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Girl Scouts of River Bluffs Council - #4 Ginger Creek Parkway, Glen Carbon, IL 62034

(618) 692-0692 - (800) 345-6858 - Fax: (618) 692-0685 - gsrbc@riverbluffs.org

Discovery Resource Kits

Discovery Resource Kits are available in the Service Center Library or by contacting Emily Stanley- estanley@riverbluffs.org . Each kit contains a lesson plan and most of the items that you will need to complete the activities. Kits are available for 2 week checkout times, and require a $ 20 returnable deposit in addition to the usage fee. Kits can be reserved ahead of time; please contact Emily for more details.

Just how do I use one?

Use a Discovery Kit at a Troop Meeting…Most of the activities in a kit can be completed in 1-2 hours. Some activities take girls outdoors, but many are indoors based. The kits include most of what you need to complete the activities required for the listed Try-Its, badges or Interest Projects (IPs).

Use a Discovery Kit on a Campout…Take advantage of the time you have together and allow the girls to discover new skills or subjects. Is it predicted to rain? Take the Weather Watch kit with you and your Juniors will learn how the weatherman knows when and where the weather will be good.

Use a Discovery Kit for Day Camp or Camporees…Need a station or activity for girls who are at your event? Check out a MEGA kit, which has all age level activities, many for the great outdoors. Learn about nighttime critters and ease the girls’ fear of the dark with the Night Hike kit, or do some fantastic activities to supplement your star gazing with the SPACE kit!

Use a Discovery Kit for Try-Its, badges and Interest Projects…Almost everything you need to do a Try-It or badge session is included in this box. The supplied guide gives you step by step instructions to help your troop complete Try-It and badge requirements. The Discovery MEGA kits include IP requirements as well. Any of the Discovery Kits can be checked out by older girls and Juliettes to help complete leadership hours and IP service project requirements.

Use a Discovery Kit to discover…Let girls discover the world around them by doing experiments and building models. With minimal guidance and input from you, watch girls discover principles of science and math through fun games and hands on activities. Use the new Build UP kit to learn about civil engineering through model building and design. These kits make learning new skills fun and exciting!

Use a Discovery Kit to connect…Girls use the inquiry based sessions to connect to the world around them. Daisies do activities from Busy Bee and then can tell a parent or friend about bees when they see them instead of screaming and running away. Use a kit before making a field trip to the zoo or nature center, and be amazed as your girls remember and recall information they learned from the kit!

Use a Discovery Kit to take action…The kits and their included guides make for a great foundation for Girl Scouts working with younger troops. Use the kit to lead a meeting or an activity, or take elements of the kits and make up your own! Girls who complete the Reduce Reuse Recycle Kit will feel empowered to make changes in the amount of trash they produce or find better ways to recycle and reuse troop supplies.

The Kits: (Mega Kits - Additional Kits)

Click on the name of the kit to read the included lesson plan or kit description. Mega Kits are larger kits with several more activities and are cross program level. *indicates that not all requirements are met with the kit

Busy Bee:

Daisy Girl Scouts will learn about how bees live – what they eat, how they talk to one another, and how they see. What does a bee do for you?

For Daisy Girl Scouts

Time Required: Troop meeting

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Perfect for pairing with the new “Bee Movie”!

Rainbow Colors

Daisy Girl Scouts will learn about primary and secondary colors. Blending, mixing and painting help the girls discover about the colors they see every day!

For Daisy Girl Scouts

Time Required: Troop Meeting

Copy available at Regional Service Center in Effingham, IL

Sticky & Icky:

Daisy Girl Scouts will learn about how to be a scientist through experiments that require critical thinking and predicting.

For Daisy Girl Scouts

Time Required: Troop meeting

Copy available at Regional Service Center in Effingham, IL

Earth and Sky:

Brownie Girl Scouts learn about the planet we live on from the sky above to the earth below!

For Brownie Girl Scouts

Time Required: 2 hours for activities

Earth and Sky Try-It

Movers:

Learn all about how things move! Build paper airplanes, rockets and gliders. Who wants to play Frisbee?

For Brownie Girl Scouts

Time required: 2 Hours

Copy available at Regional Service Center in Effingham, IL

Movers Try-It

Senses:

One of the most popular kits for Brownies! Use your five senses to complete the activities, especially smell!!

For Brownie Girl Scouts

Time Required: 2 hours for activities

Copy available at Regional Service Center in Effingham, IL

Senses Try-It

Science in Action:

Brownies learn all about how to be a good scientist through hands on activities.?

For Brownie Girl Scouts

Time required: 2 Hours

Science in Action Try-It

Science Wonder:

Try these cool experiments and discover properties of magnets, electricity and soap!

For Brownie Girl Scouts

Time Required: 2 hours for activities

Science Wonder Try-It

Exploring Ecology:

What is ecology? What can you discover about the natural world around you?

For Junior Girl Scouts

Time required: 2 Hours

Copy available at Regional Service Center in Effingham, IL

Earth Connections badge

Weather Watch:

Why does it rain? How do we know what weather is coming? Juniors discover what it means to be a meteorologist.

For Junior Girl Scouts

Time Required: 2 hours for activities

Weather Watch badge

NEW! Rocks Rock!:

Explore your area in a different way - looking for clues about our past by collecting and examining rocks. Find any fossils? They are included in this cook kit!

For Junior Girl Scouts

Time required: 3 Hours

Copy available at Regional Service Center in Effingham, IL

Rocks Rock badge

MEGA KITS:

Space Mega Kit:

Explore the sky above… connect your night sky viewing with the science of stars, planets and meteors. Telescope included!

For Brownie, Junior and Girls Scouts 11-17

Time Required: varies, 2-3 hours

Space Explorer Try-It

Sky Watch badge

Space Exploration IP*

RRR Mega Kit:

Learn about the benefits of Reducing, Reusing and Recycling and connect ways to make the world a better place!

For Daisy, Brownie, Junior

and Girl Scouts 11-17

Time Required: 2 hours

Recycling Patch

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Night Hike Mega Kit:

This kit has all the props for the Eyes in the Night hike, and includes nighttime activities and games that are nature related.

For Brownie, Junior and Girl Scouts 11-17

Time required: Approx 2 hours for activities

Copy available at Regional Service Center in Effingham, IL

Night Hike Patch

Going Batty Try-It, badge or IP

Bug Box Mega Kit:

Adapted from a Junior Girl Scout project, this kit is full of fun buggy activities. Explore the world through a bug’s eyes – use your antenna to find the way out of a maze and your long tongue to get a snack!

For Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts

Time required: 2 hours

Bugs Try-It (Virginia Skyline council)

Love a Bug badge (Girl Scouts of Orange County)

Additional Kits:

Build Up Kits:

Use this kit to explore the world of civil engineering! Try your hand at designing a city, including bridges, highways, and skyscrapers.

For Junior Girl Scouts and Girl Scouts 11-17

Time Required: varies; 2 hours

Copy available at Regional Service Center in Effingham, IL

Building Bridges:

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