Environmental Science Merit Badge at the South Shore YMCA Nature Center

Date: Saturday, November 15, 2025

Time: 10:00-11:30am

Where: South Shore YMCA Nature Center, 48 Jacobs Lane, Norwell, MA 02061

Who: Scouts (11-17) looking to earn the Environmental Science Merit Badge

What to Bring: Weather appropriate clothing for outdoors

Requirements to complete before you come: Requirements 2(A and B), 6 (A or B),
10, 11 Requirements must be handwritten in a notebook or typed, printed and brought
to Merit Badge Course for complete credit.

Program Description: Join Merit Badge Counselors at the South Shore YMCA Nature
Center for an exciting opportunity to earn your Environmental Science Merit Badge!
This program is designed to help you understand multiple aspects of environmental
science including making observations and carrying out experiments to investigate the
natural world.

We’ll learn the basics of environmental science, and what it means to be an
environmental scientist. You’ll learn about pollution, invasive species, and endangered
animals and why these topics are important to us as humans.

Come ready to learn, work, and have fun as we enjoy and learn about all nature has to
offer!

Check-in will begin at 10:00am with the badge session starting at 10:15am.