SCOUTS
The Memphis Zoo's here to help your Scouts do their best. We offer Badge in a Day programs and special Zoo Snoozes to help them learn the law of the pack.
Badge In A Day
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
$25 per child - members (includes one adult)
$35 per child - nonmembers (includes one adult)
* Minimum of 15 paying participants for program to take place
Dates: Please call (901) 333-6600 for available dates
Select a topic for an exciting program geared toward Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts, the Badge In A Day program will give your scout the opportunity to earn a badge while participating in fun, educational, interactive activities like crafts, live animal visits, experiments, and tours of the Zoo! Limited space and dates available!
All participants are responsible for acquiring the earned badge through their local council.
Badges Available during Badge in a Day
Brownies
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Art to Wear / Eco-Explorer / Senses / Watching Wildlife
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Junior
Girls
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Pet Care / Earth Connections / Horse Fan / Outdoor
Creativity / Plants and Animals / Wildlife / Your Outdoor Surroundings / Jeweler / Oil Up / Water Wonders / Ready for Tomorrow
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Tigers
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Plant A Seed / Learn About Animals / Feed The Birds / Fun at the Zoo / Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
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Wolves
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American Indian Love (Elective #10)
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Bears
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Sharing your World with Wildlife / American Indian Life (arrow point)
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Webelos
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Naturalist / Forester
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$50 per participant
* Minimum of 15 paying participants, maximum
of 33 total participants including chaperones.
Two free chaperones
may attend when you pay for 15 participants.
Includes a special Zoo Snooze t-shirt and Snooze patch.
Gather your scouts and make tracks to the Zoo! Our Zoo Snooze
program gives your Girl or Cub Scouts the opportunity to work toward a
badge while participating in fun, educational and interactive
activities! Click here for more information about Zoo Snoozes.
Badges Available during our Scout Snoozes
Scouts will earn a Snooze patch as well as satisfy some of the requirements for a badge or elective:
Brownie:
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Animals, Watching Wildlife, and Eco-Explorer
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Plants and Animals, Earth Connections, and Wildlife
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Girl Scout Interest Projects
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Wildlife, All About Birds, Eco-Action, and From Shore to Sea |
Wolves:
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Your Living World, Cub Scout World Conservation Award, and American Indian Lore
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Bears:
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American Indian Life, Nature Crafts, Sharing Your World with
Wildlife and Cub Scout World Conservation Award
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Webelos:
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Forester, Naturalist, and Cub Scout World Conservation Award
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General Scout Programs Offered:
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Reptiles and Amphibians, Nocturnal Animals, Birds, Fish and Wildlife Management
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Interested in our Scout programs? Please contact
us with a list of possible program dates that would work for your
group. We will work with you to schedule a program on a day that is
convenient for you.
We do not set aside any dates particularly for
badge-in-a-day programs. They are scheduled on a first-come,
first-registered basis.
Can't bring your troop to the Zoo? Let us bring the Zoo to you. Click here for information on our Wildlife on Wheels program.
To Register
Call (901) 333-6600 to register for Zoo Badge-in-a-Day.
E-mail educationinfo@memphiszoo.org with questions.