Girl Scouts: Wood Working for Animal Habitats
Saturday
April 29, 2017
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
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Wildlife is all around us, you just have to start looking. Junior girls will earn their Animal Habitats badge while Cadettes will earn their Woodworking badge. All girls will learn about wild animals, special and endangered habitats, focusing on Florida wildlife. Girls will investigate and explore local habitats through the River Center’s exhibits and aquariums. Finally, girls will help protect animal’s habitats and put their skills to the test by creating animal houses. Each participant will leave the workshop with an animal box that they created and decorated themselves to help make their backyard and community more animal friendly. By being good woodworkers and advocates for wild animals, we can all help make the world a better place.
Registration Deadline
Saturday, April 15, 2017
(online registration form below)
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Saturday, April 29th from 8:30am-12:30pm; check-in starts at 8:30am
- Space is limited - 60 girl participants
- Scouts will receive an event t-shirt and skill patch.
- Please have chaperones per group according to GSSEF Field Trip Chaperone Guidelines
- Each Girl Scout participating must have SWE/River Center Image Photo Release Form
- The price for this event is $8.00 per girl.
Pre Session (During registration)
- Animal Habitats Worldwide ~ Test your skills as a Wildlife Biologist
Session 1 – Build Something for Yourself ~ Chiki Hut (A)
- Create your animal home - bird and bat houses
- Swing a hammer & Keep it level
- Use a screwdriver & Saw some wood
Session 2 – Investigate an Animal Habitat ~ Amphitheater/Bird Garden (B)
- Discover, study, and record animal habitats like scientist
- Migratory bird and butterfly habitat
- Backyard habitat
- Mangrove, oyster, and estuary habitat
- Help clean up an animal habitat – Always leave a place better than you found it!
Session 3 – Examine, Explore, & Protect Wild Animals ~ River Center Classroom (C)
- Make some animal observations
- River Center’s touch tank
- Explore Florida endangered & threatened habitats
- The Everglades
- Florida Scrub
- Southeast Florida Coral Reefs
- Hard hitting questions
- What is it in danger?
- What is happening to the animals?
- What are people doing to help the habitat?
Session 4 –Advocates for Animals ~ Chiki Hut (D)
- Create a poster to teach others about animals and habitat protection
- Engineer a natural habitat restoration projec