To complete the breathe journey, girls must earn three awards. A take action project picks up from where a shortterm project leaves off. Dirty air can cause coughing, wheezing and chest pain. We brought 4 troops together to form our cadette troop. We read the sound of silence section of our journey book and did the activity. Review steps to awards as given on page 9 of girls book. Get moving junior journey scouts honor wiki fandom. Below are some suggestions for your take action project, which the girls must complete in order to finish their journey. Sometimes, creating a highimpact day or weekend in which to complete a journey the best way to help them build towards the silver award. My girls love learning new things and then they get so bogged down with the take action project part of the journeys. Breathe take action project planning sheet workshops4girls. Release the compostworms at a local nature reserve. Take action is designed to elevate traditional girl scout community service projects from meeting an immediate need to advocacy projects that make change happen. Stay tuned for information on our silver award project.
Gsusa, in partnership with the world association of. You could plant an indoor garden, campaign against smoking, or push for cleanair initiatives in your community. Cadette breathe journey troop 1445 overnight 3 awards with the outcomeslessons to be learned aware keep an air log. Journey take action projects poolesville area girl scouts. They worked to clean up the air in their schools classrooms by providing each teacher with an indoor plant, and they hope that teachers will add more to keep the air clean and create a better learning atmosphere. Girls learn more about the issue, then work together to come up with a plan. We have 7 girls down from 8 and they are all at different levels of maturity. Consider using the ideas below to make your groups. Find out about the air we breathe by visiting a wind farm, talking to an environmental scientist, or doing experiments using wind. Journey, girls plan and carry out a take action project that addresses the root cause of a community issue in a sustainable way. Gsusa, in partnership with the world association of girl guide and girl scouts wagggs and dove, has.
One of the topics discussed in the breathe breathe book is the need to unplug and take a breather from electronic distractions. They talk to people in their school, neighborhood or town who are involved in the issue. Nothing is more important in improving our air than the voice of our citizens. Why choose this journey our fresh air adventure badge in a bag is the perfect choice for troops who are working on their cadette breathe journey. This series is for cadette girl scouts and is suitable for inschool and after school troops. Challenges listed on page 12 of the girl book diplomat award. This video was made by julia, gracie, sally, and katy. Girls can record their progress using the award tracker found on pp. I feel like the journey guides start out great and then they lose steam.
There are girls who want to finish this journey, so we are going to throw around ideas, keep it simple, but make it sustainable. Let these girls help guide your ideas or help spark some new. Decide the most important, personal reason you care about earths air. Take something you learned about healthy relationships from steps and pass it on to others. Girls learn about environmental topics, such as clean water and air, noise pollution, global warming, soil contamination, and agriculture. See more ideas about planet love, girl scout badges and girl scouts. Recognizing that there is a lot of wait time and sitting around time while waiting for appointments or recovering from procedures, the girls came up with the idea to create activity books for patients and sibling family members at the nih childrens inn. Create a window box full of flowers to be hung somewhere at school. Girls stay up and spend time exploring the various media with which they. Youtube is a great tool for girls to complete their media taptake action project. Find out about the air we breathe by visiting a wind farm, talking to an an environmental scientist, or doing experiments using wind. As we have a mix of multiple schools, home school students, etc.
They keep the other two ideas on the backup list in case their first idea doesnt work out. During the scouting year of 201220, we took part in the breathe journey. To develop a take action project, girl scouts identify an issue in their community, and then solve the issue by examining the root cause, forming a team, connecting with and engaging community members, educating, advocating, strategic planning and problem solving. Cadette breathe take action project sample sessions. Select one of the air issues you learned about in step 3 and learn as much as you can about it. A take action guide for volunteers girl scouts of the usa. Then have the girls work in pairs or small groups to complete defy the pressure on pages 4445 and share their answers if time allows. Let these girls help guide your ideas or help spark some new ones.
In the girls breathe book, you will find overview of the journey take action project p ages 102107. Cadette awards breathe journey lia summit pin cadettes alexandra, aliesha, alyvia, amber, corina, kaitlyn, londyn and melody received our breathe journey badges for completing all of the activities required to earn the journey and our its your planet love it leader in action badge for taking leadership roles while working with younger girl. By exploring how air quality effects all of our senses your girls will be guided into planning a. For their breathe take action project troop 4300 worked to clean up the air in their schools classrooms by providing a teacher with an indoor plant along with a poster or note to teach them about the cleaning power of plants. It can trigger asthma attacks and even heart attacks and strokes in some people. The arbor day foundations tree line usa program recognizes best practices in public and private utility arboriculture, demonstrating how trees and utilities can coexist for the benefit of communities and citizens. We empower concerned individuals to take action on their own and spread the word to friends and neighbors. Public take action ideas girl scout service unit 660.
Girl scout bronze, silver, and gold awards are all take action projects. Apr 03, 2012 100th anniversary achievement action adult recognition lunch adult role advice advisors amaze journey amy larson ann anns niece anne rizzacasa answers arizona art project from trash audubon center august kickoff awards awareness barb christensen best you can be bff be a friend first brain breathe breathe journey bridging bullying cadette. Troop 52784 had a fun idea for the take action project with their breathe journey. You can follow pages 1140 in the girls book as a guide, or to get some ideas.
Decide whom you would like to educate andor inspire and get to work spreading your message, and getting others to act. Use your relationship savvy to improve your world create and carry out a take action project aimed at building more positive and peaceful relationships in the world around you tools and tips on pages 115 of the girl book peacemaker award. Public take action ideas girl scout service unit 660 san. Girls explore ways to improve the worlds air quality while supporting and nourishing their own abilities as leaders who are aware, alert, and able.
Here is a list of resources for them and for you, their leader, to use. Girls who went to the breathe journey weekend last year will work on completing the take action project. This award is earned when girls complete a girltopia art project and share it, guide other through a girltopia topic, and complete the 12 stages of the take action process. Leaders, there are many online resources that are right at your fingertips. Ideas for the senior girltopia journey scout leader 411 blog. Girls have taken to the internet to share with their sister scouts what they have done to take action for the breathe journey.
Cadette breathe journey troop 1445 overnight 3 awards with the outcomeslessons to be learned aware. Girls should play an active part in determining the what, where, when, how and why of their project. We also took a different twist on the take action project for our breathe journey. Jan 07, 2014 our girl scout cadette troop completed the breathe journey where we learned about things we do to harm our environment and things we can do to help save it. Increase your awareness about the issues that impact earths air. Dirty air can also damage the lungs and keep them from working as well as they should. Welcome to the daisy flower garden girl scout tool box. This is a simplified one page format that you can download and type into or print. Explore energy and how to use it wisely by interviewing poweruse experts and conducting an energy audits of a building in your community.
This curriculum is designed to help you complete the media journey in an upallnight setting. Breathe activity plan 3 take action project or create your own. Take action project we also took a different twist on the take action project for our breathe journey. Have the girls take turns reading pages 4043 in the girl journey book out loud to the group. When i was growing up, there were public service announcements from woodsy owl that told us to give a hoot, dont pollute. Here is a sampling of what some cadette troops have done. The following cadettes are working on the breathe journey take action project. We have 5th grade juniors and we do one journey every year so this is our 6th journey.
Cadette planning guide girl scouts river valleys volunteers. Plan a take action project to fix an air problem in your community. We were drawn to the journey because of the following. Plan a take action project to fix an energy problem in your community. The requirements for each award can be found on pp. Grab a cup of coffee or tea, check out these ideas,and develop your own plan of action for your troop to take so they can complete this journey and be one step closer to earning their silver award.
Cadettes engage all five senses as they clear the airtheir own and earths. To earn, complete two activity plans and one take action project. The girl scout cadette breathe journey is one that the girls can learn a lot from. The easy instructions will allow them to complete all the steps, and guide them through the planning of a take action project. They hope that teachers will add more plants to create a better learning atmosphere. Our girl scout cadette troop completed the breathe journey where we learned about things we do to harm our environment and things we can do to help save it. For their agent of change take action project troop 4762 worked with nih childrens inn. Girls will complete the media journey and earn the three awards at the completion of the series. See more ideas about girl scouts, service projects and daisy scouts. Mention that the ake action project can be a team effort in which girls will. The seventh meeting will take place after the girls have completed their take action project. Jan 25, 2019 helpful ideas for working on the breathe journey see more ideas about girl scout activities, girl scouts and girl scout badges. For example, the girls organizing the book or clothing drive could make their project a take action project by holding the drive annually and getting a sponsor to advertise and organize it every year. During the process, here are some things to think about.
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