Summary
We partnered with Northern Star Scouting to provide scouts the opportunity to fulfill merit badge requirements at Sustainable Safari.
Scout Merit Badges
Scouting America Merit Badges
Learn about mammology, herpetology, natural history, environmental science, or sustainability, and fulfill merit badge requirements!
The Sustainable Safari Education Team partnered with Northern Star Scouting to provide Scouts with a unique opportunity to fulfill merit badge requirements that align with animals and our natural world. Using the zoo’s distinctive resources, scouts can anticipate to complete all or most of the following badges.
○ Mammal Study ○ Nature Study ○ Reptile & Amphibian Study ○ Bird Study ○ Sustainability ○ Veterinary Medicine ○ Fish & Wildlife Management ○ Soil & Water Conservation ○ Environmental Science
With alternating schedules, these badges are offered on select Saturdays each month at our Burnsville location in the Conservation Center. Scouts will be able to enjoy the zoo afterwards with a complimentary medium feed cup.
By signing up through the Northern Star Scouting Events webpage, you are given a one-of-a-kind, hands-on experience to earn each badge. Using presentations, interactive activities with our ambassador animals, and our knowledge, we want to help Scouts earn these badges!
Each badge has different requirements, and some of our initiatives will not be able to cover all of them. These will be clarified on the page you use to sign up for each session.
Mammal Study
Ever meet a porcupine named Pokeman? How about a Tamandua named Pinocchio? These are just a few mammals that you could expect to see during the Mammal Study event at Sustainable Safari.
With this unique onsite experience, scouts have the opportunity for hands-on interactions with the very mammals they learn about while working towards the completion of their Mammal Merit Badge. Join us as we explore the intricate and fascinating classification of mammals.
*Requirement three must be completed outside of this event*
Reptile and Amphibian Study
Some slither, some walk. Some swim and some hop. We explore them all with our cafefully crafted Reptile and Amphibian Study event.
Meet some of Sustainable Safari’s unique reptiles and amphibians as you work towards the completion of your Reptile and Amphibian Merit Badge.
*Requirement 8 must be completed outside of this event.*
Nature Study
Nature weaves it’s way through everything, a common thread that connects us all.
Join us as at Sustainable Safari as we dive into those connections and the delicate balance that depends upon our ability to understand and preserve our natural world. Work towards the completion of your Nature Merit Badge while participating in hands-on experiences that showcase our role in preserving nature.
*Requirement 4 must be completed outside of this event.*
Veterinary Medicine Study
Explore the human-animal bond at our unique Veterinary Medicine Study event.
Using the zoo’s talented veterinary medicine staff and onsite veterinary clinic, you have access to hands-on, upclose and personalized experience as you work towards the completion of your Veterinary Medicine Merit Badge.
*Scouts can expect to complete the badge requirements in their entirety at this event*
Environmental Science Study
Get curious about the environment with Sustainable Safari’s Environmental Science Study event.
Take a deep dive into what it means to be an environemental scientist and look at the world through a lens of curiosity and observation.
*Requirements 2 and 6 must be completed outside of this event.*
Fish and Wildlife Management Study
Conservation is everyone’s responsibility.
Learn about the various careers and management practices that help to keep human impact minimal and our watersheds, wildlife, and environment healthy as you work towards the completion of your Fish and Wildlife Management Merit Badge.
*Requirement five must be completed outside of this event.*
Sustainability Study
From energy sources to water usage, sustainability is a complex and intricate concept.
Take a dive with us at Sustainable Safari into the many ways sustainility holds importance while working towards the completion of your Sustainability Merit Badge.
*Requirement 8a must be completed outside of this event.*
Bird Study
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No…no…it is a bird.
Join us for a deep dive into the complex anatomy, behaviors and diverse habitats of our feathery friends. Work towards the completion of you Bird Merit Badge with macaws, parakeets and kookabura only steps away.
*Requirements 5, 7 and 9 must be completed outside of this event.*
Soil and Water Conservation Study
We all have a duty to understand how conservation and the use of our worlds resources effects our daily lives.
Join us at Sustainable Safari as we break apart the complex compartments of conservation and sustainability while working towards the completion of your Soil and Water Conservation Merit Badge.
*Requirement 7 must be completed outside of this event.*