WELCOME TO VIRTUAL MINI-CAMP!!!
I'd like to start out by telling you what an honor it has been to work with the UW - Oshkosh students in the Outdoor Adventure and Leisure Activities class and their instructor, Chris Stratton. It is my great honor and privilege to be able to share what they worked so hard on with you!
In addition to writing their first lesson plans, the UW - Oshkosh students created some amazing content for Girl Scouts and their families using Google Slides and YouTube. Below is some information to help you navigate Virtual Mini-Camp.
You'll notice that we refer to our content as lessons and not activities. Why do we do this? By combining Girl Scout badges, adventure education processes, and fun, the lessons are set up to help those participating understand what the activity is, why they are doing it, what they learned, and explore how they might apply what they did/learned to other parts of their lives.
You'll also notice the lessons have numbers. The lessons were assigned numbers when we started planning for Mini-Camp. To stay organized, we kept the numbers. For the most part, lessons can stand alone. If there is a lesson that should be completed before a specific lesson, you should see a note on the web page.
Most of the Google Slides presentation contain an introduction video, a list of materials needed, activity video(s), a wrap up video, and reflection questions. The lessons are set up so that you can do the activity before you watch the wrap up video and reflect on the activity. We strongly encourage you to do this by following the instructions on their slides. On the last slide, you will find a letter to leaders and a link to the lesson plan. We would love it if leaders used them when they take their troops to camp or another green space.
Since lessons have been designed to do outside, everything on the Virtual Mini-Camp pages have been designed to be mobile device friendly.
We want girls and families to complete these lessons together as much as possible. What do you we mean by family? During Stay at Home, family is the people who you are living with during Stay at Home. After Stay at Home has ended, family can mean anything you want it to mean!
How to get to a lesson/badge activities page: Click on the Girl Scout level below and you will see the all the lessons. Click on whichever one you want to do (you can also use the menu). On the lesson's page you will see the Google Slide presentation and a Google Form to fill out in order to complete the lesson. Upon completion of the lesson, girls will have completed one or more badges steps.
Before you do anything online, please fill out the Girl Scout Internet Safety Pledge found here: https://www.girlscouts.org/en/help/help/internet-safety-pledge.html
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN VIRTUAL MINI-CAMP AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT YEAR IN PERSON!
In-person Mini-Camp is a very different and exciting experience and we hope to be able to be back to Camp Winnecomac in 2022.
Please note that due to the pandemic, UW Oshkosh class offerings may change so we are not exactly sure how Mini-Camp will look but we will try our hardest to keep it just as fun and exciting as our first year!