Friday, March 25, 2011

Information About The Girl Scout Badges

Only U.S. girls are called Girl Scouts. In other countries they are called Girl Guides.


Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. has many badges that girls at each level can earn. To achieve the badges increases in difficultly significantly from one level to the next, both in the number of activities that must be completed and their complexity.


Daisy Petals


Daisy Girl Scouts are in kindergarten and first grade. In recent years they have started earning a patch and petals of the daisy for learning The Girl Scout Promise and Law.


Brownie Try-Its


Brownie Girl Scouts -- in second and third grade -- earn triangular badges called Try-Its for trying new activities. To earn a Try-It, they need to complete four of the possible activities listed for that badge.


Junior Badges


Junior Girl Scouts are in fourth and fifth grade. Their round badges are earned by completing six activities out of the ones listed for that badge.


Teen Interest Projects


Girl Scouts in grades seven to 12 -- called Teen Girl Scouts -- earn rectangular shaped badges called Interest Project Awards, or IPs. Girls must complete at least one activity from the Skills, Technology, Service and Career sections, and their choice of others to make a total of seven activities.







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