Fulfills Step 5 of GSUSA Junior Practice with Purpose badge requirements.
Info Needed for Badge Requirements:
Scouts create and follow a personal practice routine for one month that includes endurance, strength, and skill drills. Each part should be completed at least twice a week, in any order or combination that works best. After one month, scouts choose one way to reflect and share their progress.
Items Needed:
- One device per team to take photos (camera, phone, or tablet)
- One device per team to build a slideshow (laptop or tablet with software like PowerPoint, Google Slides, or a free app)
- Open space for movement
- Optional: paper and pencil for planning
- A leader device to show all slideshows to the group
Instructions (Total Estimated Time: 30–50 minutes)
- Form Teams and Choose an Exercise (5 minutes)
- Scouts divide into teams of 3–5
- Each team selects one exercise to demonstrate in a photo slideshow (e.g., squats, pushups, lunges, jumping jacks)
- Teams assign roles: photographer, mover, speaker/writer, and designer
- Take Photos and Write Tips (10–12 minutes)
- Teams take 3–4 photos showing the correct way to do the movement
- They take at least 1 photo showing a common mistake (demoed safely and slowly)
- Teams write short captions or descriptions for each photo, including:
- What the movement is
- How to do it correctly
- What the mistake is and why it’s incorrect
- Create the Slideshow (10–15 minutes)
- Teams build a photo slideshow using free software or apps
- Limit each slideshow to 5–6 slides to keep it short (1–3 minutes when presented)
- Include photos, captions, and optional title or summary slide
- Group Viewing and Discussion (5–15 minutes)
- Teams rotate through watching each slideshow or the leader projects them for the full group
- After viewing the slideshows, scouts discuss:
- Which tips were most helpful
- What they learned from each exercise
- How they’ll apply it to future movement
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