36: Set up an obstacle course outside.

72-73: A list of problems/global causes (including the environment) to think about and come up with ideas about what you could do to help.

9: Create a "supergirl" comic, story, or TV script

13: Paste a photo of yourself in a frame and draw lines to your qualities.

44: Create a picture story of what your team is doing.

68: Tips for creating a story, comic or script of your supergirl heroine.

71: Draw a map of all the communities you belong to.

76: Join with kids to help them create stories.

84: Come up with slogans and songs for your project.

86: Make a project scrapbook.

88-97: Create and draw your own comic story about your project.

32-3: Power snacks that include protein and fiber, and not much sugar: fruit, low-fat cheese, yogurt, almonds, etc. Be on the lookout for power snacks in the community.

43: Choose outdoor activities that offer plenty of physical activity (tag, a walk, etc.).

53: Create an obstacle course with active stations.

58: Run the obstacle course, learn teamwork.

10: Learn to find a problem, come up with ideas, make a plan.

43: Take a hike and find elements of the water cycle.

50: 57: Science heroines, including Jane Goodall.

10: Power of Team Award: create a story, comic or TV script.

26: Encourage girls to write in their books.

29: Ceremonies need props, reading and music to nourish the senses, skits or gestures for the occasion.

43: Take time to experience how stories are created and shared (plays, films, books, etc.); collect items from nature for collages; encourage crafts opportunities, such as extending Power Logs into power bracelets to trade with one another.

47: Encourage girls to journal or write about their feelings.

48: Create a self-portrait collage; keep a log of daily activities and the power used for them; invite girls to set up a gallery exhibit of their work.

51-2: Girls write their story on paper or make trading cards or create a work of art; perhaps a herstory magazine or collage. Exhibit superhero stories or share them with younger girls; make Dream Team cards; make trading cards about themselves.

56: Turn herstories into a collection—collage, trading cards or magazine—and decide where to show them.

62: Act out the comic story.

63: Create a comic story or script, play, radio show, puppet show, etc.

74: Encourage girls to take plenty of pictures of the project so they can scrapbook.

76: Draw a resource pie.

77: Have girls do interviews and record one another’s thoughts, or their own.

81: Create a poster to thank the community; make a scrapbook; come up with funny slogans; record theme songs for and inspiration station.

84: Girls write a community proclamation about their commitment to the community.

85: Use the end pages in the book to make a comic-book story of your project.

22: Donna Zimmerman’s vegan soups.

25: Work on getting a dog run in your area to get a little exercise for your dog (and you).

31: Make a walking salad nested inside cored fruit.

49: Suggestions for getting active outside.

103: Start your own walking school bus or bicycle train to school—good for your health and the environment.

5: What is energy; how we’re using too much.

6: Investigate energy around you; see how plants and animals use and conserve energy.

8: How spiders spin webs to conserve energy.

10-11: Comparison of different kinds of energy; illustration of wavelengths

12: Measuring energy.

14-15: What is global warming and what people are doing to combat it.

16-17: What’s your carbon footprint; how much energy is used in different countries; CO2 emissions.

18: Pledge to use less energy; try going off the grid.

26-27: Waste, energy and wasted energy.

28-9: How many trees are used to make paper products; how people are trying to use less paper.

27-31: Timeline of paper and plastic and how long it takes to decompose.

33: How long it takes different items to decompose; items made from recycled goods.

34: How a Girl Scout reduced waste in her school cafeteria.

35: How you can reduce waste in your cafeteria.

36-9: Making recycled paper.

45-8: All about butterflies and how global warming is affecting migration.

50-1: Conservationists and saving animals from extinction.

52-3: Natural energy around the world: Victoria Falls, northern lights, etc.

54-7: Light pollution: how it wastes energy and what people are doing about it.

59: Notice how many lights are on and how much energy is being wasted; measure the light in your city’s night sky and report it to GLOBE at Night.

60-65: Building to conserve energy.

68-9: Do an energy audit of your building.

70-71: Prepare your house for an energy audit by looking for leaky windows, plugged-in electrical equipment, etc. Facts about where energy is wasted in a home.

72-3: Tips for being energy smart; check your school and other buildings for energy efficiency.

74-5: Forms for Building Bio and Energy Audit.

76-9: How cars affect the environment; why bikes can help; new bike programs

in cities.

80-1: Start a community bike sharing program.

83: Engineer Denise Gray is working on a battery that will power an electric car.

84: How Zipcars conserve resources.

86-101: How walking school buses or starting a bicycle train to school can save gas and help the environment.

107: Investigate energy use in a building in your community.

13: Draw a diagram of the places energy is used in your room.

40: Making paper from weeds, carrot tops, etc.

41: Turning plastic bags into purses.

42: Making clothing from recycled trash.

58: Draw what you want the night sky to look like.

63: Draw your dream green home.

66: Draw an old building and what you’d like it to look like; convert an underused space into a pop-up gallery for your artwork; plans for smart energy use.

82: Draw your dream car.

(If you have time and materials, put your own twist on these activities, such as having girls make a model of their building, or construct a dream car from recycled materials.)

30: Plan outdoor activities that offer physical activity (tag, freeze-dancing).

31: Energy snack suggestions: Lettuce envelopes, fresh fruit, trail mix, hot apple juice, orange smiles, popcorn light bulbs, make-your-own granola bars. Suggestion to go to MyPyramid.gov for nutrition tips.

36: Ask girls to name ad slogans for snacks and rate how energizing the snacks are. Share energizing snack suggestions.

82: Ideas for energizing snacks; play freeze dance to have fun with energy.

86-7: Encourage girls to walk/bike to save energy and get moving; walkability/bikeability survey.

95: Play a giant game of freeze dance, create an energizing snack such as popcorn light bulbs.

14-5: Observe the night sky; find constellations; facts about North Star; light pollution.

16: Make homemade firestarters with recycled materials.

22-3: Observe animals in nature, discuss their movements and use of energy.

29: Encourage girls to think wisely about resources; invite them to collect recycled or natural decorative bits, fallen leaves, etc.

30: Encourage girls to write down their observations on outdoor trips.

33: Definition of energy; how we use energy; definition of energy efficiency.

34: Tell girls about awards: Energize, Investigate, Innovate.

35: Making recycled paper.

36: Invite energy experts as guests.

39: Make energy pledges; why it’s good to use less energy.

40: Study how much waste is in packages; better ways to package.

41: Experiment: How plants turn sun’s energy into light; girls sketch plants, particularly noting the leaves, and observe how sunlight affects them.

43: Importance of recycling.

44: Girls investigate how animals use energy according to their needs.

45: Observe animals in nature and jot down thoughts and observations; discuss how animals conserve energy.

46: How elephants communicate; lemurs; discuss the behavior of animals compared to humans.

48: Explore energy use in buildings.

50-2: What’s a watt; check on the plant/light experiment; types of light bulbs and how they work; experiment to find out which bulbs use more energy.

53: Experiment: Investigate drafts and brainstorm how to improve them; definition of investigation.

54: The value of insulation; experiment to test how well items insulate; tips for keeping warm.

57: How much energy buildings use; conduct an energy audit of a community building.

58-9: Suggestions for energy experts; how to conduct an energy audit and record information collected during the audit; visit a thrift store to study recycling. Encourage girls to be curious and use what they’ve learned; look for clues to the building’s energy use.

60: Encourage girls to look over data and observations, get expert advice, and share findings with building manager.

68: Hello, I’m An Engineer—career profile.

69: Different types of engineers and what they do.

70: Questions to ask during an investigation or energy audit.

71: Analyze your data.

72: What you learned from your energy audit.

73: Share what you’ve learned and advocate for change.

76: Where the term green came from; profile of architect; a puzzle that makes you think outside the box.

78: Check in on the plants/light experiment and make observations.

82: Visit a hybrid car dealer and learn how the car works.

83: Come up with an Innovate project idea.

84: Explore energy spent and saved in transportation; name a constellation.

93: Invite girls to build a girl-powered Human Perpetual Motion Machine with some girls becoming forms of renewable energy and some becoming gears, wheels, etc.

16: Make homemade firestarters with recycled materials, make shadow puppets.

30: Experience how stories are created and shared (comics, writing, illustration, design). Encourage crafts opportunities as they arise.

35: Use recycled paper to make posters about energy or personal energy certificates.

40: Definition of furoshiki; suggest girls make a recycled package.

41: Sketch plants in the light experiment; use triangles of paper to make beads; make necklaces or a team strand in which each girl contributes beads with the energy pledge.

42: How to make the beads; use leftover beads to make bead swaps.

46: Create images or poems inspired by what girls observed in animals; write a haiku; compose a rhyming chant or rap; sketch a picture of an animal or insect using energy.

47: Make drink cozies from recycled denim.

55: Instructions for making hot drink cozies from denim.

80: Use recycled paper to make silhouettes of friends or family members.

16: Make homemade firestarters with recycled materials, make shadow puppets.

30: Experience how stories are created and shared (comics, writing, illustration, design). Encourage crafts opportunities as they arise.

35: Use recycled paper to make posters about energy or personal energy certificates.

40: Definition of furoshiki, suggest girls make a recycled package.

41: Sketch plants in the light experiment, use triangles of paper to make beads, make necklaces or a team strand in which each girl contributes beads with the energy pledge.

42: How to make the beads, use leftover beads to make bead swaps.

46: Create images or poems inspired by what they observed in animals, write a haiku, compose a rhyming chant or rap, sketch a picture of an animal or insect using energy.

47: Make drink cozies from recycled denim.

55: Instructions for making hot drink cozies from denim.

80: Use recycled paper to make silhouettes of friends or family members.