Scouting is a popular pastime among many young people and the adults who lead them, and Long Island is full of many opportunities to earn badges in interesting ways.  Thanks to our plethora of science museums, there is no shortage of places to have your Girl Scouts or Boy Scouts complete their science-related badges, and their various journeys that are tied in with them.  Here is a sampling of places in Nassau and Suffolk Counties where you can earn scouting badges, but note that some places call their programs by the badge name, whereas others have different progrms that can be tailored to the badge you are looking to earn with your scouts. 

For further questions about badge requirements, you can contact your regional group: the Girl Scouts of Suffolk County, the Girl Scouts of Nassau County, the Boy Scouts of Suffolk County, or the Boy Scouts of Nassau County.

Girl Scout Badge Opportunities

Science Museum of Long Island
1526 North Plandome Road, Manhasset

• Brownies– Home Scientist, Senses, Hiker, Pets, Bugs
• Juniors – Detective, Animal Habitats, Flowers, Geocacher, Camper

Long Island Science Center
11 West Main Street #101, Riverhead

• Brownies – Wonders of Water (Journey), Science Wonders, Space Explorers, Eco Explorer, Plants, Senses, Engineering, Power to Brownies, Movers, Eat Right – Stay Healthy, Healthy Habits
• Juniors– Sky Search, Making it Matter, Weather Watch, Rocks Rock, Engineering, Electricity, Going Batty
• Fun Patches – Spa Diva, Chocolate

Maritime Explorium
101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson

• Daisies, Brownies Juniors, and Cadets – Tiling the Tabletops, Who Ate the Cookies?, Digging Archaeology, Color Without Crayons, Water Wheels at Work, Measure – Make – Marvel, Fruits in a Flood, Clean it Up, At Water’s Edge, Clean Up Time, Squeaky Clean Water

Long Island Museum
1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook

• Brownies – Paint the Real World, Paint a Mood, Earn Your Painting Badge in One Day
• Juniors – Experiment With Different Materials (part 1 – Artist Badge), Experiment with Different Materials (part 2 – Artist Badge), Ear Your Artist Badge in One Day

PSEG Long Island

• Cadets – Bright Ideas

Sweetbriar Nature Center
62 Eckernkamp Drive, Smithtown

• Brownies – Bugs, Hiker, Letterboxer
• Junior – Animal Habitats, Camper, Gardener, Geocacher

Cradle of Aviation Museum
1 Davis Avenue, Garden City

• Ambassadors – Water
• Seniors – Sky
• Cadets – Breathe (Journey award), Special Agent, Night Owl
• Juniors – Get Moving (Journey award), Entertainment Technology, Detective, Playing the Past
• Brownies – Wow! Wonders of Water (Journey award), Household Elf, Home Scientist, Inventor
• Daisies – Use Resources Wisely (Journey award)

What’s Cooking?
30 E. Main Street, Oyster Bay

• Various levels – Cooking badges

Boy Scout Badge Opportunities

Garvies Point Museum
50 Barry Drive, Glen Cove

• Various scout levels – Native American Culture on Long Island, Geology, Bird Watching, Nature

Science Museum of Long Island
1526 North Plandome Road, Manhasset

• Tiger Cub and Webelo Academic Belt Loops and Pins – Astronomy, Geology, Science
• Webelos– Forester, Geologist, Naturalist, Scientist

Long Island Science Center
11 West Main Street #101, Riverhead

• Tigers, Wolves, Bears, and Webelos – Crime Lab, Catapults, Scientist, Nutrition, Legos/Duplos, Leaves and Seeds
• Academic Belt Loops and Pins – Geologist, Weather, Scientist, Astronomy, Map and Compass

Long Island Museum
1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook

• Webelos – Fit to Print (Artist), Schoolhouse Adventure (Scholar), Take a Closer Look (Artist)
• Bear – Carriage Adventure (The Past is Exciting and Important), Fit to Print (Art), Schoolhouse Adventure (The Past is Exciting and Important), Take a Closer Look (Art), Colorful World (Art),
• Wolf – Fit to Print (Be an Artist), Take a Closer Look (Be an Artist), Colorful World (Be an Artist),
• Tiger – Colorful World (Our Colorful World), 19th Century Life on Long Island (Making my Family Special)

Center for Science Teaching and Learning
1 Tanglewood Road, Rockville Centre

• Cub Scouts – Astronomy, Map and Compass, Geography, Science, Geology, Wildlife Conservation
• Webelos – Scientist, Naturalists, Forester, Geologist
• Boy Scouts – Reptile and Amphibian Study, Chemistry, Nature, Environmental Science, Insect Study, Plant Science, Fingerprinting, Mammal Study, Soil and Water Conservation

PSEG-LI

• Boy Scouts – Nuclear Science

Cradle of Aviation Museum
1 Davis Avenue, Garden City

• Boy Scouts – Robotics, Energy, Space Exploration, Aviation, Astronomy, Weather
• Cub Scouts – Science, Astronomy, Weather (all three as belt loops or academic pins)