Boys Scouts
Earning your merit badges at Meadowside Nature Center
Earn
Badges while learning about the Environment
and the Habitats of Montgomery County, MD
Merit Badge Camp
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 for the Astronomy merit badge; to the ground we walk on in Soil and Water Conservation. To achieve our goal of maximizing advancement opportunities we offer an array of merit badges.
NOTES: Registration for Summer Merit Badges starts January 10, 2008.
Merit badge program schedule
Boy Scout: Chemistry Merit Badge*
#48754 8/12/08 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. $40
Ages: 8 yrs. to 18 yrs.
Fees: $40.00
Learn how we use chemistry to improve our lives and the health of our planet through hands-on experiments. Please bring a bag lunch. Naturalist: Glenn Rice.
Boy Scout: Environmental Science Badge
#48755 8/13/08 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Ages: 8 yrs. to 18 yrs.
Fees: $40.00
Join us as we examine different forms of pollution, our impact on the environment, and what we can do to reduce our negative impact. Bring a bag lunch and dress for the weather. Naturalist: Glenn Rice.
Boy Scout: Overnight Geology MeritBadge
#48756 8/14 and 8/15/08 Thursday/Friday 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Ages: 8 yrs. to 18 yrs.
Fees: $80.00
Dig deep into geology as we explore Crystal Caverns, campout overnight in a cave, and meet the Geology merit badge requirements. Naturalist: Glenn Rice.
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.
Meadowside Nature Center does not have any Eagle Scout projects at the moment.
Call us for more information 301-924-4141
Date of last page update: February 28, 2008
