Released in 2017 but is considered part of the 2011 Girl’s Guide.
The Junior’s Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting page has the information on when all badges were released.

Five steps are needed to complete this badge:

1. Learn about potential and kinetic energy
2. Design and build a balloon car
3. Test your balloon-powered car
4. Analyze and share results
5. Brainstorm ways to improve your design

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Resources

• Leader Guide available in Girl Scout Shop online
  (Part of 3 Mechanical Badge booklet – not a Progressive set)
• Official badge is available in Girl Scout Shop online
  or look for your local shop to save on shipping.
• PDF Online Booklet from GSUSA Council

Troop Meeting Ideas

• GSUSA VTK – No links
  Only Accessible through MyGS log-in on Council’s website

At Home Individual Girls

• YouTube video from Better Science Teaching
• YouTube video from GE Aviation
• PDF and accompanying YouTube video from GSCWM
• PDF  from GSKSMO at Home (Archived Original At Home Program)
• PDF from GSSEF
• Website from Mombrite

Multi-Level Matches

Check out other badges that might work well with this badge when doing activities with multiple levels.  These are simply suggestions and may take some creativity and extra steps to earn all the badges in various levels.

A Multi-Level Troop will need to do extra steps when earning different badges across levels. It depends on how many requirements overlap. Some will only have one or two matching requirements.

If there is no badge in a level, we suggest that a level earns a Fun Patch related to the rest of the badges instead of an official badge.

• Daisy – Fun Patch (Model Car Design Challenge does not correlate)
• Brownie – Fun Patch (Race Car Design Challenge does not correlate well)
• Junior – Balloon Car Design Challenge
• Cadette – Fun Patch (no equivalent)
• Senior – Fun Patch (no equivalent)
• Ambassador – Fun Patch (no equivalent)

Uniform Placement

This badge should go where #13 is stated on the GSUSA Uniform Guide.

(Note – Badges and pins on a sash simply go in order (top of sash to bottom of sash) of Identification badges, bridging badge, pins, journeys, and other badges. Anything that does not fit on the front can be placed on the back of the sash. Sashes will not hold a lot of badges and vests are recommended if you plan to earn badges.)

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