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SCOUTING PROGRAMS AT EARTHPLACE
Programs are available
Tuesday through Saturday.
Boy Scout and Brownie programs are $8/child with a minimum charge of $80.
Programs average 1 hour 15 minutes.
All Girl Scout Juniors programs are $10/girl with a minimum charge of
$100. Programs average 2 hours.
Merit badges are not provided by Earthplace.
Call 203-227-7253 or email
info@earthplace.org to arrange a program for your group.
Candle-making - 1 hour program to learn about the
history of candles and dip your own candles. This program can be
presented to any scout group. $100 for 10 participants, $10 per additional
child. Minimum age Grade 1.
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Badge Name |
Description | Requirements Met |
Tiger Cubs
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Critter Encounter
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This exciting and interactive live animal program fulfills 4 electives. (31, 32, 42, 47.) Each scout gets to make and take home their own birdfeeder. | Fulfills electives 31, 32, 42 and 47. |
Wolf Scouts
| Birds (Elective
13)
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Meet one of the live teaching birds at Earthplace. Find out what birds need to survive in the wild, and what you can do to help them. Each scout gets to make and take home their own birdfeeder. | Fulfills 4 of 6 requirements for this elective. |
Bear Scout
| Sharing Your World
with Wildlife |
Discover what you can do to help wildlife. Scouts will see live endangered animals up-close and view museum specimens. Each scout gets to make and take home their own birdfeeder. | All requirements are met. |
Webelos
| Forestry Badge
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This program will provide a hands-on lesson in tree and plant identification while demonstrating the important role that these organisms play in our forest ecosystem. Economic importance will also be explored. The Earthplace trails are home to a wide variety of Connecticut’s plants and trees and the animals which depend on them. |
Fulfills 4 of 5 requirements for this badge.
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| Naturalist |
Learn the tools to observe and identify the wild animals and plants around you. Hike our trails with an Earthplace Naturalist and check out the animal ambassadors in our Animal Hall. | All requirements are met. |
Brownies
| Animal-Try-It |
Using the Earthplace collection of live animals, this program provides a dynamic overview of the Animal Kingdom. | All requirements are met. |
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Eco-Explorer
Try-It
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Provides an overview of the science of ecology. Students will use observation skills on a trail walk with a specially designed “scavenger hunt”. This hunt will open discussion about living and non-living things and their connections. Each girl gets to make and take home their own birdfeeder. | Fulfills 4 of 6 requirements for this Try-It. |
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Watching Wildlife Try-It
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Students will focus their attention on the outdoor world and take a closer look at some of the wildlife that can be found in our area. We will observe one of the Earthplace critters and take home an animal-friendly creation. | All requirements are met. |
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Plants Try-It
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Students will investigate the world of plants, both out on the trails and in the classrooms of Earthplace. The program will cover how plants grow, the uses we have for plants and the identification of some local flora. | All requirements are met. |
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Science in Action |
This program covers some of the science we experience in our every day lives. The students will conduct basic experiments to explore the world around them and make some slime to take home. | All requirements are met. |
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Water Everywhere |
This program allows students to study the compound most important to us all! We will discuss water conservation, where water can be found and investigate the pond at Earthplace. | Fulfills 4 of 6 requirements for this Try-It. |
Junior Girl Scouts
| Wildlife Badge
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Using the Earthplace live animals as well as museum specimens, scouts will explore animal adaptations and characteristics. Learn how scientists observe animals in the wild! See endangered species from the Earthplace Birds of Prey exhibit and much more. | All requirements are met. |
| Earth Connections | Students will visit the trails of Earthplace to discover some of the important relationships between animals, plants and people. We will closely observe an “ecosystem”, learn to identify plants and trees, discuss succession and adaptation in the natural world and talk about ways to protect the earth. | All requirements are met. |
| Finding Your Way | Valuable skills such as map reading, compass usage and orienteering are taught in this scout program. Students will also learn about trail markers and how to guide themselves using nature’s signs. The scouts will use their new knowledge to make their own maps and find their way around Earthplace! | All requirements are met. |
| Making it Matter | Build a bridge out of newspaper. Make slime. Experiment with changing the slime recipe. Check out acid/base reactions after making your own PH indicator. | All requirements are met. |
| Your Outdoor Surrounding | Brain storm ideas to help the environment. Learn what Minimum Impact is. Go for a hike, learn about an outside hobby and more. | All requirements are met. |