Clover’s Green World
Daisy Elective: Clover’s Story - Use Resources Wisely
Thomas Edison was a strong believer in alternative energy, and said, “I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.” This program educates scouts about Edison’s resourcefulness and discusses how to use resources wisely in their own homes. Scouts will create their own bumble bee craft using recycled resources.

Sunny’s Helpful Heroes
Daisy Elective: Sunny’s Story - Friendly and Helpful
Thomas Edison was friends with many influential figures, including Harvey Firestone, Henry Ford, and Lord Kelvin. In this program, scouts will discuss Edison’s helpfulness and identify ways they can be friendly and helpful at school, at home, and practice sharing in a game.

Cooking Up Science
Brownie Elective: Home Scientist
Chemistry was a subject of interest to Thomas Edison, who conducted experiments in the family cellar and barn. In this program scouts will learn about Edison’s love of chemistry and about the chemistry in our everyday lives. They will also compare their results in numerous experiments, including experiments about static electricity and elephant toothpaste.

Domestic Engineering
Brownie Elective: Home Inventor
One of the greatest innovators of all time, Thomas Edison, worked on inventions that improved the quality of our lives, everyday household tasks, entertainment, etc. In this program, scouts will think about real world problems and discuss possible inventions that could solve these issues. They will work together to perfect their inventions and share them with their peers. Scouts will end the program by creating their own thaumatropes, a toy of the past.

Country Quests
Brownie Elective: Outdoor Adventure
Thomas Edison loved outdoor activities like camping, fishing, botany, and astronomy. This program will teach scouts about Edison’s love for all these activities. Scouts will be guided on how to use a compass and map. We will take a hike along our beautiful nature trail completing a scavenger hunt and will each make an eco-friendly bird feeder.
* WEATHER DEPENDENT *

Feathered Friends and Fluffy Fauna
Junior Elective: Animal Habitats
Menlo Park and New Jersey as a whole are the natural habitats of all kinds of species, from mammals to reptiles and from birds to fish. In this program, scouts will learn about animals found in New Jersey and how they can protect these animals and their habitats. Scouts will end the program by making an animal puppet of a native New Jersey animal and take a walk on the nature trail.
* WEATHER DEPENDENT *

Girlz Greatest Hits
Junior Elective: Musician
Thomas Edison’s favorite invention, the phonograph, provided a way for sound to be recorded and played back for the first time ever! In this program scouts will learn about the origins of music and about Edison’s work on his Phonograph. They will also create their own musical instrument and play it, just as tunes were played on Edison’s famous phonographs.

Designing the Future
Junior Elective: Product Designer
Thomas Edison, one of the greatest innovators of all time, worked on inventions that improved the quality of our lives. In this program, scouts will have the chance to be a young inventor as they discuss the qualities of a good invention. Scouts will identify problems in society and then create, share, and improve their inventions to solve these problems.

Binding Bright Ideas
Cadette Elective: Book Artist
Thomas Edison loved reading and writing. He enjoyed Shakespeare, scientific journals, and even learned a little French and German in order to read in other languages. He carried a journal around everywhere with him so that he could record his ideas as soon as he thought of them. Scouts will learn about book binding and will create their own pocket notebooks.

Living Landscapes
Cadette Elective: Outdoor Art Apprentice
“Seminole Lodge,” Thomas Edison’s winter home in Ft. Myers, Florida, contained gardens full of herbs, trees, and shrubs. In this program, scouts will learn about the roles of various natural resources in industries today. Scouts will also take a hike along the nature trail during which they can take photographs, make bark rubbings, find leaves, etc.
* WEATHER DEPENDENT *

Picturing PHOTOsynthesis
Senior Elective: Outdoor Art Expert
Edison experimented with plants while developing many of his inventions, including the improved electric light and synthetic rubber. In this program, scouts will learn about Edison’s work with and affinity for nature and about the present day uses of natural resources in industries. They will capture the beauty of New Jersey in photographs during a nature hike and also create their own dream catchers from berries, branches, and leaves they find on the nature trail.
* WEATHER DEPENDENT *