With summer around the corner, many of us are looking forward to a vacation. If you have an upcoming vacation trip planned, check out the travel merit badge. Many of the requirements, especially at the lower levels, can be incorporated into your existing plans.
Requirement #16 looks are requirements for international travel. Continue reading “Merit Badge Help – Passports”
This summer I am spending some time working on my lesson plans for our next program year. My Tenderhearts have requested the geology merit badge. I have to say after 7 years with AHG, this will be my first time to work on the Geology badge.
Looking at the optional requirements available, I thought that requirement #7 would be interesting. Instead of my amateur rock classification, why not find a rock from our meeting location and have NASA analyze it. Continue reading “AHG Badge Help – Geology #7”
Do you realize how many different breeds of horses exist? Just in the United States there are close to 50 different breeds. And there are too many to list from around the world. The most common breeds include Arabian, American Paint Horse, American Quarter Horse, Appaloosa and Thoroughbred.
To help my Tenderheart unit complete Horsemanship requirement #7, I began with a trip to my local library. I checked out a stack of books on horse breeds. My favorite was Horses by Elwyn Hartley Edwards. It is part of the DK Smithsonian handbook series. Continue reading “AHG Badge Help – Horsemanship #7”
As a child I remember how exciting the thought of being an astronaut and walking in space would be. I could not imagine how breathtaking it would be to watch a sunrise in space, or humbling it would be to look out into the depths of the universe and realize how small the human race is. As I have grown older, and the space program has changed, I no longer dream of spending months in space away from my family and loved ones.
Requirement #4 of Living and Working in Space allows the girls to imagine what they would look like as an astronaut. With the aid of digital cameras and the internet, this requirement can be completed very easily for Tenderhearts. Continue reading “AHG Badge Help – Living and Working in Space #4”
Every American Heritage Girl I have met seems drawn to the Horsemanship Merit Badge.
Many years ago, when my daughter earned this badge, the instructor used sticky notes to teach the parts of a horse.
Recently my Tenderheart unit attended a multi-troop event to a local horse farm. However, the instructor missed a few requirements. Thankfully we were able to finish them up at a meeting.
Since I did not have access to a live horse, I made do with a piece of poster board.
NOTE: The requirements have been simplified here. Please be sure to read the full text in the Girl Handbook to make sure you fully understand the requirements.
