Programs tailored for Brownies, Sparks, Cubs, Scouts and Guides are offered all year round at GRCA Nature Centres.
An evironmental educator will lead the group to develop a new outdoor skill or explore and discover the natural world. Our programs will help participants earn badges in a number of ecological and outdoor focused areas.
If your group plans to camp at a GRCA park we can bring the program to your outing.
Prices
Thanks to a generous grant to the Grand River Conservation Foundation, these programs are subsidized. The cost is $80 for a 2-hour program and $100 for a 3-hour program (plus HST if applicable).
Beaver programs |
- Nature Hikes, Creepy Creature Shows, Snowshoeing, Campfires, Water Studies, or design your own program
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Cub programs |
- Black Star: Your Natural World
- Observer Badge: bird watching, forest ecology, build a bird house, GRCA role in water conservation/water cycle, nature hikes
- Green Star (B Requirements): Wolf Cub skills - hiking, cooking over a fire, astronomy, compass and map reading
- Winter Cubbing Badge
- Woodsman Badge (Part 2)
- Exploring the Outdoors: stalking games, snowshoeing hikes, nature exploration hikes, star gazing
- World Conservation Badge: habitat hikes, bug hunts, water studies, endangered species
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Scout programs |
- Conservation Badge: forestry: forest ecology
- Soil: soil ecology, erosion control, dam tour at Guelph Lake
- Water: water study, GRCA role in water conservation
- Wildlife: endangered species
- Exploring Badge: map and compass reading
- Winter Scouting: ice and winter safety, shelter and fire building, snowshoeing hikes
- Naturalist: life cycles, plant, bird, mammal identification hikes
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Sparks programs |
- Nature Hikes, Creepy Creature Shows, Snowshoeing, Campfires, Water Studies, or design your own program
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Brownie programs |
- Key to Active Living: Winter is Great
- Key to STEM: Astronomy
- Key to the Living World: Bird Watcher; Saving Our Planets and Animals
- Design your own special interest badge: water conservation, pond/river study, nature hike/forest study or your own idea.
- Key to Camping: Which Way, Be Aware, Winter Outside
- Key to Girl Guides : Taking Part, Saving Water
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Guide programs |
- Astronomy
- Conservation
- Bird Watching
- Ecology
- Endangered Species
- Exploring
- Forestry
- Naturalist
- Snowshoeing
- Water
- Weather
- Wildflower
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Pathfinder programs |
Let's take it Outside: Outdoor Know How; Knots, Knives and Outdoor Lore; Finding Your Way; Winter Wonderland; Up Close and Personal with Nature |
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