2023 Theme: Fairy Tales
Girls Age Groups: Entering 1st grade | Entering 2nd & 3rd Grade | Entering 4th & 5th Grade | Entering 6th Grade | Entering 7th Grade and Above
Daisies
The Daisy Units are for campers entering 1st Grade.
Daisy Shapes in Nature Badge
Identify shapes and patterns in natural objects, like rainbows, flowers, and leaves.
To earn this badge, Daisies will:
1. Search for shapes in nature
2. Find and make patterns
3. Create art inspired nature
When you’ve earned this badge, you will know how to identify shapes and patterns in nature. You’ll also know how to create your own.
Brownies
The Brownie Units are for campers entering 2nd and 3rd grade.
All campers in the Brownie Units will get to CHOOSE between the following badges during registration.
Brownie Shapes Nature Badge
Look carefully at nature, track what you see, and create art inspired by natural objects.
To earn this badge, Brownies will:
1. Track natural objects
2. Graph natural objects
3. Make a spiderweb with symmetry
4. Explore tessellations
5. Collect data about birds
When you’ve earned this badge, you will know about counting, graphing, symmetry, and tessellations. You’ll also know about spiders, birds, and other natural objects.
Brownie Numbers in Nature Badge
Use your senses and other tools to gather information and learn about the natural world.
To earn this badge, Brownies will:
1. Explore temperature
2. Measure the length of leaves
3. Graph your leaf data
4. Find space to grow
5. Plot and plant a garden
When you’ve earned this badge, you will know how to measure temperature and length. You’ll also know about square feet, diagrams, and grids. You’ll have explored leaves and gardening.
Brownie Design With Nature Badge
Use math to do things in the natural world, like find the age of natural objects, build a honeycomb, design a bird feeder, and go bird-watching.
To earn this badge, Brownies will:
1. Calculate the age of a natural object
2. Explore the shape of beehives
3. Measure and build a bird feeder
4. Use ratios to make bird food
5. Graph data about birds
When you’ve earned this badge, you will know about natural objects. You’ll know how to measure, use scale and ratio, and make a graph.
Juniors
The Juniors Units are for campers entering 4th and 5th grade. Juniors have a choice between two different units. Please select when registering:
All campers in the Junior Units will get to CHOOSE between the following badges during registration.
Junior Shapes in Nature Badge
Explore patterns found in nature and use math to create your own.
To earn this badge, Juniors will:
1. Identify symmetry in nature
2. Explore bilateral symmetry in nature
3. Create nature-inspired art with circular symmetry
4. Find fractals in nature
5. Search for the Fibonacci sequence
When you’ve earned this badge, you will know about symmetry, fractals, and the Fibonacci sequence. You’ll have identified and made patterns inspired by nature.
Junior Numbers in Nature Badge
Explore how math can be used to tell us all kinds of information about nature, from how tall or old a tree is to the weather, season, or time.
To earn this badge, Juniors will:
1. Tell time with nature
2. Track the weather
3. Explore the circumference of trees
4. Search for shadows
5. Find the area and perimeter of plants
When you’ve earned this badge, you will know how to use math to tell time, predict the weather, and learn about trees. You’ll know how to measure shadows, perimeter, and area.
Junior Design With Nature Badge
Use math to plan and organize an outdoor adventure. Decide where you’ll go, how long you’ll be gone for, and what you’ll bring.
To earn this badge, Juniors will:
1. Find their hiking pace
2. Choose a hiking trail
3. Find changes in elevation on a map
4. Decide how much food to bring
5. Pack for their adventure
When you’ve earned this badge, you will know about different types of maps. You’ll know how to calculate distance, pace, elevation changes, and area.
Outdoor Explorers
The Outdoor Explorers Unit is for girls entering 6th grade. The primary focus of the Outdoor Explorers program is learning outdoor skills. Outdoor Explorers will learn how to tie knots, start a fire, build a shelter, use a map and compass, and will learn first aid. Outdoor Explorers also take hikes, cook, sing songs, and do crafts. This unit prepares girls for the PAIT (Program Aide in Training) unit, the following year.
Program Aide In Training (PAIT):
The PAIT program is for girls entering 7th Grade and above who are interested in becoming a Program Aide. Mountaindale North’s PAIT program is the introductory level to our Program Aide leadership program. Our PAIT program teaches campers entering 7th grade how to become a Program Aide for GIrl Scouts in a day camp setting. PAITs learn how to lead outdoor activities with younger girls through hands-on activities. Girls who successfully complete the training will qualify to become a PA at camp the following summer.