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Register
by calling Rosemarie:
(516) 627-9400
extension 10.
Have questions about a program?
Call our teachers:
(516) 627-9400
extension 14.
Daytime Scout
Programs
Available:
Monday
through Thursday
4 PM - 5:30 PM
Saturday and Sunday
10:00 - 11:30 AM
12:30 - 2:00 PM
3:00 - 4:30 PM
Sleepovers
Call for details
The Science Museum does not provide badges.
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 Daytime Programs |
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| Bring your scouts to the Museum for a memorable badge-earning day! Boy and Girl Scouts can earn pins, badges, and try-its through programs at the Science Museum of Long Island. Enjoy an hour and a half of hands-on activities that cover topics as outlined in the Scout handbooks. Topics listed below. |
| Fee: $150 for 15 scouts and under, $10 each additional scout over 15 up to 25 scouts maximum. |
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| Sleepovers |
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| Stay the night at the Science Museum of Long Island! Your troop will earn a badge, enjoy a night hike with a campfire, and take a stroll along our beach in the morning. Call early… dates fill up months in advance. Topics listed below. |
| Fee: $375 for 15 scouts and under, $25 each additional scout over 15 up to 25 scouts maximum. |
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| Brownie Try-Its . Grades 1-3 |
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| Animals: Meet live animals and see them move. Learn about their bodies, how they live, and how to treat your pets and other kinds of animals. |
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| Science Wonder: Make paper. Learn about magnets, electricity and more. |
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| Science in Action: Experiment with light and colors. Make weird glop and blow up a balloon without using your breath. |
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| Space Explorer: Make a star maker and see the night sky in STARLAB (our portable planetarium). Leave behind your shadows and more. |
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| Earth and Sky: Find out about erosion. Make an edible rock. Learn about clouds and eclipses. |
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| Junior Badges . Grades 4-6 |
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| Earth Connections: Learn about ecosystems, biological succession, and animals’ special adaptations. Identify plants and read tree rings. |
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| Rocks Rock: Learn about different types of rocks, erosion, soil types, make your own fossil and more. |
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| Science Sleuth: Make paper and crystals. Learn about simple machines, light, fingerprints, and sound vibrations. |
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| Sky Search: Learn about constellations, the North Star, the moon, meteors, and how to read star maps. Go into STARLAB (our portable planetarium). |
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| Water Wonders: Learn about the water cycle and life underwater. Compare salt and fresh water, and explore a body of water. |
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| Science Discovery: Learn about friction, optical illusions, identify plants and animals, classify rocks, and try some water tricks. |
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| Tiger Cub & WEBELOS Academic Belt Loops and Pins * Grades 1-5 |
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| Astronomy: Visit our portable planetarium and learn to identify constellations. Learn about telescopes, the solar system, planets, stars, the moon and more. |
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| Geology: Identify some fossils. Learn about volcanoes, the differences between rocks and minerals, different types of rocks, characteristics of minerals and more. |
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| Science: Experiment with solids, liquids and gases. Learn about the scientific method, simple machines, different types of rocks, ocean creatures, plant seeds and more. |
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| WEBELOS Badges |
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| Forester: Learn to identify trees and plants, examine tree rings, learn about wildfires, forest structure and more. |
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| Geologist: Learn about fossils, volcanoes, mountains, and rocks and minerals and their uses. |
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| Naturalist: See some animals, take a hike, learn about wetlands, food chains, the balance of nature and make an insect zoo terrarium. |
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| Scientist: Learn about Bernoulli’s principle, Pascal’s Law and inertia. Make crystals and see atmospheric, air, and water pressure experiments and optical illusions. |
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