Girl Scout Brownie Programs

Junior Cave Explorer Patch Program
Letterboxer Brownie Badge *NEW*
Let's Get Digging Badge
Fossil Safari Badge
Going Batty Badge
WOW! Journey - Wonders of Water ... Underground *NEW*
Combination Badge Programs
Badge Events for Girl Scout Brownies

Junior Cave Explorer Patch Program

Lincoln Caverns presents an all new educational and fun-filled adventure just for Brownies, Cub Scouts & Youth Groups through age 12. The 5 1/2 hour program features two hands-on cave workshops conducted by experienced staff specially trained to work with young children plus 'An Introduction to Speleology' pre-tour program, a special interpretive tour of the caverns, and a 'Lincoln Caverns Junior Cave Explorer' patch upon completion

Featured Workshops Include:

Junior Cave Explorer Workshop, featuring the Kids Cave Krawl simulated caving adventure!
Cave Life Workshop

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

Letterboxer Brownie Badge NEW

Uncover the exciting world of letterboxing! Join in a fun game of hide and seek using clues and directions to a hidden box. Collect stamp images as a way to record your findings! Girls will use their creativity to make their own stamp. Working as a team, girls will hide a letterbox, write clues to its location, and find other letterboxes. A pre-tour program 'An Introduction to Speleology', is included as well as a guided interpretive tour of the caverns.

Workshops during this 5 1/4 hour program include:

Box It Up!
Where Am I?

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

Let's Get Digging Badge

(Courtesy of Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Badgerland Council & Cave of the Mounds, Wisconsin)

Lincoln Caverns is now providing activities to complete the Let's Get Digging Badge for Brownie Girl Scouts. Hands-on activities will allow girls to learn about the building blocks of earth and explore geological features through maps. A pre-tour program 'An Introduction to Speleology', is included as well as a guided interpretive tour of the caverns.

Workshops during this 5 1/4 hour program include:

Rock Sleuth
Elevation Station

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

Fossil Safari Badge

(Courtesy of Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Badgerland Council & Cave of the Mounds, Wisconsin)

Lincoln Caverns offers programs to help Brownie Girl Scouts complete a Fossil Safari Badge. Girls will learn about the past by examining fossils, creating a poster about the past, and making a fossil cast to take home. A pre-tour program 'An Introduction to Speleology', is included as well as a guided interpretive tour of the caverns.

Workshops during this 5 1/4 hour program include:

Fossils
Geologic Time

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

Going Batty Badge Programs

(Courtesy of Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois)

Lincoln Caverns has added a new program for Girl Scout Brownies to meet the requirements for the Going Batty Badge. Girls will be learn about bat species, bat myths, and how all us can be better neighbors to our insectivorous friends - the bats. Girls will make a poster, and a create a bat craft from recycled materials. A pre-tour program "An Introduction to Speleology, is included as well as a guided interpretive tour of the caverns.

Workshops during this 5 1/4 hour program include:

Batty About Bats
Bats Are Good Guys

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

WOW! Journey - Wonders Of Water ... Underground! NEW

Soak up the fun during this hands-on, interactive program about water. Learn why we need water, how we can conserve it, and where it goes when we aren't looking. Girls earn the Love Water and Save Water parts of the WOW! Journey. A pre-tour program "An Introduction to Speleology, is included as well as a guided interpretive tour of the caverns.

Workshops during this 7 hour program (use combination program times) includes:

Wilma & the Water Cycle
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
What Goes Down, Must Come UP
Time for a WOW!

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 Girl Scout Brownie programs offered here to complete as a two day program.

Following is the listing of possible combination programs:

Combo 1: Letterboxer & Let’s Get Diggin’ *NEW*
Combo 2: Letterboxer & Fossil Safari *NEW*
Combo 3: Letterboxer & Going Batty *NEW*
Combo 4: Letterboxer & Cave Explorer *NEW*
Combo 5: Cave Explorer & Let’s Get Diggin’
Combo 6: Cave Explorer & Fossil Safari
Combo 7: Cave Explorer & Going Batty
Combo 8: Let’s Get Diggin’ & Fossil Safari
Combo 9: Let’s Get Diggin’ & Going Batty
Combo 10: Fossil Safari & Going Batty
Combo 11: Wonders of Water … Underground! (Love Water & Save Water) *NEW*

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.

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 Events for Girl Scout Brownies

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 offer opportunities for troops to register directly with Lincoln Caverns and participate in their choice of Girl Scout Brownie 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:

May 12, 2012 Girl Scout Brownie Badge Day – Choice of: Going Batty OR Letterboxer Badge

Two-Day Combination Event Dates:

Friday, December 2 – Saturday, December 3, 2011: Let’s Get Diggin’ & Fossil Safari Badge Combo
Saturday, December 10 – Sunday, December 11, 2011: Forever Green Weekend! Going Batty & Eco-Explorer Badge Combo
Saturday, March 17 – Sunday, March 18, 2012: Let’s Get Diggin’ & Cave Explorer Combo
Saturday, April 14 – Sunday, April 15, 2012: WOW! Wonders of Water … Underground!
Saturday, May 5 – Sunday, May 6, 2012: Fossil Safari & Cave Explorer Combo
Saturday, June 9 – Sunday, June 10, 2012: Going Batty & Letterboxer Combo