Girl Scouts and Brownies
Earning your merit badges at Meadowside Nature Center
Earn Badges while learning about the Environment and the Habitats of Montgomery County, MD
Junior Girls Scouts badges and Brownie try-its!
Meadowside Nature Center provides an environment which is conducive to both learning and having fun. Our staff of Park Naturalists, with over 30 years of experience, will take your scouts to new heights, from learning about the stars and planets ; to the ground we walk on for Geology. To achieve our goal of maximizing advancement opportunities we offer an array of badges and Try-Its!.
Sign up individually or as a group.
Brownie Try-It: Eco-Explorer
#57975 Wednesday, 10/22, 4 p.m.-6 p.m., 7-10 years, $20
Ecology is the study of how plants and animals live together in the environment. Have fun learning to be an eco-explorer. Naturalist: Lisa Droubi
Brownie Try-It: Earth Is Our Home
#57976 Wednesday, 11/5, 4 p.m.-6 p.m., 7-12 yrs, $20
The earth is our home. Become a caretaker of the earth and discover some fun and easy ways to be "green" and make our home a better place. Naturalist: Lisa Droubi.
Brownie Try-It: Science Wonders
#62962 Friday, 12/12, 4 p.m.-6 p.m., 6-10yrs, $20
Science is all around you! Learn the science behind bubbles, magnets, and more.
NOTE: Signups begin 11/15.
Brownie Try-It: Animals
#62966 Thursday, 1/8, 4 p.m.-6 p.m., 6-10yrs, $20
Some animals live with us as pets and some live in the wild. Explore the world of animals through games, activities, and observation of Meadowside’s own animal friends.
NOTE: Signups begin 11/15.
Service Projects
Meadowside Nature Center has been working hand-in-hand with the scouts in achieving the ultimate goal of earning the rank of Eagle. The Nature Center with its 2,700 non-contiguous acres of parkland lends itself to constant usage by the community. We always have a wide array of projects for which we are looking for some assistance, from trail maintenance/restoration to exhibit design. Each year we work with multiple Eagle Scout candidates in designing, coordinating, and completing a pre-approved project at our center. Some of the past projects have been deer exclosures (to regain some native woodland understory), wildlife observation areas, retaining walls, a brick raptor walkway (for visitors to view our raptors), bluebird trails, fern gardens, bank and pond restoration, and more.
Call us for more information at 301-924-4141
Date of last update: October 15, 2008
