Interest Projects

New Interest Projects Launched!

In March 2006, 10 new Interest Project Awards were announced by GSUSA. These IP's follow a new format for completing requirements: Learn, Do and Share.

To complete these online IP's you follow six steps:

Build a skill by doing the required activity.
Learn by doing one activity from the learn category.
Do by practicing a new skill with one activity from the do category.
Share by doing one activity from the share category.
Design and do an activity called "Your Own" based on a SMART goal the girls plan.
Reflect by completing a reflection activity that describes what parts of the Promise and Law relate to what they did while earning the IP.

For More Information, see the Tips for ADULT VOLUNTEERS on the GSUSA website.

New Interest Projects and links to requirements

Home is Where the Heart Is - Raising awareness of homelessness
B Xtreme - exploring more adventurous activities
Global Girls - appreciate challenges facing girls and women around the world
On Your Own - practical skills for living "on your own" - check out how the IP was suggested by Troop 466 of Virginia Beach!
G.O. Girl! - simplifying and organizing your life
In the Pink - promoting Breast Cancer Awareness
Uncovering the Evidence - learn about forensic science techniques
Couch Potato - cool way to improve TV viewing habits
Sew Glam - unleashing creativity to re-design old clothes and make them new and glamorous
Hi-Tech Hide and Seek - updated versions of your childhood game - letterboxing and geocaching

Interest Projects for Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts

What to do if you are working on an IPP independently

When you daydream, what do you envision? Do you think of yourself as an astronaut exploring far-off galaxies? Perhaps you have visions of being a star athlete or concert pianist.

Dreams are unique to each person and generally reflect an individual's interests and aspirations. As a Girl Scout you have many opportunities to fulfill your dreams or simply to start hobbies that will enrich your daily life. Completing interest projects can be the first step along the way.

Each interest project designed before March 2006, contains numerous activities, which are organized into four different categories: Skill Builders, Technology, Service Projects and Career Exploration. By doing these activities, you will gain insights about yourself - your strengths and weaknesses, your likes and dislikes. You will have a range of new experiences, and you will develop valuable skills and expertise in specific areas. To earn an interest project patch, you must complete at least seven activities as follows:

Two Skill Builders activities
One Technology activity
One Service Project activity
One Career Exploration activity
Two activities from any category that you choose.

Taken from the introduction to Interest Projects for Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts.

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Working Independently on Interest Project Patches

Throughout the year, Girl Scout Troop 183 works together on Interest Project Patches selected by the girls plus we participate in IPP Workshops offered by the Council.

Many times, girls have hobbies or activities that correspond with an Interest Project, school work that may meet patch requirements or they may desire to try something new by working on a specific patch.

Girl Scout Troop 183 provides a "Troop Journal" at the beginning of each school year for each girl to record her badge work.

To receive credit for their work, each girl is asked to record her activities in her Troop Journal and have the entry signed by an adult. She then turns in her journal to have her work recorded by a troop leader. She needs to use the following format:

Date, IPP and requirement, a description of completed work and adult signature.

(i.e.: 8/1/03, Water Sports IPP, Skill Builder 4, "I participated in a 6-week water aerobics class this summer and learned the proper techniques for warming up, exercising, body sculpting and cooling down." Signature: Aerobics Instructor I. M. Swim)