Environmental Science Merit Badge at South Shore YMCA Nature Center

Join our Merit Badge Counselors at the 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.
After earning your badge, we’ll engage in hands-on service projects around the Nature
Center. These projects will help enhance our natural environment while giving you the
chance to put your newfound knowledge into action.
Come ready to learn, work, and have fun as we enjoy and learn about all nature has to
offer!
Check-in will begin at 12:45am with the badge session starting at 1:00 pm. The
session will last until 2:30pm.
What to Bring: Weather appropriate clothing for outdoors
Requirements before you come: Requirements 2(A and B), 6 (A or B), 10, 11