Click on Bronze Award above for GSDAOT council information.
Girl Scouts in Grades 4-5
 | Who are Juniors?Juniors take on most responsibilities for their troops, and act as leaders and managers. They work with younger girls and in the community.
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| Junior Meetings and BadgesJuniors make most decisions about their troop and can run their own meetings. They gain tremendous confidence through planning their troop's activities for the year. They collect dues, keep records, assign and carry out tasks and organize short trips. They earn badges, which require some skill and proficiency. Juniors may also work on the Leadership Award, Junior Aide, Junior Girl Scout Signs and the Bronze Award.
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Scouting Web Resources for Juniors
Junior Badge Requirements
Complete any six of the following requirements to earn this badge:
These Are Their Lives:
Interview one or more older adults to find out about their lives. Ask them
about dates, special events, or other important days that they remember.
Create a painting, time line, or scrapbook showing these important
experiences. Give it to the person you interviewed.
Learn a New Skill
Invite a person who is 70 years old or older and has a special hobby or skill
to share it with your troop or family.
Make A Friend
Visit a person in a nursing home or senior center at least two times. Ask her
about her live, share pictures from your life, teach her one of today's songs
or learn a song from her childhood.
Be A Helper
Find a way to assist an older person in your community. Help an older neighbor
with her gardening, help a friend's grandmother with chores, or read to
someone whose eyesight is failing.
Service Directory
With your troop create a list of community agencies, schools, house of
worship, or organizations that help older people. Contact each organization
and find out if it allo2ws girls to volunteer. If it does, what commitment is
required? Does the organization provide training? Compile this information in
a directory. Work with your leader or another adult to make copies of the
directory available for people who want to do service project.
Girl Scouts Past and Present
Find women in your community who were Girl Scouts from 1912 to 1950. Invite
them to share their Girl Scout memories with you. What has stayed the same in
Girl Scouting? What has changed?
Share the Fun
Visit a nursing home, retirement home, or senior citizen's center. Participate
in an activity such as singing or a game or craft session. Or create a special
activity that you then share with a group of senior citizens.
Love What You Do
Invite an individual over the age of 65, who is active in her career, to come
to your troop or group and discuss what has made her happy and successful in
her work.
What's So Funny?
Find out how humor has changed over the years. Look at cartoons or comic books
from 20 or 30 years ago. Ask your local librarian to help you find them. Next,
read the funnies in your local paper or your favorite comic book. What's
different? What's the same?
Food Through the Years
Invite a senior citizen to do a cooking project with you. Prepare recipe she
enjoyed as a youngster. Ask her how food preparation has changed. Are some
ingredients that used to be easily available now hard to find? What new
kitchen equipment has been invented that makes cooking much quicker and
easier?
Adventure
Sports
Complete any six of the following requirements to earn this badge:
Get Strong
Adventure sports require strength, flexibility, and balance. When you're not
actually doing the sports, prepare for them by doing:
- Squats and lunges
- Wall presses and push-ups
- Walking, running, and skipping
Go to the "Just for Girls" Web site to see how to do lunges, squats, wall
pushes, and push-ups. Playing hopscotch, jumping rope, skating, and
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