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Program Ideas: Science & Technology State Adviser News Upcoming Events Edition 09 | October 2012 PP 255003/00741
Program Ideas:Science & TechnologyState Adviser NewsUpcoming Events
Edition 09 | October 2012 PP 255003/00741
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ContentsForeword 1
from Guide House 2
Chief Commissioner says 2
from the Properties Department 3
Promise & Law Ceremonies 4
Program Activities for Younger Girls 6
Program Activities for All Ages 6 – 7
Program Activities for Older Girls 8
from the Accounts Team... 9
Adviser and Consultant News 10 – 11
Learning & Development Review Update 12
Training and Events Dates 12
Congratulations 12
Great Guide Sleepover 2012 13
The Dolphins are Jumping at Tingira!
Book your Pre Junior or Junior Guide Unit in now for Dolphin Day on Sunday 4th November. If you can’t go perhaps one or two of your parents would like to spend a fabulous day of water and craft activities with the girls.
It’s time too for Senior Guides to mark Sunday 2nd December on their calendars for Senior Guide Splashdown, a special day of fun on the water including sailing. Applications for both these events will be available on the website or contact Guide House for further information
For those with a more serious bent, don’t forget to book in for the Adult and Trefoil sailing training on 17-18 November.
Now that daylight saving is here, bookings are open for late afternoon to early evening boating sessions. Why not give your end of year celebrations a nautical theme this year. BBQ facilities are available and watching the sunset from the deck makes the perfect end to a day.
For all information about Tingira check the website or contact Guide House.
from the archives...
to the right are snippets from Land, Sea, & Air Ranger Record Books circa 1950s – 1960s.
Has Science & Technology changed or stayed the same?
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. . . Foreword What does the perfect world for the girls look like?
The first ever UN International Day of the Girl will be on 11 October, to recognise girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world. The UN has signaled its commitment to end gender stereotypes, discrimination, violence, and economic disparities that disproportionately affect girls. What can Guide members do? WAGGGS asks girls from 5-30 years to help build a vision of the perfect world for girls through pictures, videos and text submitted by young people worldwide. Once WAGGGS has built up this picture of the perfect world, WAGGGS will share it with important decision makers and ask them to commit to moving toward this perfect world for girls. Visit WAGGGS' website to see how Guides in NSW & ACT can take part. It is a great time to revisit the MDGs and the impact they have on girls around the world. I am one of four speakers on a panel which will discuss the rights of the girl child to at a UN women lunch to celebrate the International Day of the Girl.
The use of technology is now playing a major part in how we can exchange ideas, meet and communicate with one another. It is exciting to see how the Guide community is gaining skills to take advantage of technology now available. Have you had a chance to visit the Let’s Lead Together Wikispace? If not, do so – it is full of useful ideas on setting goals and growing membership in your District. This is the way Leaders who attended Leaders of Adult and Region personnel conference, Let’s Lead Together, held at the end of August can continue to be supported as they put their plans into action.
Leaders in Central West Region now regularly use an online classroom for their meetings, which has helped to build a closer relationship between the Leaders who are spread across a large area of the State. Twenty Leaders have been taking part in a weekly on-line Mentoring Course through New England Institute which by all reports has been very useful and has enabled Leaders in rural, regional and urban areas to participate and meet each other.
It is terrific to see the growing popularity of JOTA/JOTI each year. This year there are many camps and activity days happening where Guides will be using the internet and short wave radios to communicate with Scouts and Guides across the world as well as learning more about the history of communication. Thank you to the Leaders and volunteers who help at these events. It is one way Guides can experience and appreciate they are part of a global organisation.
In this edition you will find a selection of fun science and technology activities for the girls to explore. There are loads of ways girls can get involved in the wonders of science and technology either in unit time or by doing an Explore, Achieve or Challenge badge. Let’s imagine what is possible.
We would like to give a big thank you to Shareen Gleeson, who has recently completed her term as Region Leader for ACT & SE Region and welcome to Fiona Langford who has been appointed the new Region Leader for ACT & SE. A number of the Region Leaders complete their terms between now and the end of May 2013. Please start to plan with the Leaders in your Region who you will nominate to be your next representative. It is a very rewarding role and it is in your interest to be represented at State level. The Region Leaders meet for a weekend as a team 3 times a year with the Stateteam, Advisers, Consultants and senior staff members as required. There is a vacancy for a Region Leader in each of Twin Rivers and South Coast and Highlands Regions. If you would like to discuss the role with myself, Joanne or Luisa, please contact us via Guide House.
Belinda Allen
from the State Team...
2 Edition 09 | October 2012
World Record Car WashIn an exciting new partnership, Girl Guides is teaming up with Repco in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for ‘Most Cars Washed in a Day’ across multiple venues! The event will be held on Saturday, 27th October, 2012. We are asking for small teams of 4-6 Guides to take part (with a Leader present at all times). The teams will be helping to wash cars as well as verify the number of cars washed.Repco will collect a donation of $5/car. Other fundraising opportunities may be available, such as hosting a sausage sizzle on site, but this will be determined on a store to store basis. All monies raised will be retained by the Unit. A list of stores is available from your Olave Program representatives who are coordinating the event. In the first instance register your interest with GGA — [email protected].
Retail ChangesAnna De Mari is acting as Retail Manager, instituting a number of changes. Some are behind the scenes relating to our accounting systems, while others will give better, simpler service. For example, she noticed that almost all Retail visitors come to the shop mid-morning, so she has restricted visiting times to 10am-2pm. This means she can focus on the booming mail and online customers outside
Chief Commissioner saysI am writing part of this report at Quercus Rural Youth Park – home of Tasmania’s Agfest field days site and where fanTAStic will be held in January 2013. The organising team for fanTAStic is doing an amazing job and all the Guides and Leaders who have registered to attend will enjoy a memorable experience at a unique location.
The reason for being at the Agfest site is unrelated to Guiding and relates to my past membership of Tasmanian Rural Youth. I occasionally get ‘roped in’ to assist with different activities and today I am helping with the Young Farmer competition. Young people testing their skills and learning about a diverse range of topics including crop seed identification, spray rig calibration, alpaca judging, finance and even ironing shirts. My role is to assist the 20 finalists develop their public speaking skills. The top six finalists have to give a short speech as part of the competition.
The young people have been keen to learn and all of them recognise the importance of public speaking and being able to clearly communicate a message to an audience. It is a reminder to me about how Guiding develops life skills and how all our girls are given opportunities to stand in front of people and say something. It could be as simple as saying thank you to a person who has come to help with a Unit activity or speaking at a public event. Our young people are then given further opportunities and this may even include speaking at a large international event.
The other role Guiding plays is developing the talent and confidence of young people. Gang Shows have been held across the country and positive reports have flowed in about the Shows. I went to the Hobart Gang Show and was
genuinely impressed with the performance and creativity demonstrated.
I was also privileged to attend the Sydney Taronga Zoo sleep out in late August and sleep under the stars. What an amazing experience for all the girls involved and congratulations to the organising team for running a very professional event.
Once again, I would like to thank the 1200 Leaders who took the time to complete the Learning and Development Survey earlier in the year. The Survey results spread to 300 pages and have given us a very useful insight into the issues that matter to you. In May the GGA Board and Australian Management Team spent considerable time reviewing the final report prepared by Kim Parish. The decision was made to implement the recommendations in full.
Overall the changes will enhance our Leaders capacity to deliver great Guiding. The Learning and Development team are now working hard to bring many of the recommendations to fruition for early 2013. You can read more about the Review from Dawn Borchardt on page nine, and find a summary of the results on the GGA website.
What appears to be the end may really be a new beginning – anonymous
Helen Geard Chief Commissioner
...from Guide Houseof those hours. She is also making huge changes to postage charges. Stay tuned.
Glengarry Kitchen RedevelopmentThe kitchen redevelopment is ahead of schedule in terms of time and budget. The vegetation work has been completed, as has the fire protection work throughout the buildings, not only the kitchen. Please check out the website for photos of our thoroughly commercial kitchen Escoffier would be proud to work in.
In addition the low ropes course has been completed and we are applying for grants to cover further outdoor activities.
Great Guide Sleepover – Guides take over the zoo!The highlight of the year! I love seeing the girls’ faces light up during an event they will remember when they are eighty. Thanks to the organisers and people like the Trefoil members who carry out all the jobs which make the night happen. And a big thank you to our DJ Lisa Harris.
Linda Latham State Executive Officer
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Hello again to all readers! Thank you for taking the time to read our Property Report.
Hall repair works – Success in Singleton
I would like to personally acknowledge Singleton Guide District, and in particular the District Leader Sylvia Hamblin, for fabulous effort raising funds for maintenance on the hall. The hall requires re-piering - quotes were obtained by Sylvia who then passed the quotes onto the Property Department for review and to help them obtain the best value for money for the works requested. Properties provided advice to help the District determine what course of action best suited the Hall. Congratulations again to Sylvia and everyone involved in the District!
On the topic of “Grants”
The Community Building Partnership Grants close on Monday, 22 October 2012. Please keep in mind you must submit any application requiring a DA to the FMC. Please also refer your proposal to your Region Leader as early as possible and submit your application to Guide House before the closing date. We have a team at Guide House that can assist with the presentation of your project proposal, and the Property Department which can assist with any Development or DA enquiries in regards to Local Council — we are only a phone call or email away.
Spring Cleaning & Volunteer Roles
As it warms up most of us will be spending more time outside enjoying the sunshine. Please keep in mind there are also “others” who enjoy this change in season…Keep an eye out for snakes, spiders and insects at your Guide Hall and Campsites.
You may also be beginning to plan your annual spring clean. There are a number of hazards that need to be managed and minimised ie. visual inspection of electrical cords and appliances, correct storage and labelling of poisons, checking fire alarms and extinguishers etc.
Volunteers can assist in your working bee/spring clean by attending to minor, unskilled work such as painting, mowing, fence repairs, general cleaning, tidying grounds, clearing gutters etc. They are not able to attend to jobs that require a suitably qualified tradesperson (who should have their own licence, public liability, professional indemnity and personal accident insurance).
Our insurer advises that as long as the activities undertaken are low risk and are being performed under the authority of a Guiding person (and the people involved are volunteering), they are covered in the instance of a claim arising out of the volunteer's negligence.
Exact specifications on tasks a volunteer can do are available at: http://www.girlguides-nswact.org.au//frequently_asked_property_questions
How to Plan the Day
Your District Leader should plan the event well in advance
so that you are well prepared on the day (for our insurance purposes also). This plan can be achieved by preparing draft Minutes of the event and listing the activities to be undertaken (this will help separate the skilled and non-skilled tasks). The Minutes should also reflect the individuals who will be on site for the working bee or odd jobs as well as the dates these are to be undertaken and who will attend to what. To meet our insurance requirements, this formal minuting process must take place and result in finalised Minutes signed and dated by the District Leader, who is the person responsible and authorised to conduct the event.
In doing this spring clean, you will assist in managing the various maintenance problems that pop up throughout the year eg. roof leaks or water overflow due to blocked gutters and downpipes.
Glengarry Works Update
The Glengarry kitchen is on schedule for completion. The project is coming together exceptionally well, just waiting a few final touches. We also have a brand new disabled access toilet.
As part of the Glengarry Project, we have also had significant undergrowth cleared as a requirement of the Development Application to improve the property fire safety.
All the best everyone, please remember again, that we are only ever a phone call or email away!
Until next issue
...from the Properties Department
Melissa CondieRegion Properties [email protected]
Justin de MariState Property [email protected]
BEFORE clearing behind theMaintenance ShedBEFORE clearing behind theMaintenance ShedBEFORE clearing behind the AFTER clearing – the Maintenance
Shed is now very visible
Behind Apex Lawn (and dorms) BEFORE clearing
Behind Apex Lawn (and dorms) AFTER clearingAFTER clearingAFTER clearing
The new commercial kitchenThe new disabled access toilet
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Joining in your Unit ceremonies is an important part of being a Guide. Ceremonies can be held indoors or outdoors, at the hall or even at a campfire. You could use candles, sparklers, streamers or music to make the event extra special. A good idea is to put your animal mascot or any other symbol that means something to your Unit in the centre of the circle.
Opening and closing ceremoniesSome Leaders have asked us what the changes to the Promise and Law mean for songs and ceremonies in Guiding. Can we still sing Taps? Do we have to remove the word 'God' from everything? This resource will answer those questions and offer some suggestions for opening and closing ceremonies for younger Guides.
The words of the Promise and Law do not exclude God from Guiding. On the contrary, for many members God will be an integral part of developing their spiritual beliefs. It is up to you to decide with your girls what ceremonies fit your group. Your group might choose to use sayings and prayers from different parts of the world, different cultures and different religions each week to open or close the meeting. It is a choice to keep the word God in traditional songs or to replace it if it is not suitable. Some suggestions are given below.
Many of our traditional songs, such as the Brownie Song have not been in common usage since the introduction of the Australian Guide Program in 1996. Most older Guide Units open with a horseshoe or V formation and colour party. Taps is usually sung to close a meeting or camp.
A Note on Taps...
Taps is a traditional song used by most older Guide groups to close a meeting. Although it has origins in the American Civil War, the song was introduced to Guiding by delegates of the United States of America at the first International Conference, held at Oxford, England in 1920.
There are many verses of Taps which you may like to use on different occasions. Here are some examples:
Taps Daylight Taps Other Verse
Day is done, gone the sun
Thanks and praise, for our days,
Fading light, dims the sight,
From the sea, from the hills, from the sky;
'Neath the sun, 'neath the stars, neath the sky;
And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright.
All is well, safely rest, As we go, this we know,
From afar, drawing nigh,
God is nigh or Goodnight God is nigh Falls the night.
Younger Guides Openings Closings
Girl Guide Smile SongTune: Brownie Smile Song
Bells (1)Tune: Brownie Bells
Bells (2)Tune: Brownie Bells
I’ve got something in my pocket
The night is come or The day is done To Guiding friends,
That belongs across my face Our time is through Around the World
I keep it very close at hand Thanks for our friends Keep us all safe,
In a most convenient place Peace be with you Give peace to All
I’m sure you wouldn’t guess it Goodnight Goodnight
If you guessed a long-long while
So I’ll take it out
And put it on
It’s a great big Girl Guide smile.
There are many other openings and closings used — you can find more on GGA’s website. Do you do something different? Share your method with a Leader from another District.
Some Units have a fun way to dismiss girls at the end of a meeting. Here are a few examples of quick activities for after the closing song.
O-U-T
Form a circle joining hands and spell out “O-U-T” in unison. Repeat the spelling with each girl saying a letter. The girl who says T leaves the circle. Continue until all girls are gone.
Months
Call out the months of the year in a random order and girls with birthdays in that month can leave.
Terrigal CampsiteTerrigal is a great campsite for summer activities. The site is only a 10 minute walk to Terrigal Beach where you can surf, relax, walk to Skillion Lookout, visit the marine centre, hire paddle boats or book our own canoes.
The campsite has two level grassy campsites, BBQ facilities, and campfire circle and complete with bell tents, patrol equipment and camp kitchen. There is an undercover area and bush surrounds to ensure privacy and tranquillity.
To book a weekend or a week through the summer contact Mark Peters on 4384 1399 or email [email protected]. See brochure under Region Properties on the Girl Guides NSW & ACT website.
The Promise & Law and Ceremonies
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Program Activities for Younger GirlsTOUCHDOWN*
NASA engineers not only have to ensure spacecraft can take off into space; they also have to make sure that they can land safely. You can make your own parachute to help your favourite plastic toy touchdown safely.
What you need
To do this activity you will need the following:• a small plastic toy• sticky tape• five 30 cm long pieces of string• a 30 cm square piece of plastic (we used a piece cut from a plastic bag)
• a ruler• scissors
What to do
1. Ask an adult to help you measure and cut out your square of plastic2. Stick four of the pieces of string to each corner of the plastic square using the sticky tape3. Tie one end of the fifth piece of string to the plastic toy. Knot the ends of the four other strings together4. Tie the other end of the fifth string to the knotted strings so that the toy has a parachute5. Drop your parachute from a high place, such as a stairwell
How quickly does the toy fall to the ground? What happens when you use a bigger plastic toy? Try making a parachute with different materials such as aluminium foil and cloth. Which material works best?
What's Happening
When a parachute opens, it traps air and does not let the air pass. This creates drag. It is much harder to pull a large, flat surface through the air than a thin, streamlined one. Try dropping a ballpoint pen and a piece of paper and see which one hits the ground first. I think you can guess! In a vacuum, they would hit the ground at the same time; but here on Earth there is resistance to moving through the air: drag.
MAKE A MODEL IGLOO*
The Inuit (indigenous people of the Arctic) once lived in igloos made of snow. There are quicker ways to build an emergency shelter if you are stuck out in the field, but they’re not as fun or challenging. Here’s a model igloo that you can make at home.
What you need
To do this activity you will need the following:• a couple of ice cube trays• salt• a baking tray• water• space in your freezer• a teaspoon• a ‘slushie mix’ (place a couple of ice
cubes and a little bit of water in a blender)
What to do
You will need about 50 ice cubes in different sizes, so plan in advance. Make about half of the cubes by completely filling the trays, and make the rest of the cubes a mixture of sizes by filling the trays three-quarters full and half-full.
1. Sprinkle some salt on the tray. Arrange about 12 ice cubes in a circle on the tray and put it in the freezer until the ice cubes freeze again2. Prepare the ice cubes for the second layer by dipping one side of them into salt. Line up the cubes, salty side down, centering each one between two base cubes (like in a brick wall). Carefully fill in the gaps with your slushie mix and refreeze
3. Repeat to make more layers, using smaller and smaller cubes Soon you will see that each ring is smaller than the one under it, creating a dome. Continue until you have just a small hole in the centre of the top. (Don’t forget to refreeze your masterpiece once in a while as you work!)
4. Build the doorway by lining up two rows of ice cubes lengthwise to make the walls. Place smaller ice cubes on top of the walls and fill in the gaps with slushie mix.5. Carefully pat a thin layer of slushie mix over the whole igloo and then place it in the freezer for a couple of hours at least.
What’s happening
The salt melts the ice on the area of the cube that you are attaching, helping secure the blocks in place when you freeze each layer later.
Plain water freezes at 0 ºC, but salt water freezes at about -1.8 ºC. That’s why the oceans don't freeze, even when the temperature is below 0 ºC.
The salt makes the ice cubes melt faster, because it lowers the freezing point of water. The side of the ice cube with salt on it would need to be much colder than 0 ºC to stay frozen. At room temperature this is not possible, so the ice melts.
Did you know?
The term igloo, or iglu, comes from the Inuit word ‘igdlu’ meaning ‘house’.
*© CSIRO, reproduced with permission
For more great ideas, please see http://www.csiro.au/diy
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Program Activities for all AgesLAVA FIzz*
What you need
To do this activity you will need the following items:• vegetable oil
• glass jar
• water
• food colouring
• Aspro Clear, Alka-Seltzer, or another kind of fizzing tablet
• plasticine
What to do
1. Pour water into the jar until it is 1/5th full
2. Add several drops of food colouring
3. Fill the remainder of the jar with vegetable oil
4. Make a volcano shape out of the plasticine, with a hole about two centimetres in diameter for the spout. Drop it into the bottom of the jar
5. Wait about five minutes for the oil and water to separate completely
6. Drop an Aspro Clear or Alka-Seltzer tablet into the jar through the volcano hole and see what happens
What's happening
Water and oil aren’t exactly the best of friends. Because of their shape and the way their atoms stick together, they prefer keeping to themselves rather than mixing with one another. The Greek root for water is ‘hydro’, so we say that water is ‘hydrophilic’ (loves water) while oil is ‘hydrophobic’ (afraid of water). Because a drop of water has more mass than the same-sized drop of oil, gravity pulls on it with more force, pulling it to the bottom.
‘Fizzing’ tablets contain a mix of chemicals, including sodium bicarbonate and citric acid. Nothing happens when they’re added to oil, but when added to a solvent like water, the sodium bicarbonate
separates and reforms with the citric acid to form sodium citrate. In the process, it also creates some carbon dioxide gas and a few water molecules. In your jar, the tablets reacted once they had sunk down into the water at the bottom, where they created bubbles that trapped and carried drops of water up through the oil to create your lava-like eruption.
BAGS OF YARN*
Plastic bags may be useful for a short time, but once they are thrown away, they add up to one big polluting problem. If you can’t avoid using them, there’s something useful you can do with them other than just throw them away. Follow these directions to make your own crochet or knitting yarn from plastic bags, then ‘re-make’ your rubbish into useful works of art!
What you need
To do this activity you will need the following:
• clean, dry plastic bags such as supermarket or bread bags
• scissors
What to do
1. Flatten the bags out and fold them along their longest side into a rectangular strip about five centimetres wide
2. Cut off the handles, if there are any, and cut off the bottom of the bag
3. Cut across the folded strip about every four centimetres. This will give you a pile of circular strips
4. Unfold two of the circular strips (loops). Pass the end of one loop through the second loop, fold it back on itself and pull it through forming a knot. Pull the knot tight
5. Repeat step 4 with the remaining strips. Wind them up into a ball & your plastic yarn is ready to use!
Plastic possibilities
You can use your plastic bag yarn for any craft that normally uses wool or cotton yarn, such as crochet, knitting, or even macramé. If you know someone who can show you how to knit or crochet, try making a simple reusable carry bag, a hat, or a bracelet.
Plaited plastic
Plaiting three lengths of yarn together gives you a braid that can be used for all sorts of objects. Use them for funky belts, as emergency rope, or coil them into a spiral shape, sewing as you go, to make a braided rug or bowl.
1. Tie three strips together at one end. Sit a heavy object on the end, or get a friend to hold it, and start plaiting the strips to make a braid. If you use different colours, it’s easier to see what you are doing.
2. When you get near the end of the strips, just tie on a new length as in Step 4 of the instructions in the previous column
3. Experiment with different strip widths to give you different ‘weights’ of braid. A braid made from narrow strips (about 2cm wide) is fairly easy to stretch and snap, but braids made from wider strips are surprisingly strong.
DIY FOSSILS*
On Charles Darwin’s voyage on the HMS Beagle, he found lots of fossils in different parts of the world. He sent many of them back to England, where other scientists eagerly examined them.
Fossils of plants and animals can tell us a lot about once-living things that are now extinct, and how species have changed over time. Here is a way you can make your own fossils using white glue.
What you need• white glue (like PVA glue)
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• leaves, shells, bones or other objects you would like to ‘fossilise’
• modelling clay or plasticine
What to do
1. Knead the clay until it is soft and mould it into a pancake shape
2. Press the object into the clay, but not too deep
3. Slowly and carefully pull the object out of the clay
4. Fill the hole in the clay with white glue and let the glue dry overnight
5. When the glue has dried, carefully peel back the glue shape from the clay
6. Cut away any overhanging bits of glue to ‘clean’ your fossil
What’s happening?
Fossils are parts of animals or plants, or imprints of them, that have been preserved. Many fossils begin to be formed when a dead animal, leaf or shell becomes covered in mud. The mud stops the object decaying, and keeps its shape. Over millions of years, the mud hardens into stone, preserving the remains or the imprint of the plant or animal. In this activity the glue acts as the rock that has formed over millions of years to create a likeness of your object.
BALLOON POWERED BOAT*
Turn a margarine container into a balloon-powered jet boat? It's easy.
What you need
To do this activity you will need to gather:• a margarine container
• a balloon
• a straw
• a rubber band
• plasticine
• scissors
• something that will pierce the margarine container to make a hole big enough to fit a straw through
What to do
1. Find a clean, rectangular, margarine container and carefully make a hole in the centre of one of the shorter sides
about 1 cm from the bottom
2. Cut a straw in half and insert one end into the neck of a balloon. Fix the balloon firmly to the straw with a rubber band
3. Push the straw through the hole in the marg container and seal it in place with plasticine. Weigh the back of the marg container with more plasticine in the centre. Blow the balloon up through the straw and pinch the end to keep the air inside
4. Put the boat in the water, let go — and away she goes
This is an example of Newton's third law of motion – every action has an opposite and equal reaction. The air rushing out of the straw is the action, and the equal reaction is the push against the boat in the opposite direction.
Can you improve the design of your boat?
SWEET GALAxIES*
Use sugar to draw amazing pictures that resemble galaxies with a swinging pendulum.
What you need
To do this activity you will need the following items:
• a small, empty, dry water bottle
• three one-metre pieces of string
• scissors
• a bag of white sugar (salt works too)
• a small plastic bag, such as a zip lock bag or the empty sugar bag
• a thick rubber band
• a big piece of paper or cardboard
WHAT TO DO
1. Cut the bottom off the water bottle. With the end of the scissors, poke three holes around the cut bottom edge of the bottle. Make sure they are the same distance apart. Be careful as you do this, as it’s a little tricky
2. Tie a piece of string through each hole. Tie the other end of the string pieces together. Make sure that each piece of string is the same length so your bottle
hangs evenly
3. Cut off one corner from the small plastic bag so you have a small cone that has sides at least four centimetres high
4. Place this over the top of the water bottle and secure it firmly in place with the rubber band
5. Find something overhanging to hang your pendulum on. This could be a ceiling rafter, a tree branch or a door frame
6. Underneath the hanging pendulum, spread the cardboard or paper
7. Fill the bottle with sugar
8. Cut a tiny hole in the very corner of the plastic bag, letting the sugar fall out smoothly
9. Give the pendulum a gentle swing and see what pattern the falling sugar makes on the cardboard. Once it has finished, or if you want to do it again, fold the cardboard in half and pour the sugar back in the bottle to start again. Try twisting the bottle as you swing it to see what happens. Try big and small swings and see if this makes a difference.
What’s happening
A pendulum is a hanging weight that can swing freely. It keeps swinging in the same pattern as when you first push it, due to its inertia. The principle of inertia states that an object will keep doing what it is doing until a force makes it do something else. If you are riding your bike, you will keep moving forward unless you put on the brakes, or the friction of the tyres on the road slows you down, or gravity pulls you down the hill as you try to go up it. If you are sitting on the couch, you will stay there until your muscles work to move you off, or you wear a hole in the couch and fall through.
You will see in your sugar picture how the pendulum swings in a repeated pattern. The pattern gets smaller as the pendulum loses energy due to the friction of the air moving past.
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Program Activities for Older GirlsExPLORE A CHALLENGE – SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Do your Guides have their Explore a Challenge Science and Technology Badge?
The girls need to complete four challenges to earn their badge; see a selection below, and all challenge options in Look Wide. Some of the activities above will fulfil challenges!
• Check out communications methods and use one to get in touch with a friend Braille, sign language, Morse code, semaphore, email, letter, fax, phone or…
• Create something powered by air, electricity or water Batteries, windmill, water rocket, model plane, simple circuit or…
• Promote Guiding using technical equipment
Digital camera (or even phone camera
or video), CD, website or…
• Find out something new about outer space Stars, constellations, planetarium, telescope, space travel or…
• Discover how nature works by investigating a natural land form Volcano, earthquake, river, beach, cyclone, glacier, mountain or…
• Construct a useful item using recycled materials Bridge, paper, household item, clothing
BANANA DNA*
Every living thing, from slime moulds to humans, contains DNA. DNA contains the instructions for how to create plants or animals and to make them work. For something so important and so famous, people rarely have a chance to see it. Take a closer look at DNA.
Safety: This activity involves the use of a knife, blender and rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol). Isopropyl
alcohol is poisonous and knives and blenders can cut you. Have an adult assist with this activity.
You will need
• A banana (you can also use an onion or split peas)
• knife and chopping board
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup warm water
• blender or food processor
• small container
• 1 tablespoon dishwashing detergent
• paper towel
• strainer
• glass jar
• 1/4 teaspoon meat tenderiser (a white powder available from the
spices section of the supermarket)
• chilled rubbing alcohol (isopropyl
alcohol), available at chemists.
• toothpick
What to do
1. Peel the banana and chop it into small pieces
2. Stir the salt into the water until it's dissolved
3. Blend the banana and salty water in the blender until it's smooth
4. Place in the small container, add the detergent and stir for five minutes
5. Place the paper towel into the strainer
6. Pour the banana mix through the paper and strainer into the jar. This can take a while, but the more you filter through, the more DNA you can extract
7. Add about 1/4 teaspoon of meat tenderiser and mix it in
8. Wait a few minutes
9. Gently pour in the isopropyl alcohol so it forms a layer on top of the mixture. It's best to dribble it down the side of the jar. Don't squirt it in, or it will stir up the mixture
10. You will find a gooey, cloudy substance forms where the
alcohol touches the mixture. This is DNA
11. You can try to lift out some DNA with the toothpick
What's happening?
Like all living things, bananas store their DNA inside their cells. Cells also contain other chemicals, such as proteins, carbohydrates and lipids, surrounded by a cell membrane. In this activity, we separated the DNA from the cells and the other chemicals in them.
To start with, we had to break the cells open. The blender tore through some of the cell membranes. The detergent helped dissolve some of the chemicals in the cell membranes, so some of the remaining cells would break open. Pouring the mixture through the paper towel filtered out the remaining cells, leaving the water and detergent mixed with the chemicals from inside the cells.
Once the DNA was removed from the cells, we needed to separate the DNA from the other chemicals. The meat tenderiser contains an enzyme called Bromelin, which breaks up proteins, leaving the DNA molecules on their own (DNA is not a protein). Without the other chemicals, the DNA dissolved in the water.
DNA dissolves much better in water than in isopropyl alcohol, especially if the alcohol is cold. When we added the layer of isopropyl alcohol, the dissolved DNA changed back to strands of DNA. DNA molecules have a slight negative charge, which would normally make them repel each other. The salt we added contains positively charged ions, which neutralized the charge in the DNA and let them clump together. If you're lucky, you will be able to pick up the long strands of DNA.
*© CSIRO, reproduced with permission
For more great ideas, please see http://www.csiro.au/diy
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Membership Fees
Where do your Membership Fees Go? Girl Guides NSW & ACT endeavours to keep Membership fees as low as possible.
A set portion of your fee goes directly to Girl Guides Australia, and currently $20 goes to WAGGGS — these quotas enable GGA and WAGGGS to provide a fabulous range of resources, including Activity Resource kits, advocacy tools, badge curricula, certificates, and of course, they help to maintain the World Centres.
Of the portion of your fee that remains with GG NSW & ACT, there are various costs that we need to cover.
Insurance is one such cost – with Members ranging in age from five to 105, and activities as diverse as cooking, camping and canyoning, insurance for our Members is a costly business. It is, however, crucial. Without insurance, many of the activities that make Guiding so attractive to girls couldn’t take place at all. A significant portion of your membership fee goes towards insuring the Association, its properties, and its Members, and unfortunately insurance costs are constantly on the increase.
Your fees also enable the staff at Guide House to provide our adult and youth Members with resources. The Waratah and the recently re-vamped G-News are designed to support you in your leadership roles. In 2013, we will also be increasing our level of communication with parents and Guides (both electronic and print) in order to increase retention of youth Members, and their level of engagement with Guiding.
Finally, your fees also help to cover the administrative costs of GG NSW & ACT — from maintaining a functioning database, to photocopying, making phone calls, and keeping the office clean. Mundane costs, but all necessary in order to keep Guiding thriving!
Thank you for your ongoing involvement in Guiding.
Membership Fees 2012 2013
Youth $110 $115
Adult $95 $100
Trefoil $45 $45
Statements
Statements are generated automatically each month for any amounts outstanding. These Statements are sent either by email (our preferred method) or by mail. If you have any queries or concerns about these Statements please contact Ros on 83965200 or email [email protected] or reply to the Statement email.
GST: How to Make the Most of Your Grant or IBF Money
When you spend Grant or IBF money, it is preferable that you ask Guide House to pay the Service Provider direct. In this way, we can claim back the GST on your behalf. Your Grant or IBF funds will be reduced by the amount of the bill excluding the GST. If you pay the Service Provider and then reclaim the bill back from Guide House your IBF/Grant funds will be reduced by the total cost of the bill, as we are unable to claim back the GST on your behalf. So you will have more money to spend if you ask Guide House to pay the bill on your behalf.
Biscuit Badges 2012
Biscuit Badges are still available for 2012. Contact Ros on 83965200 or email [email protected] to place your order.
from the Accounts Team …
Queens Guide University Recognition
We are very excited to announce that the University of NSW has formally recognised the Queens Guide Award. So any Guide who has achieved their Queens Guide before they apply to University have the ability to gain an additional 4 UAI points with UNSW. This is very exciting and we are in the process of negotiating with other Universities around the State for similar recognition.
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‘Bravo!’ to all the ROAC’s who attended the ‘Let’s Lead Together’ conference recently. There was a great deal of worthwhile discussion and exchange of ideas.
Among the items discussed were once again Adventure Activities. These are constantly being assessed and Leaders are urged to check Guide Lines when planning to take a group on an Adventure Activity. A revised Guide Lines will be on the website in September. Please ensure that you are consulting the correct version.
Melissa Condie, Region Properties Administrator, provided ROACs with two new directories. One is a directory of all the Guide Halls that have been approved in the last five years, and the other is non-guiding properties that have been approved. These approvals are being looked at by the ROACs
and when finalised, the directories will be available for everyone’s use via the website. The next step then, hopefully, will be a campsite directory.
There has been a request for Guides to be able to use our State Forests for events such as hikes. Please let your ROACs know if you do this on a regular basis as there are fees involved. Please do not stop hiking events, just let us know where you go.
Workplace, Health and Safety legislation requires a risk assessment for activities we undertake at Guide facilities. The ROACs worked very hard to draft risk assessments for activities we do. It is hoped that when this project is finished not only will we comply with the new legislation but also Leaders will have a reference when they take to planning an Adventure Activity and a not-so-adventurous activity.
Finally, please consider the “Night Stalk” as an activity for girls of all ages this term. “Night Stalk” is an Australia-wide citizen science program that encourages people to head out into the darkness, torch in hand looking for native and feral species. In 2011, over 1000 Night Stalkers went out in search of local species and this year we hope to double those numbers and get over 2000 participants learning about the species that inhabit their local area. Data is easy to collect on the official Spotters Log and the program is simple to participate in. For more information visit www.perthzoo.wa.gov.au/nightstalk
Life is great outdoors, so get out there.
Carol Meiklejohn State Outdoors, Environment & Earth Education Consultant [email protected]
Outdoor News
It’s now Spring – a time for cleaning out and tidying up. Old paperwork that has no historical value to your District or Unit can be shredded (don’t forget to contact Archives if you are in any doubt regarding its value!) Sort and store that which adds to the story and that which must be kept as records, such as Money Matters sheets.
Money Matters sheets need to be printed, kept in a folder, shown to your District Leader each term and then kept for seven years. This process safe guards you and the Association if/when any queries arise relating to finances.
Your own personal records too may need Spring cleaning. Are you current with appraisal requirements and with other qualifications in the Outdoors? Are you ready to take part in a review of your role?
Being current will see you sail smoothly into the new training program. Have you read the article from Dawn Borchardt – GGA
Learning and Development Adviser? There is also a link to GGA website where you can read further about changes — page 12.
Region Training Advisers have had a busy weekend with many Leaders of Adults and other Region personnel at 'Let's Lead Together'. Here they had the opportunity to discuss and role-play the review process. They can reassure you that the coming process is easier. Don't shut your eyes and hope it will disappear; instead take the plunge, brush away the cobwebs and have a clean sheet. Then the next time it will be so much easier because your suggestions/comments from the Learning Needs Survey have been taken up.
I do have one important task for all to consider: do you like taking on a role for which you have been given no explanation of the commitment and requirements to fulfill the responsibilities? If you don’t go through Guiding Awareness before completing paperwork with a prospective Leader, that is the situation you have put someone in.
The date on Guiding Awareness should be before or the same as that on the form applying to be a Leader. Then this enthusiastic woman has some idea of what the position entails.
Think also of the wonderful supporters that take on roles in the Support Group - have they seen 'How to Manage the Guide District' and especially the responsibilities of the role to which they have been elected? We need to do more in communicating and sharing with those who come to support Guiding.
Congratulations to those who have taken up the opportunity to do an online course in mentoring. Thank you to New England TAFE for this virtual classroom experience.
Over the next few months we will hear more about the changes to Guiding Partners and the need for mentoring rather than assessing.
Sue Carr OAM State Learning and Development [email protected]
Learning & Development News
Dark Horse Venturefor Australian Trefoil Guild Members
Over 12,000 people from the UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Malta and Australia achieved Dark Horse Venture awards for amazing array of activities, studies and challenges.
Members over 50 years of age can join the Program. There are five categories in which they can participate. To join it is necessary to register with the DHV Coordinator by sending $25 with the completed application form and be a financial member of Trefoil Guild.
Find out more at http://www.girlguides-nswact.org.au/darkhorse June Conen Australian Trefoil Guild Dark Horse Venture CoordinatorP O Box 334, Padstow 2211email [email protected] 0417 428 566
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Welcome to Term 4 – time to be reviewing how your District has been developing in 2012. You need to assess your future needs based on the progress you have achieved to date.
Please consider whether you have:• An increase in the number of Guides in each unit since Feb 2012• More Leaders than the start of the year• Active parent involvement & have District events• A plan for growing Guiding in your District• Progression of Guides to the next unit
• A challenging program for all ages to retain your members• Guides actively involved in planning their program• Exciting events for Guides to attend in the future• Guiding visible in your local area.If you answer ‘no’ to any or all of the above you need to focus on developing and growing membership to make Guiding more successful in your local area.
Where to seek help to grow Guiding? 1. Discuss and plan at your District meeting your membership needs.2. Your District Leader and Support Group need to plan and action strategies for your District.
3. Contact your Region Leader to help you develop a plan and she will be able to help you assess and prioritise your ideas.4. In consultation with your Region Leader, contact the Membership Team at GH for advice, resources and MDO assistance.Growing Guiding is everyone’s responsibility and we are asking you to take the initiative and assess your District needs and let others know if you need help or some assistance.
Gillian Garsia Membership Development Adviser
Membership News
I have a story to share about the Walsh family of Port Macquarie... it starts with the heading:
WHAT A DIFFERENCE BP MADE TO THE WALSH FAMILY.
Scouting was started by the Anglican Canon in the early 1930’s and Guiding in 1936 by the Canon’s wife.
Two of the first Scouting group were Drew and Barrie Walsh. Their sisters, June and Agnes joined the Girl Guides.
After Barrie married and all of his six children joined Scouts and Guides, he became an Assistant Cub Leader, Cub Leader and Scout Leader of 2nd Port Macquarie for about 25 years.
June Walsh also married and her
two children were a Guide and a Scout. June was active in support groups and earned a badge for her hard work for Guides at Pendle Hill, Sydney. June is a member of Oxley Trefoil Guild in Port Macquarie.
Arthur Walsh married Edith in 1954 and had five children, all who joined Scouts and Guides. They were active in the Sea Scouts. The four boys have many achievements and Kathryn joined Port Macquarie Guides in 1980 and Venturers when she was 15. Kathryn has been an Assistant Junior Guide Leader, Assistant Senior Guide Leader, Senior Guide Leader, Assistant Guide Leader and now Assistant Junior Guide Leader. Her daughter Rachel is a Guide and her son Jack is in Port Macquarie Sea Scouts.
Edith joined the Group committee acting as Badge Secretary and Hall
Hire Secretary. Arthur and Edith both held various positions on Scouting Committees.
Oxley Trefoil Guild was formed in 1989 and Edith was the inaugural Treasurer and is now the Secretary and Photographer.
In 1995 Edith was presented with the Boronia award for her service to Guiding over many years.
Edith Walsh and her children and grandchildren comprise of six Leaders, six Scouts and two Guides still active in our great movement and Edith in Trefoil Guild, all in uniform. Three generations!
Well done to the Walsh family over the last 80 years.
Rosalind Farley State Trefoil Guild Adviser
Trefoil News
JOTA/JOTI is just days away. If you have any questions or need any further information our State JOTA/JOTI Liaison, Sue Folpp, is only too happy to assist you - [email protected]. Don’t forget to send Sue your report after your event.
Congratulations to Renée Bianchi on being selected to represent GGA at the Juliette Low Seminar being held in Our Cabana, Mexico, in November. The theme for this year's seminar is The Spirit of Women Leading. Emily Smith, North Epping District, and Rebecca Dawson, Wanniassa District, have both been selected to represent GGA in a WAGGGS delegation at the 57th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), being held at UN headquarters, New York, USA, next
February/March. The discussion for next year's CSW is ‘elimination and prevention of forms of violence against women and girls.’ The selection criteria for the Juliette Low Seminar and CSW is of a very high standard; Renée, Emily and Rebecca are all worthy candidates who will represent us well.
Pauline Davidson, Young District, Judy Cuthbertson, Cherrybrook District, and Alex Johnson, Eastern Beaches District, are heading to Norway next July to attend Stavanger, a national Scout Jamboree for Norwegian Guide and Scout Associations. Pauline, Judy and Alex are also having extra time after the Stavanger Jamboree to visit family members and holiday in other parts of Europe.
Do you know of anyone who
has represented GGA at an International event? Perhaps you could invite them to speak about their experiences at your Unit meeting, Christmas party, AGM or Trefoil Guild meeting.
Action Around The World, a State World Thinking Day camp being held 22 to 24 February next year at Bundilla Scout Camp, Winston Hills, will have activities from around the world. This event is for Junior Guides (7+), Guides, Senior Guides and Leaders. Youth Members can attend without their Leader – see back cover. An event flyer and application form is available on our website
Kerrey Williams State International and World
Guiding Consultant [email protected]
International News
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Event DatesEvent Location EventDate ClosingDate
Turrumburra Glengarry October 05–07 September 14
JOTA/JOTI All Localities October 20–21 —
National Leadership Camp Glengarry October 27–28 TBA
Seven Bridges Walk Sydney October 28 October 05
Dragons Abreast Festival Darling Harbour October 28 TBA
Dolphin Day Tingira November 04 October 12
Queens Guide Presentation Govt. House November 24 August 31
Canoe Camp Nords Wharf November 24–25 November 02
Buddy Weekend (includes Splashdown) Glengarry December 01–02 November 09
Senior Guide Splashdown Tingira December 02 November 09
Lord Mayor's Picnic Sydney December 31 November 09
Congratulations to......the following recent recipients of the Boronia Award:
Alison Edsall Susan Gibson June Handley Enid Hartnett Christine McCarthy.
And welcome and congratulations to our newly qualified Leaders:
Georgia Phillips Kirtsy Bates Sandra Bryson Mary Ann Norrie Jessica Hanley Darcy Vidler Barbara Ward
We would also like to recognise the following Leaders who are reaching long service milestones this month!
Alice Irbin has been a Member for 10 years; Cheryl Rutherford, Luisa Simeonidis and Ruth Withers have been with us for 15 years; Yvonne Macrae for 20 years; Helen Badrick, Linda Martin and Bev Wynne for 25 years; Kathryn Gorman has been a Guide for 30 years. Well done and thank you to these amazing women for their dedication and many years of hard work!
Training DatesTraining Location EventDate ClosingDate
Power Boat Course Tingira October 27 October 05
FD O6 - Indoor Camp Rose Valley November 03 October 12
FD O7 - Outdoor Camp Rose Valley November 03 October 12
Leadership Progression Glengarry House November 03 October 12
How To Train Your Patrol Leaders Glengarry House November 04 October 12
Changing Roles Glengarry November 04 October 12
Adult/Trefoil 3 Canoe/Kayak Bindaree, SSR November 10 October 19
Adult/Trefoil 3 Sailing Tingira November 17 October 26
Learning and Development Review UpdateThe Learning and Development team are abuzz with excitement as we begin to implement the results of the Learning and Development research. The research covered the structure of our qualification paths, the content of our trainings, Leaders’ views on trainings, what it is like to be a new Leader, the learning needs of experienced Leaders, the challenges faced by Guiding Partners, the appraisal system, the way our Recognition of Prior Learning System works, the approach to developing Trainers, the most useful learning for Leaders of Adults and much more.
The recommendations are comprehensive. They will result in a new approach to learning for Leaders which will be more flexible, more transparent, and easier to navigate, whilst still retaining the high quality we currently deliver. In recognition of the changes, AALP will become the Australian Learning & Qualification Program (ALQP).
Over the next year, we’ll keep you up to date with the changes. This month we are focusing on the changes for new Leaders of Youth. It is planned that the revised approach to training new Leaders of Youth will coincide with the launch of the new Leaders’ Handbook in 2013. Some of the changes include: • Replacement of Guiding Awareness training with a national Guiding Orientation webinar and structured local induction • Integration of Leadership Development and Leadership Qualification into one stage • Separation of the Leaders of Youth and Leaders of Adults Qualifications • Replacement of Learning Pathways and the Journal with a simplified “Leader’s Passport”.
A brief summary of the L&D research is on the GGA website (go to the front page and follow the links). If you have any questions please direct them to your State L&D Manager/Adviser.
Dawn Borchardt & Amanda Doxat-PrattLearning and Development Managers, Girl Guides Australia
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Come rain, hail or shine … nothing will stop the Girl Guides from having fun! The 2012 Great Guide Sleepover, ‘Meerkats, Music & Mugs’, launched into action on Friday the 31st of August. Despite grey clouds, cold winds and a drop in temperature to 1 degree Celsius, over 1,000 Girl Guides geared up for our annual sleepover event. The night was a hive of activity with everyone popping between the bustling Guide Shop, the Unicef crafts tent and of course the Party Time Disco with our resident DJ, Lisa Harris, pumping out the tunes. The following day also included a once off preview of Taronga’s new Elephant Show for those who were able to stay around.
All in all a fantastic event and we would like to thank once again all participants for the sponsorship they raised. Taronga Zoo is delighted as is our 2012 sponsored animal, the Meerkat! Don’t forget the ongoing sponsorship of the Tassie Devil (Senior Guides), the Yellow Footed Wallaby (Guides), the Feather Tail Glider (Junior Guides) and the Bilby (Pre-Junior Guides). Keep up your fundraising and donations throughout the year for these little guys — they really appreciate it. Please contact Lisa Harris for more information ([email protected]).
Stay tuned in the next few months for the announcement of our 2013 sponsored animal and Great Guide Sleepover details...
World Thinking Day 2013 INTERNATIONAL AND WORLD GUIDING EVENT
Action Around the World Camp22nd – 24th February 2013 Bundilla Scout Camp, Winston Hills
WTD13: fun, friendship
& challenges
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INTERNATIONAL AND WORLD GUIDING EVENT
Action Around the World Camp22nd – 24th February 2013 Bundilla Scout Camp, Winston Hills
A camp for Junior Guides (7+), Guides and Senior Guides and Leaders to celebrate
WorlD THinking DAy 2013.
Take part in activities for a better world including activities from: Republic of Ireland; Jordan;
Malawi; Pakistan; and Venezuela, the WTD 2013 five focus countries, one from each of the 5
WAGGGS World Regions. Guides and Senior Guides will be doing more challenging activities and
a service project.
Our messages for 2013 are “together we can save children’s lives” and “every mother’s life and
health is precious”. MDG 4 and 5 are closely linked and both are key issues affecting girls and
young women around the world. Girl Guides and Girl Scouts worldwide will come together to
learn about and take action on these themes.
Limited to 200 places, apply early to ensure you don’t miss out on this special indoor and
outdoor camp.
Applications are available on the website and close 12 December 2012. The camp costs $80 per
Youth member and $60 per Leader – girls can attend without their Leaders.
For more information please contact:
Jess Manifold, Girl Guides NSW & ACT Events Manager
p: 02 8396 5200
WTD13: fun, friendship
& challenges
Applications are available on the
website and close 12 December
2012. The camp costs $80 per Youth
member and $60 per Leader – girls
can attend without their Leaders.
For more information please contact:
Jess Manifold, Girl Guides NSW & ACT
Events Manager
p: 02 8396 5200
