Brownies learn all about the Girl Scout traditions and how to share the Girl Scout way. 

PURPOSE:

When girls have earned this badge, they’ll know how to practice and share the Girl Scout way.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Sing everywhere
2. Celebrate Juliette Low's birthday
3. Share sisterhood
4. Leave a place better than you found it
5. Enjoy Girl Scout traditions

PLAN YOUR MEETING:

• Video demonstration: Watch a volunteer lead Step 3 of this badge.

• Leading an engaging Brownie meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting  
• Digital ice breakers and games
• Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find instructions for meeting 1 and meeting 2 of this badge, including materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more. 

Brownies find out how computer scientists write programs for computers to solve problems.

PURPOSE:

When girls have earned this badge, they’ll know how programmers write programs that make computers work and how people can use computers to help others.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Create algorithms for a computer that follow a sequence
2. Use loops to improve your algorithm
   
3. Use events to make things happen
   
4. Learn about women in computer science
   
5. Create your own set of commands that use events

PLAN YOUR MEETING:

• Video demonstration: Watch a volunteer lead Step 1 of this badge.

• Leading an engaging Brownie meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting  
• Digital ice breakers and games
• Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find instructions for meeting 1 and meeting 2 of this badge, including materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more.

Brownies find out how people in the government decide what rules are made and how they are followed.

PURPOSE:

When girls have earned this badge, they’ll know the three branches of government—and some of the things they are responsible for.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Find out about local government 
2. Find out about state government 
3. Find out about our country’s legislative branch 
4. Find out about our country’s executive branch 
5. Find out about our country’s judicial branch

PLAN YOUR MEETING:

Video demonstration: Watch a volunteer lead Democracy for Brownies.

• Leading an engaging Brownie meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting  
• Digital ice breakers and games
• Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find instructions for meeting 1 and meeting 2 of this badge, including materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more.

Brownies find out how to manage their money by pretending to be a customer. Then they use what they learned to make sure cookie customers enjoy buying from them.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Find out where your customers are 
2. Talk to some customers 
3. Practice handling money and making change 
4. Role-play good customer relations 
5. Thank your customers!

PLAN YOUR MEETING​:

Video demonstration: Watch a volunteer lead Step 1 of this badge.

• Virtual Selling Tips for Earning Your Brownie Cookie Business Badges
  
• Leading an engaging meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting   
• Digital games and ice breakers
• Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more for the Meet My Customers badge. 

Brownies will learn the difference between needs, like food and clothing, and wants, like video games and movie tickets.

PURPOSE:

When girls have earned this badge, they’ll know how to manage money wisely. 

REQUIREMENTS:

Shop for elf items with your elf doll Go grocery shopping Go clothes shopping Get ready for school Have some fun

PLAN YOUR MEETING

• Virtual Selling Tips for Earning Your Brownie Cookie Business Badges
  
• Leading an engaging meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting   
• Digital games and ice breakers
• Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more Money Manager Meeting 1 and Meeting 2.  

Brownies find out how engineers solve problems and do a hands-on design challenge.

PURPOSE:

When girls have earned this award, they’ll know how engineers use the Design Thinking Process to solve problems and have completed a hands-on design challenge activity. Brownies will also have connected the steps of the Design Thinking Process to the steps of a Take Action project.

REQUIREMENTS:

Find out how engineers use the Design Thinking Process to solve problems. Do 3 Design Thinking activities: design and build an assistive device, a water collection device, and a device that can launch a ball across a room. Plan a Take Action project that helps others. If you're a Girl Scout volunteer, go to Volunteer Toolkit for complete meeting plans and activity instructions.

PLAN YOUR MEETING

• Brownie Take Action Guide (PDF)
• Leading an engaging meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting   
• Digital games and ice breakers
• Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more for the Meetings 1–6 of the Think Like an Engineer Journey. 

Brownies learn how to choose the pet right for them—or find out how to take the best care of a pet they already have.

PURPOSE:

When girls earned this badge they’ll know how to take care of a pet.

REQUIREMENTS

1. Find out what care different pets need
2. Keep a pet comfy
3. Help a pet stay healthy and safe
4. Make a pet feel loved 
5. Feed a pet

PLAN YOUR MEETING​

Watch a volunteer lead Step 1 of this badge.

• Leading an engaging meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting   
• Digital games and ice breakers
• Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the  Volunteer Toolkit to find materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more for the Pets badge Meeting 1 and Meeting 2.

Every year, Girl Scouts and Girl Guides around the world celebrate February 22 as a day of international friendship called World Thinking Day. The 2021 theme for World Thinking Day is "Peacebuilding." To earn this award, Brownies will explore the theme’s meaning and make a peace pledge to make a difference. 

PURPOSE:

When girls have earned this award, they’ll understand what peacebuilding means and will have made a peace pledge for World Thinking Day.

REQUIREMENTS

1. Explore World Thinking Day
2. Find out what peacebuilding means
3. Explore peacebuilding in Girl Scouts
4. Get inspired by peacebuilding
5. Create a peace pledge

PLAN YOUR MEETING

• Leading an engaging meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting
• Digital games and ice breaker
• Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more for World Thinking Day Meeting 1 and Meeting 2.  

Brownies find out how all the things they love—like camping, baking, or walking a dog—can become jobs that change the world. Then, they’ll create a plan to turn their dreams into reality!

PURPOSE:

When girls have earned this badge, they’ll know how to use STEM to help others.

REQUIREMENTS

1. Explore your interests 
2. Discover the possibilities 
3. Learn about the day-to-day 
4. Brainstorm your next steps 
5. Share your goals

PLAN YOUR MEETING

Watch a volunteer lead Step 2 and 3 of this badge.

• Leading an engaging meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting   
  
• Digital games and ice breakers
• Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more for Meetings 1 and 2 of the STEM Career Exploration badge.

Brownies find out what they need to know to become a Brownie hiker.

PURPOSE:

When girls have earned this badge, they’ll know how to hit the trail for a hike.

REQUIREMENTS

1. Decide where to go
2. Try out a hiking skill
3. Pick the right gear
4. Pack a snack for energy
5. Go on your hike!

PLAN YOUR MEETING

Watch a volunteer lead Step 2 of this badge.

• Patch Opportunity: The Girl Scout Tree Promise
  
• Leading an engaging meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting   
• Digital games and ice breakers
• Girl Scout Camp: Find in-person and virtual camp opportunities.
• Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more for the Hiker badge Meeting 1 and Meeting 2.

Brownies learn how scientists use observation to understand the world as they collect and analyze data as part of a citizen science project.

PURPOSE:

When girls have earned this award, they will have sharpened their observation and data collection skills through three citizen science activities. Brownies will also have put their skills into practice through a Take Action project.

REQUIREMENTS

1. Find out how citizen scientists make observations, collect data, and work with scientists to receive feedback on research
2. Do three citizen science activities: sharpen observation skills through two observation games and a SciStarter project
3. Plan a Take Action project that helps others

PLAN YOUR MEETING

Watch a volunteer lead Part 1 of this Journey.

• Patch Opportunity: The Girl Scout Tree Promise
• Brownie Take Action Guide
• Leading an engaging meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting   
• Digital games and ice breakers
• Girl Scout Camp: Find in-person and virtual camp opportunities.
• Step-by-step planner: Sign in to the Volunteer Toolkit to find materials lists, scripts, meeting aids, and more for Meetings 1–6 of the Think Like a Citizen Scientist Journey.  

Brownies choose a service project to put into action.

PURPOSE:

When girls have completed this activity, they will have given back to their community through a service project.

PLAN YOUR MEETING

• National Service Project Ideas: Choose a service project from this list, or create one of your own!
• Leading an engaging meeting: Recommendations for facilitating group conversations, handling supplies, and organizing your meeting
• Digital games and ice breakers