Start your road trip with the Journeys program, Between Earth and Sky. Travel around our Center to learn about Easter animals that are native to Northeast Ohio (and often found hopping around your backyard!). Make an “Easter basket” for the wildlife (and yourself!), find out how others work to protect our planet and discover how YOU can make a difference! Each girl receives a light snack and program patch.

All Girl Scout programs require advanced registration.

Session 1: Watching Wildlife Try-It

Learn to build like "Animal Architects," "communicate" with our animal friends, and find out what animals "wear" in fall and spring.  Watch our resident wildlife to learn what they eat and then do some outdoor "shopping".

Session 2: Plants Try-It

Explore how Mother Nature makes her garden grown by planting your own garden to take home and "magically" growing plants from air.  Weather permitting, we will take an interactive hike to explore the trees, plants and leaves found in our woods.

Session 1: Outdoor Adventurer Try-It

Are you an outdoor “survivor?” Could you dress for the weather, find food, build a shelter and find your way? Practice these important survival skills and use all of your senses on a hike through Huntington Reservation. If you like to be outdoors, this Try-It is for you!!

Session 2: Animal Try-It

Interact with Center animals and learn the difference between a pet and a wild animal. This unique program provides up-close encounters with a variety of animals, including mammals, reptiles and birds of prey (approximately 5 animals). Learn to “walk” and “talk” like some of our animal friends, too!

Pitch your tent in beautiful Huntington Reservation and get excited about outdoor camping as you earn your Ready, Set, Go Camping Try-It! Learn how to tie knots with bandannas you get to keep, how to “roll” your sleeping bags and how to pack the right camp clothes. Make your own “trail mix” to take on a discovery hike. Learn how the stars can help you find your way at night and meet wildlife you may see while camping. Make a sit-upon to take on your next camping trip. In inclement weather, program moves indoors.

 All Girl Scout programs require advance registration.

Experience the past by playing pioneer games, hiking through John Huntington’s Estate, making pioneer food, learning pioneer skills and listening to stories from old.  Make lasting memories as you explore the natural wonders of the past in this exciting time-traveling experience!

This overnight includes a snack, continental breakfast, craft, and take-home materials.

Troop registration is taken on a first-come, first-serve basis and space is limited.

Learn to identify the North Star, Big and Little Dipper and other favorite constellations as you explore the night sky inside the Walter R. Schuele Planetarium.  Discover why our moon changes and how to dress for a space journey! Earn all four requirements of the Space Explorer Try-It as you navigate our fantastic solar system!

Our inspiring badge programs provide all the materials, instruction and activities necessary for your troop to complete the Try-It.  The Try-It insignia is included in the badge program fee and is presented at the end of your visit.

All Girl Scout programs require advance registration.  Please register at least 4 weeks ahead for badge programs.

Have you ever wondered what happens during the night while you are asleep? Discover the many wonders of the world after dark.  We’ll meet nocturnal animals, explore the night sky in the planetarium, enjoy a snack at the campfire, play night games and investigate the sights and sounds of Huntington Park at night. Earn the Night Watchers insignia at this overnight, which includes an evening snack, continental breakfast, craft, insignia, and take-home materials.  Troop registration is taken on a first-come, first-serve basis and space is limited.

Pitch your tent in beautiful Huntington Reservation and get excited about camping as you earn your Camp Together Badge! Create a plan for camping and learn about troop safety. Find out how to pitch a tent and how to be prepared with the proper camping clothes. Make your own “trail mix” to take on a discovery hike. Get the scoop on how the stars will help you find your way at night and meet wildlife you may encounter while camping! In the case of inclement weather, we’ll move our program indoors.

Includes an evening snack, breakfast, craft, Badge and take-home materials.

All Girl Scout programs require advance registration.

Are you a city slicker? Find out how to connect to the great outdoors right in the city. Identify outdoor activities that you and your friends can enjoy in the city. During a night hike, find out what kinds of animals live in the city and which birds pass through urban areas as they migrate. Play outdoor games and build a kite you can take home to fly. Make your evening snack with help from the sun, create art inspired by nature and take home your Outdoors in the City Badge.

Session 1- Weather Watch Badge:

Become a meteorologist by creating your own weather instrument and by observing the clouds. Learn how to read a weather map to help plan your next Girl Scout outdoor event. Play weather games and determine what to include in a weather emergency kit. Unlock the mysteries of our ever-changing weather.

Session 2 - Rocks Rock! Badge:

Explore the rocks and soils along Porter Creek and on the trails above. Discover sand from a beach that surrounded a glacial lake; dig in the soil; follow the path of erosion and learn the main types of rocks. Become a paleontologist, uncover fossils and make fossils to take home.  Includes a moderate hike.

Do you have the right stuff to become an astronaut? What would it be like to be a part of a space shuttle mission? What type of food do astronauts eat and how would it taste? Find out as you head to the cosmos in the Walter R. Schuele Planetarium and earn your Aerospace Badge. You will also make and test-flight your very own model airplane in this fun-filled space adventure!! If weather permits, we will explore the night sky through a telescope.

All Girl Scout programs required advanced registration.

Session 1:  Earth Connections Badge
Become an ecologist and discover life within your own “mini-park.” Identify the trees within Huntington Reservation and unearth their connections to our early settlers. Let the rings of a tree tell you the story of its life. Play a game of Bat and Moth to learn how the two animals depend on each other. Get the inside story on how some of the animals came to be residents here and learn how the Center rehab program helps injured wildlife.
 
Session 2: Wildlife Badge
Get wild about wildlife! Discover Ohio's mascots. Imitate birds and investigate which tools help them survive. Learn what makes reptiles and mammals unique. Become a field scientist and use a journal to explore, observe and document our plants and animals. Live animals, mounts, indoor and outdoor activities are all featured.
 

All Girl Scout programs require advance registration.

Experience living history. Travel in a wagon for a night hayride, make a snack over the campfire, dance the night away at a hoedown, and learn the traditional art form of quilting.  Complete all the requirements of the Folk Arts Badge as you make lasting memories in this exciting time-traveling experience!!

Session 1: Wildlife Interest Project Patch

Can you identify the trees, plants and animals that inhabit your backyard? Explore our natural world as you enjoy a relaxing hike through Huntington Reservation.  Brainstorm five career choices in the field of wildlife and the environment and talk to our staff about their science careers.  Create a game that illustrates your understand of our animal world.

Session 2: All About Birds Interest Project Patch

Have you wondered how birds fly? Do you love to watch or listen to birds in your backyard? Master the art of bird watching and learn all about the world of our feathered friends. Learn how to attract birds to your backyard and get an insiders look at our wildlife rehabilitation efforts as we nurse birds back to health with the goal of returning them to the wild.

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All Girl Scout programs require advance registration.

Explore the weather, question how something works and investigate a cutting edge synthetic material. Visit with our resident rock expert and master minerals. Learn the chemical properties of food and prepare a recipe that involves a chemical reaction. Discover what manufactured parts can be implanted into the human body and research the materials used to create artificial body parts. Identify three women scientists who have won the Nobel Prize. Develop a game for girls in an after-school program. Earn the Why in the World? Interest Project Patch as you use science to study life.

Head to Mars along with a Mars Rover and enjoy a fascinating view of deep space objects through the Hubble telescope. Discover what causes an eclipse and delve into the life cycle of a fiery star inside the Walter R. Schuele Planetarium. Investigate astronomy and space science careers for women.Show off what you learn with a community service project making constellation books for younger children.  Earn the Space Exploration Interest Project Patch.

All Girl Scout programs require advance registation.