Queens Zoo Scout Programs
Coming Soon: Cubs Scout programs!
Plan the best troop year yet! Join us at the Queens Zoo with your Daisy, Brownie, Junior or Cadette troop for Badge in a Day Workshops and our all new PJ Patch Workshops! These workshops include the steps to earn your badge, plus visits to select exhibits and live animals. Badges are included! Badges are given to Girl Scouts after completing the program.
Girl Scout PJ Patch Workshops
Wild Night at the Zoo
Bring your troop for an evening at the Queens Zoo! Earn a themed fun patch by participating in our Girl Scout PJ Patch Workshop. Workshops will include a guided evening tour, up close animal encounters, hands-on exploration, and tasty treats to enjoy with your whole troop. Pajamas are welcome!
Experience the zoo after dark while learning about amazing nocturnal wildlife. During this after-hours workshop your troop go on a guided tour to learn about animal adaptation, make observations during up close animal encounters, and enjoy tasty treats while working on science skills that can be applied to a variety of badge and journey requirements.
Available for Daisies, Brownies, Juniors, and Cadettes.
Price: $375
Girl Scout Badge in a Day Workshops
Daisy Workshop: Eco Learners
Bring your Daisies to earn their Eco Learner Badge by going on a nature trek in the Queens Zoo! Through games and challenges, you will discover the many ways you can take action to protect nature! During the trek through habitats at the Zoo, you'll make a few pit stops to meet some resident animals up close. Badges are included.
Price: $275
Daisy Workshop: Animal Observers
Let's observe like scientists! There is so much to learn by watching and listening to animals in their habitats. During the Animal Observer's badge workshop, your Daisies will get a chance to tap into their observation skills through up-close animals studies, look for evidence of wild animals, and learn about tools scientists to study the natural world. Badges are included.
Price: $275
Brownie Workshop: Bugs
Have you heard the latest buzz? Your Brownies can earn their Bugs Badge while learning about why bugs are important to our environment! Your Girl Scouts will learn how to identify an insect and participate in a science-based activity while exploring a bug-themed exhibit. They will also meet animal guests in the classroom, make a craft inspired by bugs, and learn why insects are critical to healthy ecosystems!
Price: $275
Brownie Workshop: Senses
Bring your Brownies to work toward earning their Senses Badge by meeting some special animal guests in the zoo classroom and learning how animals use their senses to survive and thrive. Your Girl Scouts will use their senses to understand the animal world through an activity sheet and a senses-themed craft. Badge/Journey patches are included.
Price: $275
Junior Workshop: Animal Habitat
Bring your Junior Girl Scouts to work toward earning their Animal Habitats Badge by exploring one of the most amazing animal habitats at the zoo! Your Girl Scouts will meet animal guests in a zoo classroom and discuss how animals are adapted to survive in this unique environment. They will explore an exhibit at the zoo and conduct an animal census, discuss threats to habitats and the animals that live there, and learn what we can do to help! Badge/Journey patches are included.
Price: $275
Junior and Cadette Workshop: STEM Careers
Discover the wide variety of careers in wildlife conservation! In this badge workshop, you'll explore get a chance to meet animals through up close encounters and learn about the people that care for them at the Queens Zoo. Available for both Juniors and Cadettes.
Price: $275
Cadette Workshop: Animal Helpers
Bring your Cadette Girl Scout troop to the Queens Zoo to work towards completing their Animal Helpers Badge! Scouts will discover the relationship between humans and animals and the many ways we help each other. Your troop will meet two animal guests in a zoo classroom, engage in hands-on exploratory activities, and visit a zoo exhibit. Badge/Journey patches are included.
Price: $275
