WATER

Here are some ideas for earning the Water 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

List 5 ways that you can conserve water at home – pick one of these and carry it out for at least a week.

Make a poster encouraging people to treat waterways well.

Pass a stage in swimming – or participate in any activity on/in water.

With your patrol, find 5 items in the hall that will float and 5 that will sink – and test them to see if you are right.

Go ice-blocking (if you don’t know what this is, watch this video).

With a partner, or in a group, see how many times you can throw and catch a balloon half-filled with water.

Participate in a relay where you have to carry water from one container to an empty container.

Get your whole patrol across a pretend polluted river (area of ground) using only 3 pieces of newspaper.  You are not allowed to slide on the newspaper. 

Play the game at this website here.

Over 10

Make a poster showing 2 different bodies of water (eg beach, river, pool) – include warnings of 5 dangers you might find at each.

Pass a swimming level – or participate in any activity on/in water.

Do an experiment involving water – this might include dissolving something or making ice/steam (check out this website for lots of great ideas).

Be able to show the major waterways around Perth – rivers, lakes, ocean – on a map.

Decide on a way you can save water and do it for a week (for some ideas, visit this website and use the links on the right-hand side).

Find out how much water you need to drink every day to be healthy – keep track of how much you drink for a week and see how well you do!

Participate in a relay race that involves carrying at least 2L of water around a course so that you understand how hard it is for people who don’t get water out of a tap.

Try the water filter experiment on this website.

Play a game involving water – such as Dead Fish (see Games section) – or have a water fight. 

Try canoeing or kayaking.