2011 from the Girl Scouts of Rhode Island, Inc.

## Activities:

Hone your artistic skills and find out how to use different types of cameras to present the world through your eyes.

1. Explore the power of photography
2. Focus on composition--shoot five landscapes
3. Focus on light--shoot five portraits or still lifes
4. Focus on motion--shoot five action shots
5. Tell a story with photography

When you've earned this badge, you'll know how to capture your vision of the world in photographs.
Recycler

Recycler is an All Ages Award from the Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia Council.

Brownies: Complete 4 activities including 1 “Take Action” activity.
Juniors: Complete 6 activities including 1 “Take Action” activity.
Cadettes, Seniors, and Ambassadors: Complete 8 activities including 2 “Take Action” activities.

# Discover

1. 1. 1. Locate recycle centers in your area. How did they begin? What materials do they accept? What is the average amount received of each material? Do the workers volunteer? If not, who pays them? Plan a visit to one of the centers.

2. Locate a large business in your area and find out if they participate in a recycle program. If yes, what kind of materials? If not, why?
3. Find out what types of materials are recycled in the United States. How much of each type? How and when did the US become involved in recycling?
4. Many types of roadside trash are recyclable. How long does it take for these items to biodegrade? How much is spent in Georgia to clean up this roadside trash?
# Connect

1. 1. 1. Keep a journal of the number of plastics, newspapers, cardboard boxes, aluminum cans, and glass bottles your family uses in one week. By multiplying, find out how much your family consumes in a month, a year and a lifetime.

2. Create a game or skit dealing with recycling. Perform with a group. Or, create posters to display.
3. Visit a local landfill. Do they have a recycle center? See what happens to all the waste that is not recycled. What laws are in place for maintaining a landfill? Interview a staff member of a landfill to learn more about costs, how separation is done, what happens to the soil, the history of landfill and any other topics of interest. Share your findings with another troop or a local organization.
4. Choose an item and follow it from trash to treasure. Record the process from the time an item is turned over for recycling until it is another usable item.
5. Do a craft or science night where you use recyclable materials.
# Take Action

1. 1. 1. Set up recycle stations at home. They might be mixed paper, newsprint, tin or aluminum cans or plastic. Ask your family to join you in using these stations for two months. Deposit your collected materials at a recycling depot.

2. Talk about two examples of places (for example in schools, workplaces, stores) where you have noticed that recycling could be implemented. Figure out some particular ways that this could happen. Write to that company and share your ideas or suggestions.

# External Links

Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia Council's Owns
Recycler