Camp Ins & Scout Workshops

Camp Ins

Webelos Scouts
Webelos are invited to spend the night at Sloan Museum exploring the treasures of the Earth. Scouts will earn the Geologist Activity Badge while participating in the following activities:

• Make a fossil cast and identify local fossils
• Learn what causes earthquakes
• Start a rock collection with samples to take home
• Visit Longway Planetarium for a show
• “Treasure” Hunt
• Receive a certificate of completion
• And more!

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Junior Girl Scouts
Junior Girl Scouts are invited to join in the fun of exploring and learning about maps, map making and treasures while attending a Camp-In at Sloan Museum on the Flint Cultural Center Campus.

Girls will participate in activities that will fulfill the requirements for the “Finding Your Way” badge* including: Know Your Maps, How Long and How Far, Map Maker, Map of the Place, Make a Model and Trail Signs Traffic. They will also see a show at Longway Planetarium.

Camp-Ins will be held on the following dates:

* 2008-2009 Dates to be announced August, 2008

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Workshops

Click here for registration forms for Listening to the Past, Building Art, and Museum Discovery

Brownie Girl Scouts
Listening to the Past
Listen and learn about the past while attending this fun workshop at Sloan Museum, located on the Flint Cultural Center Campus. Girls will complete the Listening to the Past Try- It by participating in the following activities:

• Hear Community Stories
• Take part in Games of Yesteryear
• Learn how to become a Storyteller
• If These Buildings Could Talk
• Receive a certificate of completion

Troops can sign up now for this unique opportunity, held on the following date:

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Building Art
Listen and learn about communities and the built world around them while attending this fun workshop at Sloan Museum, located on the Flint Cultural Center Campus. Girls will complete the Building Art Try- It by participating in the following activities:

• Building for the Future
• Create a Neighborhood
• Discovering the Strength of Shapes
• Put on your Hard Hat
• Receive a certificate of completion

Troops can sign up now for this unique opportunity, held on the following dates:

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Cub Scouts
Cub Scouts are invited to explore maps, compasses and the museum while attending this workshop at Sloan Museum on the Flint Cultural Center Campus. Boys participate in activities that will help them earn their Maps and Compass Belt Loop and Academics Pin. Activities include:

• Participating in hands-on mapping activities
• Creating a simple working compass
• Designing a map of their own
• Receive a certificate of completion

Scout groups can sign up now for this unique opportunity, held on the following date:

• 2008-2009 Dates to be announced August, 2008

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