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Guide Award Scheme
100 Years of Guiding
Girl Guides Australia will be
celebrating 100 years of Guiding
across Australia from September 2009 to February 2011.
Friendship Project
As part of the 2007 Friendship Project each troop was given a little "friend". They had to write on them what they thought friends and friendship meant.
Guide Science and Technology Challenge
In the list below there are many items that are part of the JOTA and JOTI activities. These can be as part of the Science and Technology Challenge badge.
Choose four challenges:
- Increase your computer skills
- Internet
- newsletter
- scanning
- keyboard
- mouse
- Check out communication methods and use one to get in touch with a friend
- braille
- sign language
- morse code
- semaphore
- letter
- fax
- phone
- Create something powered by air, electricity or water
- batteries
- windmill
- water rocket
- model plane
- simple circuit
- Promote Guiding using technical equipment
- digital camera
- video tape
- CD
- website
- Find out something new about outer space
- stars
- constellations
- planetarium
- telescope
- space travel
- Investigate and record weather patterns in your local area
- weather map or chart
- rain gauge
- thermometer
- cloud formations
- Discover how nature works by investigating a natural land form
- volcano
- earthquake
- river
- beach
- cyclone
- glacier
- mountain
- Compare and share the past, present and future options for living
- communication
- transport
- housing
- museum
- wide game
- scrap book
- display
- Construct a useful item using recycled materials
- bridge
- paper
- household item
- clothing
- Create your own challenge to widen your understanding of science and technology
- My own challenge will be to ...
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia, maintained by the public. Anyone can add or modify a page on the site. It is a fantastic resource for lots of things, including Scouts and Guides. Here's some useful references: