(Part 3 of Coding for Good Progressive Badge Set)
Yes – 2011 Is the current GSUSA badge
Released in 2019 but is considered part of the 2011 Girl’s Guide. The Cadette page has information on when all badges were released.
What is this badge about?
Design a tracking app that visually shows data.
Choose your own activities!
Our Summary* of requirements:
- Learn about different ways to visually show data (charts, diagrams, infographics).
- Write an array listing something (i.e. the shoes you own (var myShoes =[“1”, “2”,…]).).
- Think of a habit that you can measure progress in some way and create an app idea that would collect that data.
- Learn how to take two types of data and visualize it so patterns can be found.
- Think of a way to make a health of habit-tracking app easy and fun.
* – This summary is based off the GSUSA booklet activity choices.
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What is a good Troop Meeting Plan besides the VTK?
- Basic Meeting Plan compiled by The Badge Archive
Click to Expand → All Known Meeting Plans and Resource Links
Meeting Plans
- Basic Meeting Plan compiled by The Badge Archive
- Booklet Info from Scouts Honor Wiki
Other Resources
- See the C/S/A Activity List – choose your own activities!
- Find out if your local Apple Store has the program to earn this badge.
- Cadette Notes to Volunteers from GSUSA
- Booklet Info from Scouts Honor Wiki
- View Booklet Online
What is a good way to earn the badge at home?
- Recommendation: Write Arrays, Habit Tracker, and Design your app on Blank App Screens
- Girl Scout Account on Vidcode to earn the 3 Coding badges using the GSUSA Cadette Level Instructions
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At Home Plans
- Girl Scout Account on Vidcode to earn the 3 Coding badges using the GSUSA Cadette Level Instructions
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GSUSA Information and Details
Five steps are needed to complete this badge:
- Learn to collect and visualize community data
- Write objects to organize and store data
- Design a community data collection plan
- Analyze your community data
- Develop a prototype for a social app
Click to Expand → GSUSA Official Resources
- Buy the GSUSA Leader Guide Booklet (View Online)
(Sold as a single booklet of all 3 Progressive Badges)
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- GSUSA Volunteer Toolkit (VTK) free plan for 2 Meetings – No links available. This is only accessible through MyGS log-in on Council’s website for troop leaders
- Mtg 1: Brainstorm Healthy Habits You Can Track, Bar Chart, and JavaScript Arrays
- Mtg 2: Analyze Data, Design App, and Create App Sales Pitch
- Cadette Glossary by GSUSA
- Cadette Notes to Volunteers by GSUSA
- Girl Scout Account on Vidcode to earn the 3 Coding badges using the GSUSA Cadette Level Instructions
- Brainstorm with Think Pair Share by GSUSA
- VTK Blank Bar Chart by GSUSA
- VTK Sample Activity Tracking Bar Chart by GSUSA
- VTK Basic Data Visualization Examples by GSUSA
- VTK Write Arrays by GSUSA
- VTK Tracking Systems by GSUSA
- VTK Blank App Screens by GSUSA
- VTK App Concept Note by GSUSA
- VTK Blank Scatter Plot Sheet by GSUSA
- VTK Sample Data Examples by GSUSA
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Is there a matching badge for Multi-Level Troops?
Learn about the Coding Multi-level GSUSA 2011 badges.
Where does this go on the Uniform?
This is a Skill Based Badge – Click Here to see diagrams and details on where to place it.
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