(Part 3 of Coding for Good Progressive Badge Set)
Yes – 2011 Is the current GSUSA badge
Buy the Mini Patch
Released in 2019.
The 2011 Ambassador page has information on when all badges were released.
What is this badge about?
Code a data set as objects and design an app based on data collected, including prototype of what the screen looks like, a list of features, and how it functions.
Choose your own activities!
Our Summary* of requirements:
- Create a code about one set of data using the format for objects.
- Learn about data visualization beyond the standard charts, graphs, and tables (i.e. bubble charts, steam graphs, calendars, clocks, timelines, OR maps) and create one.
- Decide one way to collect data in a measurable way and collect it.
- Use the data you collected and analyze it in one way.
- Create an app based on the data collected, including prototype of what the screen looks like, a list of features, and how it functions.
* – This summary is based off the GSUSA booklet activity choices.
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How to earn as a Troop?
Click to Expand → 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.
- Booklet Info from Scouts Honor Wiki
- View Booklet Online
How to earn individually?
Girl Scout Account on Vidcode to earn the 3 Coding badges using the GSUSA Cadette Level Instructions
Recommendation: JavaScript Data Objects, Habit Tracker, and Design your app on Blank App Screens with the Ambassador App Form.
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GSUSA Information and Details
Five steps are needed to complete this badge:
- Learn to code data objects
- Create a data visualization
- Design a data collection plan
- Analyze your leadership data
- Develop an app based on your data
Go to the Official GSUSA Booklet Online.
Click to Expand → Other 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 App Ideas, JavaScript Data Objects, Big Data Visualization, and Data Collection Interview
- Mtg 2: Data Object from Interview Results, and App Design based on Interview Results
- Cadette Glossary by GSUSA
- Senior 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 Data Object by GSUSA
- VTK Data Collection Questionnaire by GSUSA
- VTK Advanced Data Visualization Examples by GSUSA
- VTK Women in U.S. Congress 1917-2019 by GSUSA
- VTK Ambassador Approaches to Data Visualization by GSUSA
- VTK Interview Data Collection Questionnaire by GSUSA
- VTK Interview Data Object by GSUSA
- VTK Blank App Screens by GSUSA
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Is there a matching badge for Multi-Level Troops?
Learn about the 2011 GSUSA Multi-level Coding 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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For More Fun Ideas and Plans
Join the Girl Scout Daisy, Brownie, and Junior Leader Help Facebook Group
(Not an official GSUSA Group)
Join the Girl Scout Cadette, Senior, and Ambassador Leader Help Facebook Group
(Not an official GSUSA Group)
See other Recommended Facebook Groups for some Scouting Organizations
(No official Groups)
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Click Here -> To see information References:
Disclaimer: The information published on The Badge Archive is built from the references listed below. These sources demonstrate that our content is grounded in facts and research, not opinion or speculation. Readers may consult them directly when looking for additional material.
- “Ambassador Coding for Good.” My.girlscouts.org, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., 2019, my.girlscouts.org/content/dam/girlscouts-vtk/badge-booklet/Ambassador_CodingForGood_BadgeBooklet.pdf. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.
- Tilden, Tommi Lewis. Ambassador the Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting. New York, NY, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., 2011.
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