What you need to do
Choose and do five of the following
- Plant a tree in your local area
- Know why trees are important to the air we breathe
- Show on a map of the world where trees are in danger
- Describe what a sustainable forest is
- Take some cans, bottles, newspapers or clothes to be recycled. Find out how they will be recycled and know why this is good for the world's environment
- For a week keep a record of how much water you use each day and what you use the water for. Make a poster showing how a water shortage may affect you. With your Six, taste different types of clean safe water, like tap water, filtered water and bottled water. Agree which one is your favourite
- Draw the flag or symbol of an organisation that helps people around the world. Make a leaflet about the work it does and how others can support it
- Find out about the Olympic Games, Winter Olympics,
Special Olympics or Paralympics.
Know how the Games started and their role in the world
- Spot three differences and three similarites between you and a Brownie friend. Discuss with the tester if you think the differences are important. Find out three things you have in common with Brownies in other countries
- Make a meal using an ingredient grown in another country, like bananas, pineapple, coffee or chocolate
- Find out about Fair Trade. Do a survey of Fair Trade products that you can buy locally. Make a drink or snack using one of the products
- Talk with the teser about how a war may start. Discuss how war affects people'e lives
- Name three countries with languages different from yours and each other's. Show how you would communicate with a person from each country
- Show how to wash your hands and clean your teeth properly. Know why it is important to do these things regularly and what you would do in a country where it is difficult to get clean water
- Make a poster about children's rights. play a game with other Brownies then talk with them about why rules and fair play are important
- Find out about an international aid organisation like UNICEF, Oxfam or the Red Crescent. Tell the tester
- when it was started
- why it began
- what it is trying to do for people around the world
- Play a game from another country. Make up a game of your own and explain the rules to your Six
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