AIR

Here are some ideas for earning the Air badge.  Some activities are designed to be done in a patrol or unit, others are designed to be done at home.

Suggestions have been split into ideas for Guides aged under 10 and Guides aged over 10, but feel free to mix and match - as long as it is a challenge for the individual girl!

Under 10

With your patrol or unit, make paper aeroplanes and see whose flies the furthest.   Here are some instructions.

Learn about asthma and know what to do if someone has an asthma attack.  There are some tips on this website.

Construct a kite using these instructions.

Participate in a service activity that contributes to making cleaner air.

Make a poster showing different activities that contribute to air pollution.  There is some information here.

Play an activity with your unit using balloons.  There is an idea in the Games section.

Pretend you are going on an overseas holiday - choose a destination, plan how to get there by plane and what luggage you will need to take.

Make a weathervane.

Over 10

Make a poster showing different activities that contribute to air pollution.  There is some information here.

Demonstrate your ability to play a wind musical instrument.

Pretend you are going on an overseas holiday - choose a destination, plan how to get there by plane and what luggage you will need to take.

With your patrol or unit, make paper aeroplanes and see whose flies the furthest.   Here are some instructions.

Learn about asthma and know what to do if someone has an asthma attack.  There are some tips on this website.

Play an activity with your unit using balloons.  There is an idea in the Games section.

Learn about the Beaufort scale and record your observations at the same time every day for a week.

Construct a kite using these instructions.  Find out which country has 'kite fighting' as a sport.

Know DR ABCD and be able to demonstrate CPR.

Make a paper helicopter following these instructions.

Learn meditation breathing and teach it to your patrol.

Make a weathervane.