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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the PP who is doing the Aerospace badge, etc.

The new programming is too much like school b/c they made a decision to align it with Common Core -- i.e. SCHOOL principles.  So they made a decision to get rid of a lot of interesting badges to focus on more school curriculum types of ideas.  We find that our FCPS students have done a bunch of the badge/journey requirements already.  [/quote]

PP, OP here.   I agree with the rest of your post 100% except the changes in GSUSA have, IMO, nothing to do with "Common Core" (which focuses on reading and math.)   I know that somewhere on the GSUSA website there's a link to each Journey and badge activity and how it correlates to Common Core standards but (a) they don't really (b) most badge requirements are optional anyhow and (c) Girl Scouts has also tried to link badges work to earlier state standards -- something about trying to convince principals and school districts and grant funders that Scouts is about more than just "crafts, cookies and camping" -- that it can be educational and result in increased test scores for girls.

I only mention this because a lot of people have a knee jerk reaction against "Common Core" and I just think it has nothing to do with what is wrong with Girl Scouts!   They made these mist

That said, the new badges and especially the Journeys are WAY too much like school.   We just finished the Brownies Wonders of Water and the girls were so bored -- they studied the water cycle in school this year so there was nothing new for them.  We had to change it up a lot to make it interesting.

For people who don't know what the new Journeys look like, take a look here at the Wonders of Water.   This is one council's suggestion of how to "teach" the "lesson plan".

http://www.girlscoutshcc.org/gshccadmin/site1/adult/pdf/adult/Brownie_WOW.pdf

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