Brownie Girl Scouts

Looking for a unique way to complete Try-Its? Warner Nature Center has developed nine Brownie Badge programs specifically designed to exceed all Try-It badge requirements. As a special bonus, the girls will actually receive their badge at the end of the course! This is a wonderful opportunity to earn badges in a fun and creative way! Classes are just $90 per troop for an intense 3-hour program which includes a badge ceremony at the end of the day. Troops of 15 or more pay just $6 per girl.

In addition to the badges mentioned above we also offer snowshoeing, maple syruping, orienteering, winter tracking, aquatic ecology, stargazing, canoeing, camping, raptor programs and more.

All of these programs are set up for your group on a custom basis. Please call us with a few possible dates you would like to visit us and we'll check the availability of staff and building space. Contact our Outreach Coordinator Kirk Mona at or (651) 433-2427 ext. 13 to reserve dates. We look forward to having you here!

Water Everywhere Try-It (May - September)
Come explore the lakes and waters of the nature center through dip netting to learn about aquatic insects. We'll also study some of the mysterious properties of water when teams compete in exciting water experiments.

Space Explorer Try-It
Come join us in this evening of stars, telescopes and crafts. We'll start out our class by learning how to use a moon journal we get to take home. We'll then learn about constellations through stories and crafts. If the weather permits, we'll even head outside to find our new constellation friends in the sky and look at the moon through a large telescope. Every girl will receive the Space Explorer badge for free at the end of this two hour program. If it is cloudy we will enjoy the stars in our inflatable planetarium.

Wildlife Watching Try-It (May - September)
Meet a live Barred Owl, Red-Tailed Hawk or American Kestrel and find out about animal adaptations. Discover what it takes to survive the winter by competing in the Squirrel Olympics. This is a fun chance to learn about wildlife.

Senses Try-It
Explore your senses. We'll see how animals can identify their young though smell. We'll explore trees using touch. We'll find out about animal ears and we'll even make our own maps of how our tongues taste the world!

Animals Try-It
Animals are all around us, here's a chance to learn more about them. We'll learn how they move and how they sound. We'll learn how to respect animals of all kinds and even get a visit from one of the live raptors at Warner. We have a Barred Owl, a Red-Tailed Hawk and an American Kestrel!

Plants Try-It
What are seeds? Where do plants come from? In this class we'll explore plants and soil. We'll even plant some seeds that we can take home so we can watch them grow!

Eco-Explorer Try-It
Discover what makes up Habitat and how the links of the food chain fit together. Explore the woods and learn how to help wildlife. There's no better place to explore than our woods, bog, lakes, meadows and marshes.

Outdoor Adventurer Try-It
Learn what it takes to be an outdoor adventurer! We'll build an emergency shelter, go on a hike and explore the outdoors using all of our senses. A secluded camp site is available on our private lake. If you would like to include a campout as part of your try-it experience let us know.

Earth and Sky Try-It
This class has it all! Learn why we have eclipses and why the moon has phases. Observe birds at our nearly 20 fully stocked feeders. Depending on the season we'll either look at soil up close to see what it is made of or learn more about clouds and make cloud art.