Cub Scouts
Earning your merit badges at Meadowside Nature Center
Cub Scouts! Earn
Badges while learning about the Environment
and the Habitats of Montgomery County, MD
Activity pins and electives
NOTE: Visit us back again for upcoming activities.
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, pins and electives.
Sign up individually or as a group. We can also provide programs such electives as Bird, Weather, Nature Crafts and more to help you earn the World Conservation Award.
Webelos Activity Badges
Webelos Geologist Badge, 6/30 48753 $40 9:30am -4pm. We'll comb Brownie Beach together in search of fossils, rocks, and minerals, learn how the earth was formed, and what is in it.Please bring a bag lunch and dress to get wet.
Webelos Naturalist Activity Badge, 7/1 48752 $25, Tu, 9:30am-12pm. Do you enjoy watching wildlife? If so, you're already a naturalist. See wildlife in our forests, meadows, streams, and ponds-but not before we learn how to identify the poisonous plants and animals in our area. Please dress to be outdoors and bring a bag lunch.
Webelos Scout Forester Activity Badge. 7/2 48751 $25, W, 9:30am-12pm. Learn what it takes to be a forester as we hit the trails to learn how to identify different trees, and why wildfires can plan a beneficial role in a forest ecosystem. Please dress to be outdoors and bring a bag lunch.
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 page update: February 28, 2008
