This week we finally got around to introducing the Discovery Badges to our Brownies. We decided that the best way to teach them how to earn a badge at home was to earn one as a group. As we did the activities I shared my screen and filled out the Maker badge activity sheet (from the Discovery Badge activity sheets) so that the Brownies knew which activities went where. Here's what we did:
Connect:
- For the connect section we learned about NASA aerospace engineer Tiera Fletcher. We also learned a bit about what aerospace engineers do, and how the things they make help us in our daily lives (like the satellites that make our car GPS work). Here's the slide deck I used.
Create:
- For the create section we made paper airplanes. We made two different designs and compared how well they flew (Here's the instructions for the planes we made). The plan was that the Brownies would make a modification to one of the planes and see if their modification made it fly better or worse, but we ran out of time. Instead the Brownies are going to make one more airplane at home, and see which of the three flies the best.
Share:
- For the share section the Brownies are going to share which of the paper airplanes they made flew the best.
Hopefully this will get them excited about earning the Discovery Badges. I loved earning interest badges in Brownies, so hopefully they will, too.
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| Airplanes made of recycled colouring sheets |
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