Date: Thu Sep 10, 5:00 PM EST - Thu Sep 10, 7:00 PM EST
Category:
- STEM,
- College Readiness,
- Outdoor
Level:
- Brownies,
- Juniors,
- Cadettes,
- Seniors,
- Ambassadors,
- Volunteers
Are you curious about the natural world around you? Maybe exploring career pathway options? Then join your Outdoor Education Team and the Michigan Nature Association for a day learning about proper "eco-stewardship"!
What does a career in environmental conservation look like? Join the Michigan Nature Association for our "Green Career Trek Patch Program" to explore how you can become a future conservation leader. Learn how scientists survey for different types of special and rare species, the importance of managing habitat for endangered plants and animals, and gain field skills to help you traverse Michigan's many different ecosystems!
The patch program curriculum is designed to give participants an in-depth view to several different career paths within the Environmental Conservation field - from bee scientists, to endangered orchid scientists, to rattlesnake scientists - there is bound to be a specialty that sparks individual curiosity!
Herbarium Collection
Herbaria are like huge libraries, but instead of books, they hold hundreds of preserved plants! These collections are important because they let scientists study plant species by looking at the real, preserved plants up close and they show where plants used to grow in the past to help track how environments are changing. On this field day, we will be collecting specimens at one of MNA's nature sanctuaries for the Oakland University Herbarium! We will be pressing and preserving the plants we collect at a later event in November.
Included in Girl Registration Cost:
* 2 hours of hands-on, in-depth learning from a real-life naturalist!
* Custom Patch - "Green Career Trek Patch Program" & New England Aster Mini Patch
Included in Adult Registration Cost:
* 2 hours of hands-on, in-depth learning from a real-life naturalist!
Costs:
$15.00 per girl
$0.00 per adult
PLEASE note that this is NOT a drop-off event and proper Girl Scout to Adult safety ratios MUST be met in order to participate in the event.
Registration deadline: September 3 (or sooner if event reaches capacity)
For program questions, please email Taylor Haugen at thaugen@gssem.org.
For registration questions, please email helpdesk@gssem.org.
