Spark Skills this Summer at the Adventure Lab!

Explore various careers at the Adventure Lab through our Spark Skills Summer Program! Each day of Camp will focus on a different career cluster, allowing youth to explore multiple career fields and gain hand-on simulated workplace experience. In compliance with the Career Field Technical Content Standards, students have the opportunity to apply their time at the camp to graduation requirements for Workplace Learning.

Each day will have two career offerings. Students will be required to select one as their ‘focus’ of the day, however there will be crossover between the two offered. 

Scouts attending Spark Skills will also have the ability to earn Merit Badges in the related fields. Each daily ‘focus’ has an associated Merit Badge. See the information below for specifics on Merit Badge requirements, early starts, pre-reqs, and completion details.

The Spark Skills Program fee includes a lunch each day of camp, a swag bag and daily take away.

There are two chances this Summer to attend Spark Skills:

Camp 1: June 23rd- 26th (NO program on June 22nd)

Camp 2: July 13th-17th

Each day is from 9am-4pm.

Camp 1 Cost: $300
Scout Discounted Cost Camp 1: $250
Early Bird Pricing until June 1st:
Camp 1 Cost: $275
Scout Discounted Cost Camp 1: $225

Camp 2 Cost: $350
Scout Discounted Cost Week 2: $300
Early Bird Pricing until June 1st:
Camp 2 Cost: $325
Scout Discounted Cost Camp 2: $275

After registrating, you will receive and email to select your focuses for the camp. Please allow up to 1 week for this email to arrive.
 

Camp Overview:

• One day of Health Care 

Focuses: Specialized In-Office (Health Care Professions Merit Badge) or EMT/First Responder (First Aid Merit Badge)

• One day of Business and Finance 

Focuses: Start-Up (Entrepreneurship Merit Badge) or Operations (American Business Merit Badge)

• One day of Information Technology

Focuses: Software/Coding (Programming Merit Badge), Hardware (Electronics), or Robotics (Robotics Merit Badge)

• One day of Engineering and Manufacturing

Focuses: Engineering (Engineering Merit Badge), Building Trades (Home Repairs Merit Badge), or Welding (Welding Merit Badge)

• One day of Political Sciences* * Only offered during Camp 2

Focuses: Law (Law Merit Badge), Workplace Protections (American Labor Merit Badge), or Community Engagement (Citizenship in the Nation Merit Badge)

Merit Badge Information for Spark Skills

Merit Badge Requirements indicated are simplified versions of the requirements. Please review the merit badge requirements in full online for complete instructions. While all camp sessions aim to meet all merit badge requirements (unless noted), 

Health Care Day

Specialized In-Office Focus (Health Care Professions Merit Badge) 

Requirements NOT met at camp:

                   Requirement 5- visit a professional at their work place

                   Requirement 9- volunteer at a health-related event or facility 

EMT/First Responder Focus (First Aid Merit Badge)

Early Start Requirements:

                   Requirement 5- Breathing emergencies

                   Requirement 6- Loss of Consciousness

                   Requirement 13- Miscellaneous Conditions

                   Requirement 15c- identify 3 career opportunities and research them further

Business and Finance Day

Start-Up Focus (Entrepreneurship Merit Badge) 

Early Start Requirements:

                  Requirement 1- define entrepreneurship

                  Requirement 2- Explanation of entrepreneurial skills

Operations Focus (American Business Merit Badge)

Early Start Requirements:

                  Requirement 5- Choose a business and research how it applies to each of the primary areas of business

                  Requirement 6a- Identify and research career opportunities

Information Technology

Software/Coding Focus (Programming Merit Badge)

Early Start Requirements:

                  Requirement 1a- Watch the Personal Safety Awareness “Digital Safety” Video

                  Requirement 4- Intellectual Property

Hardware Focus (Electronics)

Early Start Requirements:

                  Requirement 1- Safety Precautions

                  Requirement 6- Identify and research career opportunities

Robotics Focus(Robotics Merit Badge)

Early Start Requirements:

                  Requirement 6- Learn about a robotics competition

                  Requirement 7- Identify and research career options

Engineering and Manufacturing 

Engineering Focus (Engineering Merit Badge)

Early Start Requirements:

                 Requirement 1- Investigate a manufactured item at home

                 Requirement 7- Registered Professional Engineer

                 Requirement 8- Engineer’s Code of Ethics

Building Trades Focus (Home Repairs Merit Badge)

Early Start Requirements:

                 Requirement 7a- Identify and research career options

Welding Focus (Welding Merit Badge)

Early Start Requirements:

                 Requirement 2a- SDS

                 Requirement 4- Mechanical and thermal cutting methods

                 Requirement 7b- American Welding Society

Political Sciences*

Law Focus (Law Merit Badge)

Early Start Requirements:

                 Requirement 4- Ask five people about the role of law enforcement 

                 Requirement 8- Requirements for becoming a lawyer

                 Requirement 9- Listing jobs that deal with law or legal processes

Workplace Protections Focus (American Labor Merit Badge)

Early Start Requirements:

                 Requirement 4- Adversarial model of labor-management relations compared to cooperative-bargaining style

                 Requirement 6- Explain and Discuss globalization

                 Requirement 8- Goals of people interacting with businesses

Community Engagement Focus (Citizenship in the Nation Merit Badge)

Early Start Requirements:

                 Requirement 8- write to your representative