Brownie home scientist badge ideas

Think Like a Citizen Scientist is one of the newer STEM Journies GSUSA put out in the last few years. This post is an attempt to summarize the lengthy VTK plans into an easy-to-read quick resource. Once you have decided to lead the Journey at a particular level, I highly recommend reviewing the VTK plans and their talking points. I also recommend going to the GSUSA store and downloading the (at this writing) free packet for this Journey. It does the best job of explaining the TAP process of…

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When our older girls were first year Brownies, they earned the Home Scientist badge. The other troop leader and I conducted the experiments during our time together in our typical meeting place. Prior to the meeting, we selected one experiment to do for each of the five badge steps. After reciting the Girl Scout Promise and saying the Pledge of Allegiance, we completed these experiments, finishing early. Knowing we had extra time, the girls asked to try some of the other experiments…

Brownie Quest Skill Building Badge - Home Scientist: Step 1 (con't)

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A new Think Like a Citizen Scientist Girl Scouts journey was released this morning in collaboration with SciStarter as part of the Girl Scouts of USA's announcement that it is adding 23 new badges related to science, technology, engineering, math and the outdoors. Girl Scouts can now earn badges through activities like programming robots, citizen

Updated April 2023 The world of science is a fascinating one. There is so much to explore and uncover, yet study after study has shown that girls lose interest in this school subject. While there are many reasons for this gender gap, we as Girl Scout leaders do not have to encourage it. The Home Scientist badge will get your girls to see that science is not just something that takes place in school or in a laboratory…it is all around them! After deciding which experiments you wish to do with…