Here is a quick glance look at which badges line up in the C/S/A Levels in our Multi-Level Themes. See the D/B/J Levels Quick Guide for the younger levels. An All Levels Quick Guide is also available.
(“No easy match-up” means there’s no direct badge or journey equivalent for that level.)
| Category | Cadette | Senior | Ambassador |
| Advocate Journey | MEdia – link the stories to stories in the media and how to change the media to change a story | Mission Sisterhood – self-reflection and healthy relationships, find issue that women face and research it, TAP | Public Policy – Similar to Senior level Social Innovator with a bit more expansion; or Your Voice, Your World Journey – Find how to speak on topic to advocate for an important change |
| Animal | Animal Helpers | Voice for Animals | No easy match-up |
| Animal (Eco) | No easy match-up | Eco Explorer – add field trip | Eco Advocate or Justice Journey – add consult with experts |
| Art (Book Art) | Book Artist | Collage Artist | No easy match-up |
| Art (Cadette) | Comic Artist – types of comics, expressions, 4 panel comic creation or Woodworker | No easy match-up | No easy match-up |
| Art (Senior) | No easy match-up | Textile Artist (does not correlate to Book Artist) | No easy match-up |
| Art (Digital Arts) | Digital Movie Maker | No easy match-up | Photographer |
| Art (Computer) | Netiquette – bad posts, mean comments, email etiquette, make social media profile | Website Designer – pick a topic, find a host, chose a format, create content, go live | No easy match-up |
| Art (Outdoor Art) | Outdoor Art Apprentice | Outdoor Art Expert | Outdoor Art Master |
| Athletic | No easy match-up (Good Sportsmanship does not correlate) | Cross-Training | Coaching |
| Automotive | No easy match-up | No easy match-up | No easy match-up |
| Award Badges (Global Action) | Cadette Global Action Award | Senior Global Action Award | Ambassador Global Action Award |
| Award Badges (WTD) | C/S/A World Thinking Day | C/S/A World Thinking Day | C/S/A World Thinking Day |
| Camper | Primitive Camper AND/OR Trailblazing (or Night Owl – plan a late night activity (as well as meet the other 4 requirements)) | Adventure Camper (or Traveler – plan budget and itinerary for a 2 full day trip AND/OR Adventurer – plan one outdoor adventure including a service project) | Survival Camper (or Ultimate Recreation Challenge – plan and make 4 events in 4 categories) |
| Camper (Hiking) | Eco Trekker | No easy match-up | No easy match-up |
| Citizen (Civics) | Finding Common Ground – compromise, formal debate rules, watch and discuss a debate | Behind the Ballot – how to vote, voting process, make a campaign, foreign voting for women | No easy match-up |
| Citizen (Democracy) | Democracy for Cadettes | Democracy for Seniors | Democracy for Ambassadors |
| Coding (Basics) | No easy match-up | No easy match-up | No easy match-up |
| Coding (Game Design) | Cadette Digital Game Design – partial match to Senior & Ambassador | Senior Digital Game Design | Ambassador Digital Game Design |
| Coding (App Design) | Cadette App Development | Senior App Development | Ambassador App Development |
| Cookie Business | My Cookie Venture (Year 1) – Cookies, Goal, Mission Statement, Customers, Team Business Plan | My Cookie Network (Year 1) – Cookies, Goal, Worthy Cause, Expand Customers, Marketing Message | My Cookie Business Resume (Year 1) – Cookies, Resume, Marketing Ideas, Expand Customers, Portfolio Creation |
| Cookie Business | Cookie Market Researcher (Year 2) – Cookies, Goal, Girl Scout Brand, Marketing Plan, Marketing Campaign OR Cookie Innovator (Year 3) – Cookies, Big Goal, Plan to Meet Big Goal, Ethics, Share Big Goal with Customers | Cookie Boss (Year 2) – Cookies, SMART Goal Criteria, Team Business Decision, Pitch, Expand Customers | Cookie Influencer (Year 2) – Cookies, Goal, Value Proposition, Marketing Campaign, Leave a Legacy |
| Cooking | New Cuisines – make regional, international, cooking for a specific diet or cause, and historical dish and share one | Locavore – learn about local food sources, cook a dish showcasing a local food source, make a recipe with local ingredients, and do a cooking challenge with local ingredients | No easy match-up |
| Cybersecurity (Basics) | No easy match-up | Senior Cybersecurity Basics | Ambassador Cybersecurity Basics |
| Cybersecurity (Safeguards) | Cadette Cybersecurity Safeguards | Senior Cybersecurity Safeguards | Ambassador Cybersecurity Safeguards |
| Cybersecurity (Investigator) | Cadette Cybersecurity Investigator | Senior Cybersecurity Investigator | Ambassador Cybersecurity Investigator |
| Entrepreneur | Business Creator – Make something that solves a problem and make business plan | Business Startup – Get idea for business, who are customers, and make business plan | Entrepreneur Accelerator – Get idea for business, who are customers, conduct market research, and make business plan |
| Financial Literacy | My Dream Budget (Year 3) – Dream Job, Cost Rural/City Living, Day-to-Day Life, Give Back, Budget Living Costs | Savvy Saver (Year 1) – Research Costs, Consumer Research, Long Term Costs, Comparison Shopping, Create Saving Plan for Big Purchase | Financial Planner (Year 1) – Daily Expenses, Credit Cards, Loans, Good Credit, Financial Responsibility Statement |
| Financial Literacy | Budget Manager (Year 1) – Budget on Values, Track Spending, Earn Money, Choose Between Needs/Wants, Set Goal to Give Back OR My Money Habits (Year 2) – Paying without Money, Influence on Spending, Track Spending, Investing, Protect Financial Information | My Financial Power (Year 2) – Earning Money, Influence on Spending, Inflation, Investing, Give Back | My Financial Independence (Year 2) – Rent/Home Owner, Living Expenses, Investing, Investment Protection, Give Back |
| Game Maker | Field Day – dress up and play historical game, add science game, pentathlon, and fictional game | Game Visionary – ice breaker game, life sized board game, physical challenge, puzzle game, and ultra-scavenger hunt | Dinner Party – Create a Menu for the party you make all the games at |
| GS Way | Cadette Girl Scout Way – Celebrate Girl Scout Week | Senior Girl Scout Way – help younger scouts celebrate a special event | Ambassador Girl Scout Way – Celebrate World Thinking Day |
| Healthy Living | Eating for You – nutrient facts, info about diets, stress food, energy food | Women’s Health – women’s health facts, emotional health | No easy match-up |
| Investigation | Special Agent – add forensic science | No easy match-up | No easy match-up |
| Investigation (Cybersecurity) | No easy match-up | No easy match-up | No easy match-up |
| It’s Your Journey | aMAZE – healthy relationships, navigating cliques, moving beyond stereotypes, TAP | Mission Sisterhood – self-reflection and healthy relationships, find issue that women face and research it, TAP | Public Policy – make a TAP to solve a local problem (Not a Journey, but the Ambassador level Journeys do not correlate and Public Policy badge does). |
| Leadership Awards (Highest Award) | Silver Award – solo or small groups | Gold Award – solo | Gold Award – solo |
| Leadership Awards (Leadership) | Silver Torch Award | Silver and Gold Torch Award | Gold Torch Award |
| Leadership Awards (Leading) | Program Aide (CPA) OR Leadership in Action (LiA) | CIT – Counselor in Training OR VIT – Volunteer in Training | CIT II – Counselor in Training 2 OR VIT – Volunteer in Training |
| Leadership Awards (Service to GS) | Cadette Service to Girl Scouting Bar – 20 hours | Senior Service to Girl Scouting Bar – 20 hours | Ambassador Service to Girl Scouting Bar – 20 hours |
| Leadership Awards (Community Service) | Cadette Community Service Bar – 20 hours | Senior Community Service Bar – 20 hours | Ambassador Community Service Bar – 20 hours |
| Music | No easy match-up | No easy match-up | No easy match-up |
| Nature (Garden) | Trees – make sure garden visit includes trees, design treehouse, plant a tree | Sow What Journey – Farming information and TAP | No easy match-up |
| Nature (Air) | Breathe Journey – add air quality information | Sky | No easy match-up |
| Nature (Water) | No easy match-up | No easy match-up | Water |
| Outdoor | No easy match-up | No easy match-up | No easy match-up |
| Public Speaking | Public Speaker – learn and speak about a topic | (RETIRED BADGE) Social Innovator – make a social change | Your Voice, Your World Journey – Find how to speak on topic to advocate for an important change |
| Public Speaking (Performance) | Screenwriter – write 12-page script | Troupe Performer – plan and execute a performance | No easy match-up |
| Robotics (Program) | Cadette Programming Robots – Build Sensors | Senior Programming Robots – Build robot arm | Ambassador Programming Robots – Build Motorized Robot |
| Robotics (Design) | Cadette Designing Robots | Senior Designing Robots | Ambassador Designing Robots |
| Robotics (Show) | Cadette Showcasing Robots – present robot | Senior Showcasing Robots – hold mini competition | Ambassador Showcasing Robots – hold mini robot event |
| Self Care | No easy match-up | No easy match-up | No easy match-up |
| Space | Space Science Researcher – Invisible Vs. Visible Light | Space Science Expert – Explore distance between stars | Space Science Master – Explore NASA and Space Careers |
| STEM Career | Cadette STEM Career Exploration | Senior STEM Career Exploration | Ambassador STEM Career Exploration |
| Writing | Screenwriter – write 12-page script OR Comic Artist – 4 panel Comic | Novelist – write 20-page short novel | No easy match-up |
The Think Like a… Journey sets often have completely different project designated and cannot be done concurrently while with keeping the technical requirements. Many multi-level troop leaders will pick the level that is appropriate or interesting for their troop or mix and match projects in the Engineering and Programming categories, ensuring a total of three are done.
| Think Like a… Journeys (Citizen Scientist) | make observations about your environment, create a community field guide and a SciStarter project | make observations about your environment, design a way to test a hypothesis and a SciStarter project | 3 observation sessions of a citizen science project from SciStarter and collect data from you community |
| Think Like a… Journeys (Programmer) | Learn Computational Thinking and do Do 3 computational thinking activities: (computer or not lesson, create a card-sorting algorithm, and create user-centered design). | Learn Computational Thinking and do Do 3 computational thinking activities: (create rules for how to stack cards to share messages and learn about encoding information, Building Block Algorithm, and test a user-centered design). | Learn Computational Thinking and do Do 3 computational thinking activities: (binary message-sending machine, minimum card algorithm, and design a user-centered design app to solve a problem) |
| Think Like a… Journeys (Engineer) | Learn the Engineering Design Process and do 3 design thinking activities: (life vest for a dog, a camp cabin, and an elephant prosthetic leg). | Learn the Engineering Design Process and do 3 design thinking activities: (harmless can holder, a kinetic sculpture, and an assistive device for the elderly). | Learn the Engineering Design Process and do 3 design thinking activities: (animal enrichment product, a zip line course, and mobility equipment). |
Snow or Climbing adventures and Trail Adventures are different for each level and cannot be done concurrently with keeping the technical requirements. Many multi-level troop leaders will pick an adventure that is appropriate for the level of progression of that troop and count it for all levels.
| Snow and Climbing (Climb) | climb and belay using a top-rope climbing system. Aim for two to three practice sessions on an artificial indoor or outdoor climbing wall before you tackle the real deal | two-day climbing trip where you will climb and belay using a top-rope climbing system, rappel, and do gear safety checks. | three-day climbing trip where you will climb and belay using a top-rope climbing system, rappel, do gear safety checks, and practice setting up top-rope anchor systems with 2-3 practice sessions using an artificial climbing wall (indoor or outdoor) before your outdoor adventure. |
| Snow and Climbing (Snow) | learn the skills for skiing and/or snowboarding & spend two days on the slopes (either an overnight trip or two separate day trips); | snow camping overnight in a designated camping area, such as a local state park or campground (not meant for backcountry); | three-day winter backpacking trip in the backcountry; |
| Trail (Hike) | train for and complete all three of the trail challenges on three different days with minimum six hours on the trail each day (minimum 2,000-foot cumulative elevation gain, minimum of 10 miles, and trail on a terrain different from previous hikes you’ve done); | plan, prepare, and complete a three-day, two-night backpacking trip of 10 miles distance; | plan, prepare, and complete a five-day, four-night backpacking trip of 20-25 miles distance; |
| Trail (Run) | train to build endurance for running a long distance at a comfortable pace, at least 3 mile distance | train and compete in a trail race of 5K/10K distance | help guide another girl in the sport of trail running with at least eight training sessions over a two-month period |
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