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Program ideas and adaptations for Juniors

This year, your Juniors will discover new passions, level up their skills, and maybe even make their mark in their community by starting their Girl Scout Bronze Award! Encourage them to go the distance with these fun and easy badges, Journeys, and activities, adapted for both virtual and in-person meetings.

How to use these resources:

Democracy for Juniors Badge toggle arrow

Juniors will learn more about how their government works—from their own town or city to the whole country.

PURPOSE:

When girls have earned this badge, they’ll know more about local and state government, as well as the three branches of the federal government.

REQUIREMENTS:
  1. Find out about local government 
  2. Find out about state government 
  3. Find out about our country’s legislative branch 
  4. Find out about our country’s executive branch 
  5. Find out about our country’s judicial branch

PLAN YOUR MEETING:

Video demonstration: Watch a volunteer lead Step 4 of this badge.

  • Leading an engaging Junior 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. 
Animal Habitats Badge toggle arrow

Juniors will find out more about where animals live, how they play, and how humans can help them.

PURPOSE

When girls have earned this badge, they’ll know more about wild animals and how to protect their homes.

REQUIREMENTS:
  1. Find out about wild animals 
  2. Investigate an animal habitat 
  3. Create an animal house 
  4. Explore endangered habitats 
  5. Help protect animal habitats
PLAN YOUR MEETING:
  • Patch opportunity: Girl Scouts Love State Parks
  • Leading an engaging Junior 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.
Automotive Design Badge toggle arrow

Juniors will discover how to create vehicles by sketching and sculpting a model.

PURPOSE:

When girls have earned this badge, they’ll know about innovation and market research. They’ll also know how to create criteria and sketch and sculpt a vehicle.

REQUIREMENTS:
  1. Explore mobility across time 
  2. Conduct automotive market research 
  3. Create your vehicle’s design criteria 
  4. Sketch a vehicle to meet your criteria 
  5. Sculpt and share your vehicle
PLAN YOUR MEETING:

Video demonstration: Watch a volunteer lead Steps 2–5 of this badge.

  • Leading an engaging Junior 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.
Business Jumpstart Badge toggle arrow

Juniors learn that everyone has the ability to come up with an idea—it’s what you do to bring it to life that makes you an entrepreneur!

PURPOSE: 

When girls have earned this badge, they’ll have come up with an idea, gotten feedback on it, and pitched it to others—just like an entrepreneur!

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Create a prototype that solves a problem  
2. Get feedback  
3. Revise your prototype  
4. Come up with a pitch  
5. Pitch your idea to an audience 

PLAN YOUR MEETING​:

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

  • Special guest: Awesome Girls: Meet a Toy Business Boss
  • 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 Business Jumpstart Meeting 1 and Meeting 2. 

    • Cookie CEO Badge toggle arrow

    Juniors find out that when they sell Girl Scout Cookies, they’re already running their own business!

    REQUIREMENTS:

    1. Create a prototype that solves a problem  
    2. Get feedback  
    3. Revise your prototype  
    4. Come up with a pitch  
    5. Pitch your idea to an audience 

    PLAN YOUR MEETING​:

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

    • Special guest: Awesome Girls: Meet a Toy Business Boss
    • Virtual Selling Tips for Earning Your Junior Cookie Business Badges
    • 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 Business Jumpstart Meeting 1 and Meeting 2.  
    • Virtual Events Calendar: Search for upcoming cookie events and tune in as a troop! 
    Savvy Shopper Badge toggle arrow

    Juniors explore the difference between needs and wants and learn how to save for both.

    PURPOSE: 

    When girls have earned this badge, they’ll know the difference between what they need and what they want—and they’ll be able to wisely save money for both.

    REQUIREMENTS:

    1. Explore your needs and wants
    2. Look into why you want what you want
    3. Find out what makes people happy (or not!) with what they buy
    4. Learn how to decide what to buy 
    5. Make a plan to buy something you need or want 

    PLAN YOUR MEETING​:

    • Video demonstration: Watch a volunteer lead Step 2 of this badge

    • Special guest: Awesome Girls: Budgeting for a Birthday Bash. Complete Step 5 of this badge with this recorded event.
    • Virtual Selling Tips for Earning Your Junior Cookie Business Badges
    • 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 Savvy Shopper badge.
    • Virtual Events Calendar: Search for upcoming events and tune in as a troop!
    The Road to Global Travel toggle arrow

    Girls will learn about the global Girl Scouting and Girl Guiding Movement and build cross-cultural and travel planning skills.  

    PURPOSE: 

    When girls have completed this series, they’ll set a goal to travel to a World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) World Center when they are Senior Girl Scouts. Girls will know what they need to do to build the necessary travel skills for an international experience – and they’ll start planning a trip or two.  

    REQUIREMENTS: 

    This series includes five 60-minute meetings: 

    1. Go Global! Learn about our global movement and WAGGGS.  
    2. Travel Tools! Explore the Girl Scout travel progression and a cross-cultural skill. 
    3. Planning & Prep! What it takes to travel internationally & how to get there. 
    4. Activate Your Adventure! Decide where to travel and start planning. 
    5. Travel Like a Girl Scout! How to be a responsible traveler & next steps for you! 

    PLAN YOUR MEETING: 

    • Download The Road to Global Travel guide
    • Leading an engaging Junior meeting: Recommendations  for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting   
    • Digital games and ice breakers
    World Thinking Day Award toggle arrow

    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, Juniors will explore the theme’s meaning and make a peace pledge to make a difference. 

    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

    1. Explore World Thinking Day
    2. Find out what peacebuilding means
    3. Explore peacebuilding in Girl Scouts
    4. Get inspired by peacebuilding
    5. 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

    Juniors 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. Juniors will also have put their skills into practice through a Take Action project. 

    REQUIREMENTS

    1. Find out how citizen scientists make observations, collect data, and work with scientists to receive feedback on research

    2. Do three citizen science activities: sharpen observation skills through two observation games and a SciStarter project

    3. Plan a Take Action project that helps others

    PLAN YOUR MEETING​

    Watch a volunteer lead Part 1 of this Journey.

    Watch this video to understand the difference between taking action and community service.

  • Patch Opportunity: The Girl Scout Tree Promise
  • 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 do fun activities that will help you earn the Think Like a Citizen Scientist Journey, and every girl who registers to view this event (either live or recorded) will be able to receive a free EPA patch!
  • Junior Take Action Guide
  • 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
  • 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.  

    • Camper Badge toggle arrow

    Juniors find out how to plan a camping adventure.

    PURPOSE: 

    When girls have earned this badge, they’ll know how to have a great overnight camping trip at a campsite or cabin.  

    REQUIREMENTS

    1. Start planning your adventure  
    2. Gain a new camping skill  
    3. Find your inner camp chef 
    4. Try a new activity 
    5. Head out on your trip—and have some nighttime fun! 

    PLAN YOUR MEETING​

    Watch a volunteer lead Step 2 of this badge.

    Watch a volunteer leader another version of Step 2 of this badge!

    • 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
    • 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 Camper badge.
    Eco Camper Badge toggle arrow

    Juniors find out how to protect the environment when they go on a camping trip.

    PURPOSE: 

    When girls have earned this badge, they’ll have learned skills for minimal-impact camping and know how to protect the environment when they go outdoors. 

    REQUIREMENTS

    1. Learn the Seven Principles of Leave No Trace 
    2. Plan meals with the environment in mind 
    3. Prepare a minimal-impact campsite 
    4. Have fun with Leave No Trace 
    5. Take a conservation hike 

    PLAN YOUR MEETING​

    Watch a volunteer lead Step 2 of this badge.

    • Patch Opportunity: The Girl Scout Tree Promise
    • Leading an engaging meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting   
    • Virtual meeting agenda (PDF): Use this resource to help you adapt the meeting plans found in the Volunteer Toolkit
    • Digital games and ice breakers
    • Virtual Events Calendar: Search for upcoming live outdoor events and tune in as a troop!
    • 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 Camper badge.
    Outdoor Journey: Take Action Award toggle arrow

    Juniors who have earned their Animal Habitat, Camper, and Eco Camper badges will now deepen their outdoor skills with a Take Action project.

    Find even more adapted activities in the Volunteer Toolkit—just look for the “Virtual” icon! Browse Award and Badge Explorer to see all of the badges, Journeys, and awards that will excite your Juniors!

    Make sure to download our helpful Junior guide.

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