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Scout and Guide badge programs

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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
 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
 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
 Sparks programs
  • Nature Hikes, Creepy Creature Shows, Snowshoeing, Campfires, Water Studies, or design your own program
 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
 Guide programs
  • Astronomy
  • Conservation
  • Bird Watching
  • Ecology
  • Endangered Species
  • Exploring
  • Forestry
  • Naturalist
  • Snowshoeing
  • Water
  • Weather
  • Wildflower
 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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