March 26 - The Galleries will close at 4PM. Last IMAX film is at 4PM.
Scout Badge Workshops
Badge programs are offered on weekends year-round and are subject to availability. Each workshop will begin at noon. A minimum of 10 scouts is required for each program, and a maximum of 24. We encourage partnering with other groups to take a badge workshop together. Two adult chaperones are required for every 8 scouts. Additional adults will be charged our current group rate. Successful completion of these workshops will fulfill the requirements for each of the badges offered. The badge is not supplied as part of this workshop. Badge workshops cannot be booked less than one month in advance. Please have two possible dates in mind when you call.
Reservations are taken by telephone and online.
Please call (619) 238-1233 ext. 806.
To learn how scouts can earn a badge using our Nierman Challenger Learning Center, click here.
Brownies Badge Workshop
Home Scientist Badge
Find ways that you can use science every day! Learn to be a kitchen scientist, explore static electricity, dive into density, create bubbling reactions and experiment with science!
Journey: “It’s Your World”
Badge Requirements Met: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Duration: 2 hours
Fee: $12 per Scout
Junior Girl Scouts Badge Workshops
Detective Badge
Jump right in to the science of detecting! Practice the power of observation, communicate in code, have fun with fingerprints, look at evidence and solve a mystery.
Journey: “It’s Your Planet”
Badge Requirements Met: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Duration: 2 hours
Fee: $12 per Scout
Cadette Girl Scout Badge Workshop
Special Agent Badge
Uncover the mysteries of forensic science! Investigate fingerprints, reveal reality, explore the science of chromatography, key into body language and be a forensic artist.
Journey: “It’s Your Planet”
Badge Requirements Met: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Duration: 2 hours
Fee: $12 per Scout
Webelos Badge Workshops
Scientist Activity Badge
Utilize the Science Center exhibits and resources to test scientific laws and conduct experiments. Discover what keeps planes in the air and investigate rockets using the scientific method. Experience incredible optical illusions and learn how the eyes and brain work together to produce these strange effects.
Duration: 3 hours
Fee: $14 per Scout
Scouts attending the Webelos workshop are encouraged to bring a snack.
Summer Camp Registration Now Open
Registration is now open for Summer Camp. The Fleet runs weekly, half-day summer camps in 2013 from June 24 to August 23. The majority of our camps are geared for kids in Grades 1–2 and Grades 3–4, but we also offer camps for Pre-K and Grades 5–8 on selected weeks. The camps are designed to be fun, educational and hands-on and to incorporate the Fleet’s exhibit galleries. Camps are described below and are listed by grade level.
Camps will go on sale for Members on March 4. Camps will be available for sale to Nonmembers on March 11.
Nierman Challenger Learning Center
The Nierman Challenger Learning Center at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center is a part of a growing network of centers worldwide that are being established by the Challenger Center for Space Science Education in memory of the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger.
