ZOOM . grownups . ZOOMsci Training . Girl Scout Badges

Girls in your troop can earn badges while they take part in ZOOM activities. The chart below shows how ZOOM activities in science, engineering, math, volunteering, crafts, games, and cooking correspond to Junior Girl Scout badges.

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Many ZOOM activity sheets are available in Spanish. You can find them in the Activity Pages section of the site.

SCIENCE

BADGE ACTIVITY	ZOOM ACTIVITY
BADGE: SCIENCE DISCOVERY
Water Tricks	Drops on a Penny (PDF: 108K) Pennies and Water Water on a String (PDF: 73K) Floating Paper Clip (PDF: 56K)
Become a Scientist	Find Volunteer Scientists & Engineers
It's a Hands-On and Happening Place	Take a Field Trip
See What?	Thaumatrope (PDF: 64K) Phenakistoscope (PDF: 64K)
Here's the Rub	Hovercraft (PDF: 64K) Tower of Coins (PDF: 84K) Marble Ride (PDF: 65K)
BADGE: SCIENCE IN EVERYDAY LIFE
Color Mixing	Chromatography (PDF: 56K)
BADGE: SCIENCE SLEUTH
What's Vibration Got to Do with it?	Glass Xylophone Stereo Hanger (PDF: 56K) Straw Kazoo (PDF: 52K) Bottle Hit and Blow String Telephone Super Sounding Drum (PDF: 48K)
When Is Silver Green?	Polishing Pennies (PDF: 91K)
Water Questions	Water on a String (PDF: 71K) Floating Paper Clip (PDF: 56K) Boats Afloat
What Is a Simple Machine?	Rube Goldberg™ Invention
BADGE: WATER WONDERS
It's in a Cycle	Biome in a Baggie
BADGE: WEATHER WATCH
Build a Weather Instrument	Thermometer

ENGINEERING

BADGE ACTIVITY	ZOOM ACTIVITY
BADGE: CREATIVE SOLUTIONS
Ordinary Items, Extraordinary Uses	Puff Mobile (PDF: 82K) Hot Air Balloon Cotton Ball Catapult (PDF: 56K)
BADGE: AEROSPACE
Paper Airplanes	Hoop Glider (PDF: 82K) Glider (PDF: 60K) Delta Wing Flyer
BADGE: MAKING IT MATTER
Making a Polymer	Glue (PDF: 77K)
Making Connections	Door Alarm Steadiness Tester
Materials and Structures	Super Golf Tower (PDF: 88K) Paper Bridge (PDF: 64K) Cantilever Columns Cup Tower (PDF: 80K) Geodesic Dome
Engineering in Action	Find Volunteer Scientists & Engineers Take a Field Trip
Base-ic Facts	Cabbage Juice Indicator
BADGE: OUTDOORS IN THE CITY
Cook with the City Sun	Solar Cookers
BADGE: ARCHITECTURE
House of Sticks	Gumdrop Dome (PDF: 124K)

MATH

BADGE ACTIVITY	ZOOM ACTIVITY
BADGE: CREATIVE SOLUTIONS
The Chinese Tangram	Tangram (PDF: 68K)
BADGE: MATH WHIZ
Your Numbers Are...	Square or Rectangle (PDF: 64K)
BADGE: PUZZLERS
Nim	Nim

VOLUNTEERING

ZOOM Into Action is a multimedia campaign that motivates kids to volunteer. Visit ZOOM Into Action for volunteer project ideas and resources to help you get started. Then encourage your troop to print the Share Your Story form and send pictures or stories about their volunteer projects to ZOOM. They may see their story featured on ZOOM's Web site or TV show!

BADGE ACTIVITY	ZOOM ACTIVITY
BADGE: MY COMMUNITY
Make It Beautiful	Playground Pick-Up
Helping Hands	Food Drive
BADGE: ACROSS GENERATIONS
These Are Their Lives, Make a Friend, Be a Helper	Adopt-a-Grandfriend
BADGE: PET CARE
Other Ways to Be Around Animals	Pet Party
BADGE: FOOD POWER
End Hunger	Food Drive
BADGE: A HEALTHIER YOU
Get Well Soon	Cheer Up Goodie Bag
BADGE: ECO-ACTION
Plant a Tree	Plant a Tree
BADGE: OUTDOORS IN THE CITY
Tackle a Community	Playground Pick-Up

CRAFTS, GAMES, AND RECIPES

BADGE ACTIVITY	ZOOM ACTIVITY
BADGE: LEAD ON
Follow the Leader	Backpack Relay Crab Walk Relay
More on Leadership	See the ZOOM Into Action section of the ZOOM Web site for volunteering ideas.
BADGE: ON MY WAY
International Cooking	Arepas Pannukakkua Island Milk
BADGE: TRAVELER
Culturally Curious	Chinese Red Envelopes Papel Picado (PDF: 56K) Senufo Mud Painting
BADGE: WORLD NEIGHBORS
Global Games	Ulu Maika
BADGE: COMMUNICATION
Play It	Write a short play and send it to ZOOM!
BADGE: LOCAL LORE
Sing Someone's Praises	Write a story, poem, or song about a person and send it to ZOOM!
BADGE: MY HERITAGE
From Yesterday to Today	Visit a list of ZOOMdos and CafeZOOMs to find a craft or recipe from your heritage.
BADGE: OUTDOOR CREATIVITY
Nature in Three Lines	Send your poem to ZOOM!
BADGE: ART IN THE HOME
Accent on Beauty	Dream Catcher Mosaic Flower Pots Pressed Flower Placemats
BADGE: ART IN 3-D
Mold It	Homemade Clay Beads
BADGE: ART TO WEAR
Pattern-Maker	Senufo Mud Painting
Fashion Add-Ons	Jean Pocket Bag
BADGE: PRINTS AND GRAPHICS
Stamp Designs	Rubber Band Stamps
BADGE: THEATER
Make a Mask	Halloween Costumes Masks
BADGE: TOYMAKER
It's Your Design	Visit Toy Dos for a list of toys you can make.
BADGE: WRITE ALL ABOUT IT
Play It Out!	Write a play and send it to ZOOM!
A Pocket Full of Poems	Write a poem and send it to ZOOM!
BADGE: COMPUTER FUN
Fun and Games	Girls can demo Kitchen Chemistry (Flash), ZOOM Pendulum (Shockwave), or Tunes & Spoons (download) for their troop.
BADGE: LET'S GET COOKING
Mix It Up	Island Milk Mango Lassi
Food Around the World	Arepas Pannukakkua Island Milk

You can also use ZOOM activities to support badges by:

Teaching an activity to younger kids. Tape a ZOOM activity from a TV episode, print the directions from the Web, and share them with your troop. After scouts try out the activity, have them teach it to younger kids.