Per GSUSA’s 2025 Award Log: “These awards are retiring on 10/1/26”
Yes – 2011 Is the current GSUSA badge
Released in 2017 but is considered part of the 2011 Girl’s Guide. The Junior page has information on when all badges were released.
Choose your own activities!
Activity List(Not Available Yet)
- There is no Scout’s Honor Wiki link
Our Summary* of requirements:
- Learn what Computational Thinking is.
- Do three activities to practice computational thinking (Tangram algorithms; create mad libs and craft algorithm suncatchers; and rapid prototyping with kites/paper airplanes or paper snowflakes).
- Plan and do a Take Action Plan (TAP).
* – This summary is based off the GSUSA booklet activity choices.
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What is a good Troop Meeting Plan besides the VTK?
- PDF Meeting Plan Rewrite from Girl Scouts with a Cause blog – Archived Copy of PDF
Click to Expand → All Known Meeting Plans and Resource Links
Meeting Plans
- PDF Meeting Plan Rewrite from Girl Scouts with a Cause blog – Archived Copy of PDF
Other Resources
- (Not Available Yet)
See the Activity List – choose your own activities! - Computational Thinking Activities by STAR Net
- 3 Computational Thinking Activities by imacs
What is a good way to earn the badge at home?
Click to Expand → All Known At Home Plans
At Home Plans
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GSUSA Information and Details
Three steps are needed to complete this badge:
- Find out how programmers use computational thinking to solve problems.
- Do 3 computational thinking activities: create algorithms to make images with tangrams; create mad libs and craft suncatchers to learn more about algorithms, abstraction, functions, and variables; and create a personal innovation to discover rapid prototyping.
(You can earn the Think Like a… badge after step 2. Complete Step 3 to make this a Journey Set) - Plan a Take Action project that helps others. If you’re a Girl Scout volunteer, go to Volunteer Toolkit for complete meeting plans and activity instructions.
(Also get a Take Action Badge after completing Step 3 to make this a Journey Set)
Click to Expand → GSUSA Official Resources
- There is no leader guide or booklet for this Journey
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- GSUSA Volunteer Toolkit (VTK) free plan for Multiple Meetings – No links available. This is only accessible through MyGS log-in on Council’s website for troop leaders
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Is there a matching badge for Multi-Level Troops?
Learn about the GSUSA 2011 Multi-Level Think Like a… Journeys.
Where does this go on the Uniform?
This is typically considered a Journey Badge – Click Here to see diagrams and details on where to place it. This can also be a Skill Based Badge when the Outdoor Journey is not planned – Click Here to see diagrams and details on where to place it.
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