Animal habitat badge for juniors

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Junior Animal Habitats Badge

Last year, the girls in our troop wanted to spend the night at the Cincinnati Zoo. They used a portion of the money they earned during the cookie sale to cover the cost of the outing. We camped out in tents behind the Giraffe Ridge exhibit. My husband and I had purchased this Coleman 6-Person Tent for family campouts. The tent gets great reviews on Amazon, and our family highly recommends it! We have used it several times, and it has been relatively easy to assemble. To give readers an idea…

Furred or feathered, small or large, animals make our lives a little more bearable. Here are 30+ activities to help your Girl Scout earn her animal-related badges (and celebrate National Pet Month, too)!

The Animal Habitats badge is part of the “It's Your Story - Tell It!” badge set introduced in 2011. It replaces the retired Wildlife badge. When a Girl Scout Junior has earned this badge, she will know more about wild animals and how to protect their homes. Imagine meeting a monkey or kicking up dust with a kangaroo. These animals live in the wild so we don't get to spend time with them in their natural homes - their habitats. But that doesn't mean we can't find out more about where they…

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Your Girl Scouts have probably been learning about animal habitats since first grade. Don’t expect them to be excited about this badge unless you plan some hands-on fun. The Animal Habitats badge is a great badge to enhance with a trip. Go on a hike or camp, or a trip to the zoo or your local nature center. Nothing …

Make A Birds Nest STEAM Challenge. Can you build a nest using natural materials just like real birds do? No glue or tape allowed!

Juniors earn their Outdoor Journey by completing their three outdoor badges and then doing a “Take Action Project”. To complete this journey, Juniors should: Earn Animal Habitats badge Earn Camper badge Earn Eco Camper badge. Complete a Take Action Project The capstone “Take Action Project” should focus on making the outdoor world a better place....

This past summer, I spend countless hours selecting weekly learning themes and researching activities that I could do cheaply and easily with my three boys. So many of those lessons just never happened in favor of playing with new friends or staying longer at the park or... Thankfully, teachable moments pop up constantly and allow me to structure our learning around subjects that my kids take an organic interest in. Throughout this past week, we have been watching the progress of an army of…