Seniors are the oldest group of Girl Scouts.
The Girl Scout Seniors are made up of girls in grades 9-10. The Girl Scouts complete interest projects and earn a merit badge. Each of the interest projects has its own requirements and skill-building activities. Once the interest project is complete, the Girl Scout is presented with her badge, which is sewn on to the bottom section of her Girl Scouts vest or sash.
American Patriotism
For this interest project the Girl Scout must complete two of the Skill Builders, one activity in Technology, one activity in Career Exploration, one activity in Service Project and two activities in a section of their choosing. Types of Skill Builders include an American flag folding ceremony, visiting places of historical significance, researching the Constitution or learning the history of the "The Star-Spangled Banner." The Technology activities include learning about how the American flag is made and who can produce it, famous national exhibitis via the Internet or how technology has changed voting in America. The Career Exploration activities include career choices in American throughout history and how they have changed, interviews with a member of the United States armed forces or government career choices. Some of the Service Projects available are sending cards to deployed soldiers, restoring a historic site or preparing your community for natural disasters.
Home Is Where the Heart Is
This interest project focuses on homeless people in the United States and how Girl Scouts can help. The Girl Scouts must complete one Required activity, one Learn activity, one Do activity and one Share activity. The Required activity for this project is interviewing a social worker that assists homeless people. The Learn activities include pretending your family has been through a crisis and becomes homeless, visiting a shelter to find out what is provided, interviewing emergency shelter's employees to find out what it is like to work with homeless people or researching the causes of homelessness. The Do activities include talking to a person who has experienced life in a shelter or celebrating a holiday at a shelter. The Share activities include interviewing a director of a family shelter, teaching your community what you have learned about homelessness or organizing a food and clothing drive for your local shelters.
In The Pink
In The Pink is designed to create awareness about breast cancer. Girl Scouts must complete one Required activity, one Share activity, one Do activity and one Learn activity. The required activity for this project is to maintain a healthy balanced diet for a week, along with keeping a log of the foods you eat. Some of the Learn activities include preparing a self-exam and mammogram chart or drawing up a chart that compares breast cancer treatment options today with those available in the early 1900s. The Do activities include participating in a breast cancer community event, interviewing a breast cancer victim or interviewing a health care professional who specializes in the treatment of breast cancer. The Share activity includes designing a breast cancer awareness pamphlet, designing an informational flyer for your community or delivering a presentation for October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Couch Potato
The Couch Potato interest project teaches Girl Scouts improve television viewing habits. One activity is required for the Required, Learn, Do and Share sections. The Required section asks Girl Scouts to evaluate how much time they spend watching television by creating a log for one week. Some of the Learn activities include watching two hours of television and writing about the women in the shows and commercials, writing up a list of foods you snack on while watching television or surveying the commercials shown during one hour's worth of television. The Do activities include making a healthy recipe from a cooking show, interviewing a director or producer in your community or omitting television from your life for a week and keeping a diary. The Share activities include after watching two hours of educational television, sharing what you learned with a small group of people; hosting a television dinner party by watching a favorite show and holding a discussion group; or participating in "TV Turnoff Week," an annual April event.
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