Boys Scouts
Merit Badge Programs
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 combined 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 with the Geology merit badge. To achieve our goal of maximizing advancement opportunities we offer an array of merit badges.
Merit
Badges
Chemistry Merit Badge
Learn how chemistry is used to improve our lives and the planet's health with hands-on experiments. Please remember to bring a bag lunch. Naturalist: Glenn Rice
#17849910-17yrs $45 8/21 Tuesday 10:00am- 2:30pm
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Environmental Science Merit Badge
Join us while we study people's impact on the environment and what we can do to reduce this impact as we examine different forms of pollution. Please remember to bring a bag lunch. Naturalist: Glenn Rice
#178500 10-17yrs $45 8/22 Wednesday 10:00am- 2:30pm
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Geology Merit Badge: Wild Cave Excursion
Come learn about cave formation, cave life, and cave complexities! On Thursday, we’ll explore geology in the classroom through hands-on activities and experiments. Then on Friday, we’ll head underground with a field trip to a wild cave in Shepherdstown WV, where we’ll climb, crawl, and twist through passages that few others venture to see. Please remember your bag lunch both days. Naturalist: Glenn Rice
#178501 10-17yrs 2 Classes $1106/29 & 30 Thursday (10:00am-2:00pm), Friday (9:00am-5:00pm)
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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.
NOTE: Meadowside Nature Center does not have any Eagle Scout projects at this time.
Call us for more information 301-258-4032
Date of last update: January 30, 2012
Montgomery County Department of Parks