Date: Tue Oct 13, 5:00 PM EST - Tue Oct 13, 7:00 PM EST
Category:
- Healthy Living,
- STEM,
- Outdoor
Level:
- Brownies,
- Juniors,
- Cadettes,
- Seniors,
- Ambassadors,
- Volunteers
Are you curious about the natural world around you? Exploring career pathway options? Then join your OE Team and the Michigan Nature Association for an evening learning about the mysteries of mushrooms!
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!
Patch Program Event: Mysteries of Mycology
Interested in learning about the amazing lives of fungi? Join a real-life mycologist (mushroom scientist) to learn all about how to find and identify these fascinating organisms. Discover what makes fungi so special and so different from plants and animals.
Included in Girl Registration Cost:
* 2 hours of hands-on, in-depth learning from a real-life mycologist!
* Custom Patch - "Green Career Trek Patch Program"
* Mushroom Fun Patch
Included in Adult Registration Cost:
* 2 hours of hands-on, in-depth learning from a real-life mycologist!
Cost:
$15.00 per girl
$0.00 per adult
**PLEASE note that proper Adult: Girl Scout Safety Ratios MUST be met in order to attend this event; this event is NOT a drop off event.**
Registration deadline: October 8 (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.
