Get Moving (Junior Journey)
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The Get Moving Journey is part of the "It's Your Planet—Love It!" series.
- Get Moving Journey as a Sleepover
- Take the Energy Hog Challenge . This workbook includes a lot of information, including information on different types of energy, a quiz for auditing your home, an energy journal, and suggestions for family Hog Buster energy pledges.
A LA Times article highlighted the impact Girl Scouts can have on energy conservation using the Girls Learning Environment and Energy (GLEE) program: Science proves it: Girl Scouts really do make the world a better place .
- 1.1 In this Journey, you will:
- 1.2.1 Make an energy pledge
- 1.2.2 Try two energy activities
- 1.2.3 Check out how other people are tackling energy issues
- 1.3.1 Learn about energy use in your buildings
- 1.3.2 Work with your families to make an energy improvement at home
- 1.3.3 Investigate energy use in a community building and suggest ways to make it more energy-efficient
- 1.4.1 Identify an energy issue, make a plan, and take action
- 1.4.2 Share the news about what you accomplished
- 2 Skill Building Badges
- 3.1 Activities
- 3.2 Fiction
- 3.3 Non-Fiction
- 3.4 Websites
- 4 Take-Action Project ideas
The Journey [ ]
Journey: GET MOVING!
In this Journey, you will: [ ]
- Explore energy and how to use it wisely by interviewing power-use experts and conducting an energy audits of a building in your community.
- Plan a Take Action project to fix an energy problem in your community. Your could launch carpools, work to dim the lights on city buildings, or promote energy savings at your school.
- Earn 3 leadership awards: The Energize Award, the Investigate Award, and the Innovate Award. If you're a Girl Scout volunteer, go to Volunteer Toolkit for complete meeting plans and activity instructions.
Learn more about how to earn your Take Action Award — and help your community — with the Girl Scout Take Action Guide. Then use your leadership skills to earn your Bronze Award , the highest award for Girl Scout Juniors!
Energize [ ]
Make an energy pledge [ ], try two energy activities [ ].
Building the Basic PVC Wind Turbine from the U.S. Department of Energy lesson plans
- Build your own wind mill
- Make a wind-powered car using Lifesavers, straws, paper, tape and paper clips.
- [phttp://www1.eere.energy.gov/education/pdfs/efficiency_comparinglightbulbs.pdf Compare different types of light bulbs] , see which use more energy, get hotter, and give off more light.
- Make your own flashlight
- Recycled art . Try making these beautiful tropical fish with a 2-liter plastic bottle.
- Create your eco-dream house online on the For Girls website.
- Check out ways you can save energy on the For Girls website.
Check out how other people are tackling energy issues [ ]
- Call your local energy provider(s) to see if they will give you a tour of their facilities and/or send a speaker to your troop meeting. For those in the Washington, DC/Maryland PEPCO region, they do not give tours, but you can request a speaker via the PEPCO website .
Investigate [ ]
Learn about energy use in your buildings [ ], work with your families to make an energy improvement at home [ ].
- Girl Scouts of Our Nation's Capitol Lightbulb Challenge . Participate in the Pepco/Girl Scout Light Bulb Challenge - change an incandescent bulb to an energy efficient CFL or LED and track your changes on the GSCNC website. With your help Girl Scouts can change 60,000 bulbs!
Investigate energy use in a community building and suggest ways to make it more energy-efficient [ ]
Ways to save energy at home, work, school, and the office from Direct Homes Ontario ( http://www.dhontario.com/climate-change-tips/ )
- Energy efficiency in the home lesson plan . While you may not want to do this entire lesson plan, it does have some useful tables showing how much energy each appliance in your home uses and how much it may be costing you. The table for calculations at the end may be too complicated for 4th graders to do the math without some adult assistance, but 5th graders may be able to do it.
Innovate [ ]
Identify an energy issue, make a plan, and take action [ ].
Bike route . The journey books here seem to focus on setting up a bike route to school. That may not be feasible for many schools/troops (my girls are in 5 different school, and some of them have to cross a major road to get there -- the only reason they get bussed is because of this road, in fact). So I wouldn't limit the project to this.
On the other hand, if a bike route works for your troop, one of our fathers (before we started working on this journey) set up a neighborhood 'bike train' on Fridays in the Spring. Kids in the neighborhood with a few adult volunteers would meet up at the neighborhood part with their bikes and ride together to school.
Zombie run . The Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois held a Zombie Run in 2013. This, or other holiday-themed runs, could be a fun way to get people moving! Shamrock Shake, anyone?
Share the news about what you accomplished [ ]
Skill building badges [ ].
- Jeweler (Junior badge)
- Gardener (Junior badge)
- Detective (Junior badge)
- Camper (Junior badge)
- Independence (Junior badge)
Additional Resources [ ]
Activities [ ].
- Make homemade paper
- Make a solar oven for camping
- Make a battery
- Take a Family Home Energy Quiz
- Energy Awareness Activity Book with pages of puzzles, codes to break, mazes, etc.
Fiction [ ]
Non-fiction [ ], websites [ ].
- U.S. Energy Information Administration . This website has some great pages for kids, explaining what energy is, energy sources, and using and saving energy.
- Pepco Conservation Tips
- Megawatt U kids website
- U.S. Department of Energy lesson plans with a searchable database of different grade levels and subject matter.
- Get Moving Session ideas
Take-Action Project ideas [ ]
Having trouble figuring out possible Take-Action projects? Look for ideas on the Take Action Project ideas page.
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Get Moving Journey in a Day for Juniors During this Journey in a Day program for Juniors you will explore what energy is, the importance of being energy efficient, and steps to take action towards living an energy efficient lifestyle. 1. What is Energy? - Energy takes place in all different shapes and forms. Each shape or form is unique
Journey Get Moving!* (referred to as the Journey book). The adult guide has prompts to help leaders guide their troop, and the Journey book has stories, activities, and space for girls to add their reflections as they progress along the Journey. To complete the Get Moving! Journey, girls must earn three awards: Energize; Investigate; Innovate.
Junior Get Moving! Journey Activity Plan 1 Purpose: When girls have earned this award, they'll have learned about different kinds of energy and how to use energy-efficiently. Planning Guides Link: Leadership Activity Plan Length: 1.5 hours Involve Family and Friends: Participation from family and friends can enrich your troop's Girl Scout experience, both for the girls and for you.
Junior Get Moving! Journey Activity Plan 2 Purpose: When girls have earned this award, they'll know about efficient use of energy in their meeting places and communities. Planning Guides Link: Leadership Activity Plan Length: 1.5 hours Involve Family and Friends: Participation from family and friends can enrich your troop's Girl Scout experience, both for the girls and for you.
activity sets are available to correspond to each Journey, but do not need to be earned in conjunction with the Journey your troop has chosen to complete. For example, if your troop selected the "Get Moving" Journey, but would like to earn the Animal Habitats badge, activities can be created to connect the Journey to the badge.
It's Your Planet—Love It!: Get Moving! 1. Junior Get Moving! Journey Activity Plan 1. Purpose: When girls have earned this award, they'll have learned about different kinds of energy and how to use energy-efficiently. Program Essentials Link: Leadership Activity Plan Length: 1.5 hours Girls Take the Lead: While earning this award, there ...
meet your daily food requirements. Dear Volunteer, Girl Scout Juniors on the Get Moving! Journey learn how to use their energy to protect Earth's energy and build important leadership skills. When they go on the Get Moving! Journey, Juniors are also beginning to make important health-related decisions. With this
And once a Junior, Cadette, Senior, or Ambassador completes their Journey, they're ready to drive lasting change in their communities by going for their Bronze, Silver, or Gold Award. Journey requirements can be found in the Award and Badge Explorer.. Volunteers and Girl Scout caregivers can also find the requirements in the Volunteer Toolkit.
1. Remind the girls about the energy saving pledges they took home to their families in the first activity plan. Have them turn to a neighbor and share one way their families succeeded in being more energy efficient. 2. Now, have them think about the people that they found who worked with energy issues.
JUNIOR BADGES & JOURNEYS. BADGES Awards and badges are a great way for girls to explore their interests, learn new skills, and show the world what they have accomplished. JOURNEYS The Journey series allows girls to explore new things, connect with others, and make a difference. Includes a Take Action project. It's Your Planet-Love it! GET ...
Get Moving. It's Your Planet-Love it! aMUSE. It's Your Story-Tell it! Think Like an Engineer Think Like a Programmer Think Like a Citizen Scientist. JOURNEYS . The Journey series allows girls to explore new things, connect with others, and make a difference. Includes a Take Action project. Engineering Journey ☆ Computer Science ...
Bridge to Girl Scout Girl Scouts—perhaps plan a Teddy Bear tea for Daisies! Junior award You'll have three Junior Leadership Journeys to choose from: Agent of Change, GET MOVING!, and aMUSE. After you've finished one. Journey, you'll be able to earn your Girl Scout Bronze Award—one. Brownie of Girl Scouting's highest awards.
Join STEM Specialist Megan in Part 1 of the Junior Get Moving Journey! This session focuses on exploring energy and how you can use it wisely. Materials: htt...
Arrival: Ask Juniors who arrive early to help unpack and set up any snacks and activity materials for later.Try to be on alert and catch Juniors being honest and fair, even in subtle ways. Warmups and Wellness: Get Juniors excited to begin their meeting with a warm-up activity, a question, and a wellness check.Ask them how they are feeling today and what they are excited about!
The Journey Materials are the Core of the Girl Scout program - you will need one of the journey sets to complete this home study. Adult Journey Guides - Agent of Change, Get Moving, and aMUSE Girl Journey Books - Agent of Change, Get Moving, and aMUSE Girls Guide to Girl Scouting for Juniors GSUSA Website - www.girlscouts.org .
Microsoft Word - Junior Get Moving! Journey Activity Plan Meeting 3.docx. JUNIOR GET MOVING! JOURNEY (INNOVATE) - MEETING 3. Journey Award Purpose: When girls have earned this award, they'll have identified an energy issue in their community and involved others to complete their Take Action project. Activity Plan Length: 1.5 hours.
Activity #1: Ultimate Power Plant. Draw the outline of a power plant on poster board, whiteboard, or easel, and include word or symbols representing the following types of energy: human power, solar power, electricity, chemical energy, heat, and mechanical energy (such as a robot, engine, or car). Introduce the girls to the topic of energy by ...
Get Moving! On this Journey, Juniors learn about various forms of energy and find out what it means to be energy efficient. They may take nature walks to observe animals using energy in their natural settings, interview an energy expert about waste, or conduct an energy audit in a community building to test its efficiency. Then they team
Get Moving! is the It's Your Planet-Love It! journey for Juniors. Here is what GSUSA says about Get Moving!. Juniors build their skills as leaders who Energize, Investigate, and Innovate. They earn these three prestigious new leadership awards as they explore their own energy, the energy in their places and spaces (buildings), and the energy of getting from here to there (transportation)
Each set contains earning requirements, program activities and information for earning five skill-building badges related to the three Journey series: ... Get Moving! Junior Journey Book. Imported. 67302. $7.00. Junior Award Iron-on Badge Set. † Imported. 69301. $6.00. Breathe Cadette Journey Book. Imported.
The Get Moving Journey is part of the "It's Your Planet—Love It!" series. Get Moving Journey as a Sleepover Take the Energy Hog Challenge. This workbook includes a lot of information, including information on different types of energy, a quiz for auditing your home, an energy journal, and suggestions for family Hog Buster energy pledges. A LA Times article highlighted the impact Girl Scouts ...
Requirements. Printed; Digital; Junior. Badges and Awards; Requirements. Printed; Digital; Cadette. Badges and Awards; Requirements. Printed; Digital; Senior. Badges and Awards; Requirements. ... Junior Get Moving Journey Leader Book - $ 3.79; Description Description. In this Journey, you will: 1. Explore energy and how to use it wisely by ...
In this journey fourth and fifth graders become leaders who energize, investigate and inovate as they explore their own energy. Along the way Dez learns right along with the girls about energy and getting from here to there. The girls will also meet energizing artists, cooks, engineers and architects as they "Get Moving" to get others ...