Juniors

SCORE EDUCATION CENTER in Laurel will host your troop in a number of try-it and badge days (Computer Fun, Cyber Girl, etc) for brownies and juniors. Contact Andrea 301 776-3900 for more information.

Click here to check on the GSCNC website for current programs for Juniors

Sundays, 10 am-12 noon
Girl Scout Badge Programs at Montpelier Mansion
Folk Art Badge
Program Level: J
Girls will earn their Folk Art Badge in a period setting. Activities highlights include : learning an English country dance, doing a scavenger hunt, making a decoupage box, investigating portraits of the time period and making a portrait of their own, and playing with toys and games of the past.
$7 per participant
Registration required. Call Holly Burnham, 301-953-1376

Woodland Horse Center
116301 New Hampshire
301-421-9156
(Recommended by Troop 1398)
Earn your Horse Lovers Badge. Cost $35.00
and it was the best money spent!!

The girls learned about the different breeds of
horses, how to groom and saddle them, and general care.
Then they each got their own horse to ride and a
helper to assist them. They learned to turn the horse
to the left, right, go straight, stop, go faster, slow
down, and trot.

It really was worth the trip!

Professor Garfield Foundation
Designed for grades 4 - 6 (although younger and older will find items of interest) the Professor Garfield learning portal is a fun interactive online environment where children can safely explore, learn and creatively express themselves. The website provides children, parents, and teachers an opportunity to enhance and support classroom learning in new and innovative ways. To access the hundreds of free resources and tools for youth, visit: www.professorgarfield.org. There is also a Teacher's Lounge to support youth workers and teachers with materials that are retrievable by grade level, subject, and/or national standard. View these materials at: www.PGFteach. org

PBS ZOOM Club offers great ideas for science activities. They even have a page listing junior badges and the activities useful for earning them. If you're not sure how to lead the activity, they also have an online training course.

http://pbskids.org/zoom/grownups/scitraining

click on RESOURCES, then ACTIVITIES, and the junior badge list is the second to last entry.

Monthly Riverfront Park Volunteers Needed

Girl Scout Bronze Award®
Highest Award for Junior Girl Scouts

The Girl Scout Bronze Award, the highest honor a Junior Girl Scout can earn, requires her to learn the leadership and planning skills necessary to follow through on a project that makes a positive impact on her community. Girls may work on the award individually or in a group. All of the requirements for the Bronze Award must be met before leaving Junior Girl Scouts. However, earning a Bronze Award is not a prerequisite for the Girl Scout Silver Award (for Girl Scouts 11-14) or the Girl Scout Gold Award (for Girl Scouts 14-17).

Requirements - The Bronze Award has four requirements. To receive the award, a Junior must complete the first three before undertaking the Bronze Award project.

Earn two badges related to the Bronze Award project.
Complete one of the Girl Scout Signs found in the Junior Girl Scout Handbook.
Earn the Junior Aide Award, the Junior Girl Scout Leadership Award, or two of these badges:
Girl Scouting in the USA
Girl Scouting Around the World
Girl Scouting in My Future
Lead On

Complete a Girl Scout Bronze Award project that demonstrates the leadership skills she has learned as a Junior Girl Scout and a commitment to her community. The project must show she understands and lives by the Girl Scout Promise and Law. The project should:
Take about 15 hours to complete (including planning time). Doing the project should take at least seven to eight hours.
Follow the Action Plan in the "Adventures in Girl Scouting" chapter of the Junior Girl Scout Handbook (2001).
Provide community service inside or outside Girl Scouting.

For more information, see the Junior Girl Scout Handbook.
Completing the Award - Leaders or advisors helping with the Bronze Award will decide if the girls have fulfilled the requirements. Girls are not required to have projects approved by anyone other than a leader or the person helping with Girl Scout activities. Leaders can purchase the Bronze Award for girls. (From the www.girlscouts.org website)