Cadettes

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Join the worldwide community of Girl Scouts and find out how girls like you are changing the world.

WHAT THEY'LL LEARN:

Girls will discover what they can do to harness their passions to make the world a better place.

PLAN YOUR MEETING:

Video: Explore the Silver Award

Event: International Day of the Girl Celebration
- What’s this about? Celebrate International Day of the Girl, with music, art, and storytelling at the 9th annual Girls Speak Out. Hear girls from around the world tell their stories about what it means to be a girl where they live and how we can build equity for girls. Due to content, this program is for girls 13+. Watch the recordings here .
Leading an engaging Cadette meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting
Digital ice breakers and games

Democracy for Cadettes Badge toggle arrow

If you want to make a difference, start by fully understanding how your government works. Informed citizens are changemakers.

WHAT THEY'LL LEARN:

When girls have earned this badge, they’ll have learned new things about our government—how each branch works, how they work together, and how each piece makes a difference in society. 

REQUIREMENTS:

Find out about local government Find out about state government Find out about the federal legislative branch Find out about the federal executive branch Find out about the federal judicial branch

PLAN YOUR MEETING:

Video demonstration: Watch Step 3 of this badge.

Leading an engaging Cadette meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting
Digital ice breakers and games
Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find instructions for meeting 1 and meeting 2 of this badge, including materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more.

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Cadettes can watch all episodes of G-Team TV on YouTube!

WHAT THEY'LL LEARN:

Introducing G-Team TV! This online show for middle and high school girls is run by a group of Girl Scouts called the G-Team. Each episode features special looks at key issues for girls and interviews with accomplished  Girl Scout alums. You can find every episode on Girl Scouts’ YouTube channel.

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G-Team TV playlist (YouTube) (all episodes and discussion guides)
Website: The Girl Scout Base Camp for Teens
Leading an engaging Cadette meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting

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Cadettes become business creators and learn the skills they need for success in life, no matter what future path they choose.

WHAT THEY'LL LEARN:

When a girl has earned this badge, she’ll have learned to think like an entrepreneur when she comes up with a business idea that solves a problem, designs a prototype, solicits feedback, improves an idea, then creates a business plan and pitches it.

REQUIREMENTS:

Come up with an idea that solves a problem
Design a prototype and get feedback
Revise your prototype
Create your business plan
Make your pitch

PLAN YOUR MEETING:

Video Demonstration: Watch Step 1 of this badge.

Leading an engaging Cadette meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting
Digital ice breakers and games
Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find instructions for meeting 1 and meeting 2 of this badge, including materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more.

Comparison Shopping Badge toggle arrow

Cadettes learn how to use the internet to find great products and save money.

WHAT THEY’LL LEARN:

When girls have earned this badge, they’ll know how to go online to find the best deals on the best products in the safest way possible.

REQUIREMENTS:

Learn to comparison shop
Find out how to use online reviews 
Check out the fine print 
Investigate how to avoid online fraud
Know how to manage your online shopping

PLAN YOUR MEETING:

Video demonstration: Watch a volunteer lead Step 1 of this badge.

Leading an engaging meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting   

Digital games and ice breakers 

Virtual meeting agenda (PDF): Use this resource to help you adapt the meeting plans found in the Volunteer Toolkit

Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more for Meeting 1 and Meeting 2 of the Comparison Shopper badge.

Virtual Events Calendar: Search for upcoming events and tune in as a troop!

Eating for You Badge toggle arrow

Cadettes find out how eating well can help you both inside and out.

WHAT THEY’LL LEARN:

When girls have earned this badge, they’ll know how to eat their way to a healthy mood, mind, and body

REQUIREMENTS:

Know how good nutrition helps your body stay healthy 
Find out how what you eat affects your skin 
Explore how your diet affects your stress level
Investigate how the food you eat affects your sleep
Look at how your diet affects your energy

PLAN YOUR MEETING:

Video demonstration: Watch a volunteer lead Step 3 of this badge.

Special event: G-Team TV “Finding Your Rhythm” (Episode 3)
Leading an engaging meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting   
Digital games and ice breakers 
Virtual meeting agenda (PDF): Use this resource to help you adapt the meeting plans found in the Volunteer Toolkit
Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more for Meeting 1 and Meeting 2 of the Eating for You badge.
Virtual Events Calendar: Search for upcoming wellness events and tune in as a troop!

Science of Happiness Badge toggle arrow

Cadettes find out how scientists measure happiness and put their results into action.

WHAT THEY’LL LEARN:

When girls have earned this badge, they’ll know how to use the science of happiness to make their world the happiest place it can be.

REQUIREMENTS:

Make yourself happier
Think differently for happiness
Get happy through others
Do a helpful happiness experiment
Create a happiness action plan

PLAN YOUR MEETING:

Video demonstration: Watch a volunteer lead Step 1 of this badge.

Special event: G-Team TV “Finding Your Rhythm” (Episode 3)
Leading an engaging meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting   
Digital games and ice breakers 
Virtual meeting agenda (PDF): Use this resource to help you adapt the meeting plans found in the Volunteer Toolkit
Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more for Meeting 1 and Meeting 2 of the Science of Happiness badge.
Virtual Events Calendar: Search for upcoming wellness events and tune in as a troop!

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Cadettes find out how to create a business plan.

WHAT THEY’LL LEARN:

When girls have earned this badge, they’ll know how to write an effective business plan for their cookie business.

REQUIREMENTS:

Write your mission statement and business goals
Increase your customer base
Get into the details 
Make a risk management plan
Gather expert feedback on your plan

PLAN YOUR MEETING:

Video demonstration: Watch a volunteer lead Step 1 of this badge.

Virtual Selling Tips for Earning Your Cadette Cookie Business Badges
Leading an engaging meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting   
Digital ice breakers and games 
Virtual meeting agenda (PDF): Use this resource to help you adapt the meeting plans found in the Volunteer Toolkit
Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more for Meeting 1 and Meeting 2 of the Business Plan badge.
Virtual Events Calendar: Search for upcoming events and tune in as a troop!

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Every year, Girl Scouts and Girl Guides around the world celebrate February 22 as a day of international friendship called World Thinking Day. The 2021 theme for World Thinking Day is “Peacebuilding.” To earn this award, Cadettes will explore the theme's meaning, practice the skills to resolve conflict in peaceful ways and Take Action to make our world and communities more peaceful places. 

PURPOSE:

When girls have earned this award, they’ll understand what peacebuilding means and will have made a peace pledge for World Thinking Day.

REQUIREMENTS

Explore World Thinking Day
Explore peacebuilding
Find peace inside
Find out what peacebuilding means
Put peace into action: create a peace pledge

PLAN YOUR MEETING

Leading an engaging meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting
Digital games and ice breakers
Virtual Events Calendar: Search for upcoming live World Thinking Day events and tune in as a troop!
Virtual meeting agenda (PDF): Use this resource to help you adapt the meeting plans found in the Volunteer Toolkit
Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more for World Thinking Day Meeting 1 and Meeting 2.

Think Like a Citizen Scientist Journey toggle arrow

Cadettes learn how scientists use observation to understand the world as they collect and analyze data as part of a citizen science project.

PURPOSE:

When girls have earned this award, they will have sharpened their observation and data collection skills through three citizen science activities. Cadettes will also have put their skills into practice through a Take Action project.

REQUIREMENTS

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

PLAN YOUR MEETING

Watch a volunteer lead Part 1 of this Journey.

Awesome Girls: Protect the Planet Event. Check out this exciting, hands-on event with three environmental scientists from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)! You’ll hear directly from these accomplished women about how they got their start and the issues that matter to them. They’ll tell you what they do at the EPA, why it’s important, and how you can help. And, as a super-special way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the EPA, every girl who registers to view this event (either live or recorded) will be able to receive a free EPA patch!
Patch Opportunity: The Girl Scout Tree Promise
Leading an engaging meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting
Digital games and ice breakers
Virtual Events Calendar: Search for other events that support this Journey and tune in as a troop!
Virtual meeting agenda (PDF): Use this resource to help you adapt the meeting plans found in the Volunteer Toolkit
Cadette Take Action Guide
Girl Scout Camp: Find in-person and virtual camp opportunities.
Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more for Meetings 1–6 of the Think Like a Citizen Scientist Journey.

Trail Adventure Badge toggle arrow

Cadettes will choose their adventure: go on a long-distance trail run or take a hiking challenge.

PURPOSE:

When girls have earned this badge, they’ll have learned the skills to do a long-distance trail run or take three separate challenging trail hikes. 

REQUIREMENTS

Choose your outdoor adventure
Plan and prepare
Gather your gear
Set a goal and train for your adventure
Go on your outdoor adventure

PLAN YOUR MEETING

Leading an engaging meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting
Digital games and ice breakers
Virtual Events Calendar: Search for upcoming live outdoor events and tune in as a troop!
Virtual meeting agenda (PDF): Use this resource to help you adapt the meeting plans found in the Volunteer Toolkit
Girl Scout Camp: Find in-person and virtual camp opportunities.
Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more for Meetings 1, 2, and 3 of the Trail Adventure badge.

STEM Career Exploration Badge toggle arrow

Cadettes explore careers that make a difference, then map out how they’ll help others and change the world!

PURPOSE:

When girls have earned this badge, they’ll know about STEM careers and how they can make the world a better place.

REQUIREMENTS

1. Explore how you want to make a difference
2. Discover your career possibilities
3. Learn about the day-to-day
4. Brainstorm your next steps
5. Map your career path

PLAN YOUR MEETING

Watch a volunteer lead Step 2 and 3 of this badge.

G-Team TV: Innovation for Good (Episode 4)
Special Guest: Get inspired to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) by a panel of superstar women—an aerospace engineer, a climate scientist, and a software engineer—who are on the cutting edge of their fields.
Leading an engaging meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting
Digital games and ice breakers
Virtual Events Calendar: Search for upcoming STEM events and tune in as a troop!
Virtual meeting agenda (PDF): Use this resource to help you adapt the meeting plans found in the Volunteer Toolkit.
Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more for Meetings 1 and 2 of the STEM Career Exploration badge.

Space Science Researcher Badge toggle arrow

Cadettes will observe and explore light, deepening their understanding of the Sun, stars, and other objects in space.

PURPOSE:

When girls have earned this badge, they’ll understand more about the amazing properties of light and how they can use it to make discoveries about the universe and space science.

REQUIREMENTS

What more can you see?
Explore “invisible” light
See the stars in a new way
Expand your vision
Conserve the night sky

PLAN YOUR MEETING

Watch a volunteer lead Step 1 of this badge.

Special Guest: AstraFemina member and former astronaut Sandy Magnus share what she discovered about herself and the world around her as she journeyed into space. How did she become interested in space? What surprised her? What obstacles did she face, and how did she overcome them? How was her isolation experience? Join Sandy for some inspiring insights, and come prepared with questions for her!
Patch Opportunity: The Girl Scout Tree Promise
Leading an engaging meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting
Digital games and ice breakers
Virtual Events Calendar: Search for upcoming STEM events and tune in as a troop!
Virtual meeting agenda (PDF): Use this resource to help you adapt the meeting plans found in the Volunteer Toolkit.
Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more for Meetings 1, 2, and 3 of the Space Science Researcher badge.

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Cadettes choose a service project to put into action.

PURPOSE:

When girls have completed this activity, they will have given back to their community through a service project.

PLAN YOUR MEETING

National Service Project Ideas: Choose a service project from this list, or create one of your own!
Leading an engaging meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting
Digital games and ice breakers

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