Girl Scout Junior Programs

Rocks Rock Badge
Wildlife Badge - "Batty About Bats"
Finding Your Way Badge
Earth Connections Badge
Geocaching for Juniors Badge
Going Batty Badge
Combination Badge Programs
Badge Days for Junior Girl Scouts

Rocks Rock Badge

The six hour program features three hands-on Geology workshops conducted by our experienced staff plus 'An Introduction to Speleology' pre-tour program, and a special interpretive tour of the caverns. All girls receive mineral & fossil specimens to take home.

Featured Workshops Include:

Rocks & Minerals
Soil & Groundwater
Fossils & Geologic Time

To recieve more information (i.e. pricing, dates, sessions) about each program sign-up for our Scout Leader Area

Wildlife Badge - "Batty About Bats"

The six hour program features four workshops with games, activities and hands-on participation and a special interpretive tour of the caverns. After learning all about bats, troops will build large bat houses to put up in their community.

Featured Workshops Include:

Endangered Species
Bat Species
Bat Adaptations
Bat Houses

To recieve more information (i.e. pricing, dates, sessions) about each program sign-up for our Scout Leader Area

Finding Your Way Badge

Hands on activities with compasses and mapping highlight this new Junior Girl Scout badge offered at Lincoln Caverns. This six hour program has many interactive aspects and girls will have to work as teams to complete tasks.

Featured Workshops Include:

Mapping Skills
Compass Skills
Geology Maps

To recieve more information (i.e. pricing, dates, sessions) about each program sign-up for our Scout Leader Area

Earth Connections Badge

Girls will explore the relationship between geology, biology, and ecology by studying the cave habitat system. This six hour program includes a special guided tour of the caverns and a cave habitat craft for the girls to take home.

Featured Workshops Include:

Cave Life
Cave Ecology
Caves & Karst

To recieve more information (i.e. pricing, dates, sessions) about each program sign-up for our Scout Leader Area

Geocaching for Juniors

(Courtesy of Black Hawk Girl Scout Council & Cave of the Mounds, Wisconsin)

Scouts will find the thrill of adventure and learning through technology. Girls will learn how to use GPS units in the fun sports of geocaching and earthcaching. This six hour program includes fun 'treasure' hunting activities for participants.

Featured Workshops Include:

How & Why of GPS
GPS Unit Basics
Go Geocaching
Cache It!

To recieve more information (i.e. pricing, dates, sessions) about each program sign-up for our Scout Leader Area

Going Batty Badge

(Courtesy of Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois)

Girl Scouts will have a blast with this exciting new program all about bats! Girls will learn about local bat species, discover the truth about common bat myths, and find out how we can all be better neighbors to our insectivorous friends - the bats! Each girl will create a poster to inform members of their community on the importance of bats and make a bat craft out of recycled materials. Each troop will build a bat house to put up in their neighborhood.

Featured Workshops Include:

Bats Are Good Guys
Batty About Bats
Bat Houses

To recieve more information (i.e. pricing, dates, sessions) about each program sign-up for our Scout Leader Area

Combination Badge Programs

Choose a combination of Junior Girl Scout programs offered here to complete as a two day program.

Following is the listing of possible combination programs:

Combo 1: Earth Connections & Geocaching
Combo 2: Earth Connections & Finding Your Way
Combo 3: Earth Connections & Rocks Rock
Combo 4: Earth Connections & Wildlife
Combo 5: Earth Connections & Going Batty
Combo 6: Geocaching & Junior Cave Explorer
Combo 7: Geocaching & Finding Your Way
Combo 8: Geocaching & Rocks Rock
Combo 9: Geocaching & Wildlife
Combo 10: Geocaching & Going Batty
Combo 11: Junior Cave Explorer & Finding Your Way
Combo 12: Junior Cave Explorer & Rocks Rock
Combo 13: Junior Cave Explorer & Wildlife
Combo 14: Junior Cave Explorer & Going Batty
Combo 15: Finding Your Way & Rocks Rock
Combo 16: Finding Your Way & Wildlife
Combo 17: Finding Your Way & Going Batty
Combo 18: Rocks Rock & Wildlife
Combo 19: Rocks Rock & Going Batty

Bring your sleeping bags and spend the night in heated/air-conditioned comfort upstairs in our learning center. There is room to sleep up to 60 people. Restroom facilities are located in our Visitors' Center wing and refrigeration is available. Coffee maker and TV with VCR on site. Indoor lodging available for one night only: during your program.

or

March thru November:

Enjoy primitive camping in our new group campground atop Warrior Ridge. Private, level sites in wooded areas adjoining a large field for group activities. At each group site porta-johns, fire rings, picnic tables, water for putting out fires, and trash barrels are provided. Drinking water must be carried from the Visitors Center. Firewood is available for a small fee. Easy access from Route 22 via a gravel road. Stay as long as you like: primitive camping nights unlimited.

A two-day option with lodging elsewhere is also available.

To recieve more information (i.e. pricing, dates, sessions) about each program sign-up for our Scout Leader Area

Badge Days for Girl Scout Juniors

These Badge Event Days cater to small troops who do not have the opportunity to participate in a Council sponsored program at Lincoln Caverns or have date conflicts with their Council's dates, so they can participate in a badge program with no minimum fees required. Lincoln Caverns will for the first time this year offer opportunities for troops to register directly with Lincoln Caverns and participate in their choice of Junior Girl Scout Badge or Patch during their visit.

Pre-registration is required and will be accepted on a first-come/first-serve basis. Recieve information packet by signing up in our Scout Leader Area or register online for the program of your choice through our Events Calendar.

Featured Workshops Days:

Saturday: December 11, 2010 - Girl Scout Junior Badge Day – Choice of Rocks Rock or Wildlife
Saturday: May 7, 2011 - Girl Scout Jr. Badge Day – Choice of Jr. Cave Exp. Or Earth Connections

Two-Day Combo Events: