Scouting

Scout Activities

The Ogden Nature Center provides the perfect outdoor classroom for scout activities.  To enjoy scouting at the Nature Center,there are two options:

• Lead your own activities and pay regular admission of $2.00 per child and $4.00 per adult. No reservation needed!
• Have our teacher/naturalists help your scout  pass off badge requirements for $5.00 per scout/ 45 minute class on Scout Saturdays at the nature center. Reservation and a non-refundable deposit required. 

Scout Saturdays will be held on the 3rd Saturday of every month starting  January 2011. 

Native vs. Invasive - 9:00am -9:45am - 

Filling a requirement for the Naturalist badge we help your scouts identify 10 native plants/animals and non-native species. We will help your scout cover the following badge requirements in this class.

Webelos Naturalist Activity Badge

-       Watch six wild animals (snakes, turtles, fish, birds, or mammals) in the wild. Describe the kind of place (forest, field, marsh, yard or park) where you saw them. Tell what they were doing.

Identify a plant, bird or wild animal that is found only in your area of the country. Tell why it survives only in your area.

Boy Scout Environmental Science Badge

-       Define the following terms: *population,* community, *ecosystem, biosphere, symbiosis, *niche, *habitat, conservation, threatened species, endangered species, extinction, pollution prevention, Brownfield, ozone, watershed, air shed, nonpoint source, hybrid vehicle, fuel cell.  (* Vocabulary covered in ONC lesson)

- Discuss what is an ecosystem. Tell how it is maintained in nature and how it survives.

Boy Scout Nature Badge

 - Name three ways in which plants are important to animals.

- Name three ways in which animals are important to plants.

-  In the field, identify eight species of birds

-  In the field, identify three species of wild animals

Boy Scout Bird Study Badge

-       Demonstrate that you know how to properly use and care for binoculars. Show how to adjust the eyepiece and how to focus for proper viewing

-       Demonstrate that you know how to use a bird field guide. Show your counselor that you are able to understand a range map by locating in the book and pointing out the wintering range, the breeding range, and/or the year-round range of one species of each of the following types of birds: seabird, falcon or hawk, nonative bird (introduced to North America from a foreign country since 1800).

-  Keep a list or fill out a checklist of all the birds your group observed during the field trip.

Boy Scout Nature Badge

- In the field, identify eight species of birds

- In the field, identify three species of wild animals

- In the field, identify 15 species of wild plants ( we will cover 6-8 species)

 Conservation  - 10:00am - 10:45 am -

Find out what  conservation officers do, why they are necessary, the role they played in history and how one becomes a conservation officer. We will help your scout cover the following badge requirements in this class.

Boy Scout Environmental Science Badge

-       Define the following terms: population, community, ecosystem, biosphere, symbiosis, niche, habitat, *conservation, *threatened species, *endangered species, *extinction, pollution prevention, Brownfield, ozone, watershed, airshed, nonpoint source, hybrid vehicle, fuel cell.  (* Vocabulary covered in ONC lesson)

 -Do research on one species that was endangered or threatened but which has now recovered. Find out how the organism recovered, and what its new status is.

Boy Scout Fish and Wildlife Management Badge

-  Describe the meaning and purpose of fish and wildlife conservation and management.

-  List and discuss at least three major problems that continue to threaten your state’s fish and wildlife resources.

-   List the wildlife species in your state that are classified as endangered, threatened, exotic, game species, furbearers, or migratory game birds.

Boy Scout Nature Badge

Name an animal that is protected in your state or region, and explain why it is at risk.

Venomous Reptiles  - 11:00am - 11:45 am 

Learn how to identify the difference between a venomous  and non-venomous species with an up-close encounter with a snake. We will help your scout cover the following badge requirements in this class.

Webelos Naturalist Activity Badge

-Visit a museum of natural history, a nature center, or a zoo with your family, Webelos den, or pack. Tell what you saw.

- Learn to identify poisonous plants and venomous reptiles found in your area.

- Give examples of:

       - a producer, consumer and a decomposer in the food chain of an ecosystem.

       - One way humans have changed the balance of nature

       - How you can help protect the balance of nature

-       Look around your neighborhood and identify how litter might be dangerous to the birds and other animals. Clean up the litter. Identify what else you might do to make your neighborhood safer for animals.

Boy Scout Nature Badge

-       Explain the term “food chain” Give an example of a four-step land food chain and a four-step water food chain

-  Reptiles and Amphibians

     -Show that you can recognize the venomous snakes in your area.

     - In the field, identify three species of reptiles or amphibians (this requirement is met in            spring &summer months only)

Spring 2012 Schedule

January 21st

February 18th

March 17th

No program in April 

 May 19th 

Reservations are required

Call us at 801-621-7595 to make a reservation. 

Eagle Scout Projects

We are thrilled to have young men complete their Eagle Scout projects at the Ogden Nature Center.  We always have a list of special projects to choose from.  If you are interested in completing a service project at ONC, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator.

Eagle Courts of Honor

The Ogden Nature Center offers 15-20 minute Bald Eagle presentations with a focus on how the eagle became our national symbol, how Des Ta Te came to the Nature Center and obtained her Apache name and her story of recovery.  The presentor will also correlate eagle habits and survival techniques to the task of earning the high ranking Eagle Scout honor.

Additional 10 minutes of scout and parent photos are included in the base price.

Base price:

1-4 Scouts $160

5-7 Scouts $200

8+ Scouts $250

Additional $50 for any program booked on a Saturday or Sunday.  Additional $30 for every half hour past 8:00 pm (we suggest placing the eagle presentation after the flag ceremony and opening prayer).  Mileage charge of .50/mile outside a 10 mile radius from the Nature Center.  To schedule an eagle presentation, please contact our Wildlife Specialist.