Battleship Cove Nautical Nights
Fall River
The Nautical Nights program includes:
• overnight lodging on the USS Massachusetts battleship, a National Historic Landmark
• three meals
• admission to Battleship Cove
• admission to the Marine Museum at Fall River
• movies and educational activities
• a souvenir guide with pull-out map of USS Massachusetts
$55pp. Contact Paula Hague, 508 678 1100 x101, paulah@battleshipcove.org.

Blue Hills Reservation
695 Hillside Street, Milton
Thousands of years before European explorers arrived, Native Americans made their homes here and called themselves “Massachusett,” or “people of the great hills.” Educational programs by Rangers are offered on weekends.
Sat and Sun, 11:00-3:00, $1.50pg, $3pa. Call Blue Hills Reservation for more info, 617 698 1802
Blue Hill Observatory Science Center
The Observatory is the principal structure associated with the history of weather observation in the USA. This year’s exciting programs include Kites and the Troposphere, Observing Weather, guided hikes, Clouds, Balance and Spinning Toys and Weather on the Web.
Daily. Contact Don McCasland, 617 696 0562, dmccasland@bluehill.org, for fees. www.bluehill.org.
Blue Hills Trailside Museum
This museum features cultural and natural history exhibits including a display of live animals of the Blue Hills. Sixteen historic structures tell fascinating tales of Native Americans, explorers, farmers, quarry workers, and inventors. The Weather Observatory sits atop the hill.
For details, call 617 333 0690.

Bristol County Nature Center
BC Agricultural High School, 135 Center St, Dighton
The Nature Center has displays and collections about the natural history of Bristol County. There are reconstructed scenes, live aquaria and large exhibits that show the area’s biodiversity. Our wetlands, beaches, meadows and forests; animal identification, adaptation, and ecological principles; and a working coastal shack are part of the experience.
1-2 hour tours available on Wed, Thurs, Fri. Free. Contact Lydia L. Silva, 669 6744 x120.

Buttonwood Park Zoo After Dark
Buttonwood Park Zoo, 425 Hawthorn St, New Bedford
Critter Camp-Ins - Camp in and wake up in a zoo! Includes dinner, evening snack, breakfast, an evening hike through the zoo, a craft and an exciting learning experience! Girl Scouts will receive a souvenir patch that will entitle them to free admission to the zoo throughout the year. Choose from a variety of program themes, including badge options.
Fri-Sat, 6:00p-9:00a, all year, $40pp, 20 min, 40 max.
To register and for more info, call Jen, 508 991 4556 x11 or email jkarow@bpzoo.org.
Twilight Tours - Includes dinner, evening hike through the zoo, a craft and interactive activities. The activities can be designed to meet badge requirements. Weather permitting, the evening ends with an outdoor campfire and snack. Girls will receive a souvenir patch that will entitle them to free admission to the zoo throughout the year.
Any night, 6:00-10:00p, $20pp, 20 min, 40 max.
To register and for more info, call Jen, 508 991 4556 x11 or email jkarow@bpzoo.org.

Cape Cod Children’s Museum
577 Great Neck Rd, Mashpee, 508 539 8788, cccm@gis.net
The museum offers programs on several badges. All participants will receive a certificate. Badges can be purchased at the council.
6:00-8:00, $9pg. Register by phone or mail, 3 weeks before program date. $50 non-refundable deposit required. Call Sharon for more information.

Cape Cod Maritime Museum
Discover the extraordinary and sometimes dangerous relationship that we have had with the ocean for thousands of years. You’ll see and touch things from lighthouses and shipwrecks, investigate ancient and modern navigation techniques, and learn the secret codes that ship’s crews use with among themselves. You’ll see construction of a full-size replica of a 100-year-old wooden boat!

The museum offers several programs related to Girl Scout badges, including Local Lore, Finding Your Way, Communication, Global Awareness, Traveler, World Neighbors and Globe-Trotting. The activities they have put together relate to the museum’s collection and expertise, and make for fascinating interpretations of the regular Girl Scout badge requirements.  There’s also a museum badge, focused on naval architecture and boat design.
To book a badge program, contact Catherine Macort, 508 775 1723, maritime@cape.com.

Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
Rte 6A, Brewster
The museum offers programs in ecology, geology, local lore, plants, animals and wildlife. Naturalists lead fun-filled overnights, which include walks outside, tour of museum and live animals, stories, games, crafts, scavenger hunts and movies.  Call 508 696 3867 to book a date.

Capron Park Zoo
201 County Street, Attleboro
Capron offers self-guided tours, behind-the-scenes tours, animal programs and overnights.
www.capronparkzoo.com, 508 222 3047.

Cheernastics
This program is for girls working on fitness.  It includes stretching, tumbling, handstands, cartwheels, handsprings. Contact Cheernastics to schedule 1-hour program. $5pg.  508 923 6232.

Children's Museum of Connecticut
formerly Science Center of CT
During Camp-Ins, girls will enjoy hands-on workshops and explore the museum. A Planetarium show is included, too! Workshops are based on GSUSA badge requirements. An evening snack, breakfast and a Science Center Patch will be provided for each Girl Scout who attends.
Fri and Sat nights, Nov-June; The Children’s Museum, West Hartford; $23-$33pp. To register, call the Program Manager, 860 231 2824 x33, or visit www.thechildrensmuseumct.org.

Children’s Museum in Easton
9 Sullivan Ave, Easton
Overnight programs are available. Packages include  museum exhibits, an optional Try-it workshop, videos for bedtime viewing, bedtime snacks and breakfast.
7:00p-9:00a, $15pp ($23 with workshop). Min 20 people, including adults (1a/5g req).  To book, call 508 230 3789.

Clean Green Power Patch
Help make our planet clean and healthy now! Massachusetts Girl Scouts have the power to help make our air, water and land cleaner and healthier for all!

Learn: What’s renewable energy?
Explore: Visit a clean energy site.
Act: Share what you’ve learned.

The Clean Green Power Patch introduces girls to alternative energy sources. They will meet and interview someone who has chosen clean, renewable energy or energy conservation strategies. Then they complete an art, science or communications project that gets the word out about the success and growth of clean, renewable energy.

The tools you need to get started are available at www.nesea.org/education/gscleanenergy. There are resources, ideas, local sites (over 100 are listed!), and inspiration on how to earn a free patch while doing your part to save the earth. Contact sreyes@nesea.org for info.
Developed by the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association in collaboration with Girl Scouts of Western Massachusetts and funded by the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.

The Climbing Cave
The new Climbing Cave at Camp Wind-in-the-Pines in Plymouth is fitted to look like a real cave, with outcroppings for bouldering (horizontal "climbing"). Helmets and headlights are available. The cave is heated for use all year. Use of the cave is free for our troops, and the experience is self-guided.  To make a reservation, email three possible dates to Lu-Ann Souza, three weeks before the earliest.

Color Me Mine
This ceramics and painting studio offers great art projects for children!  Some apply to Girl Scout badges. 
Mashpee Commons; for prices, call 508 539 8500.

Coonamessett Farm
277 Hatchville Rd, EFalmouth, www.coonamessettfarm.com
Coonamessett is a working, 10-acre farm of fruit and vegetable gardens, greenhouses, animals, beehives, research projects with nature plants and wind agricultural energy. Tours and badge programs are available. 
$8pg. Participants receive certificate. Badges can be purchased from the council. Register by phone or mail, 3 weeks before program date. $50 non-refundable deposit required. Contact Lori Lieberman, 508 563 2560.

Fuller Craft Museum
455 Oak Street, Brockton
Let the art touch you at New England’s home for contemporary craft. Take a one-hour or three-hour art workshop with a professional artist to complete requirements for badges in ceramics and metals/jewelry. Join our Museum Educators for a guided tour of our exhibitions which change seasonally, so each visit bring something new. Afterwards, enjoy our nature trail, Caroline’s Pathway, as you learn about the fascinating hobby of letterboxing.
Fees vary.  Visit www.fullercraft.org  for a list of workshops and activities.  Book one month prior: Diane Park, 508 588 6000 x125.

Heritage Museum and Gardens
67 Grove Street, Sandwich
Heritage’s art, history and auto museum buildings are on 76 acres of beautiful botanical gardens and nature trails. Junior badge programs cover Drawing and Painting, Folk Art, Prints and Graphics and United We Stand.
90 minutes. Contact Abbie Edens, 508 888 3300 x159, aedens@ heritagemuseums.org for info and registration.

Jenney Grist Mill
Plymouth
This beautiful historic site offers the History Isn’t Corny program for Brownies. Girls will fulfill all requirements for the Listening to the Past Try-It on this fun journey into local history! Led by a character from the past – the Miller himself – this program includes a tour of the mill and surrounding historic landmarks, local legends from the 17th century and games from the time of the Pilgrims. Girls may also purchase snacks in the mill’s homemade ice cream shop.
Fris, Sats and Suns year-round; weekdays during school vacations. $12pg, 14 girl min. Contact: Nancy Martin 508 747 4544 or email info@jenneygristmill.org

Limited Too
Call these stores to register for workshops:
Swansea: 508 730 1866; Taunton: 508 822 8352;
North Attleboro: 508 643 0329

Mad Science
Their spectacular shows were part of the Brownie Big Four and Mad Science for Juniors.  Now, Mad Science offers hands-on workshops for your troop!  Using the same edu-taining techniques as seen in their shows, the Mad Scientists will bring fun science directly to your troop ... watch a marshmallow grow HUGE!  Make your own Wave Motion Modulator!  Listen to the radio…with your teeth!  Choose from dozens of age-appropriate one-hour workshops, including Slippery Science, Wacky Weather, Under Pressure and Dinosaurs, and badge workshops.  Mad Scientists bring all of the equipment necessary and handle all setup and cleanup.  All you provide are the girls and the curiosity!  $150 for up to 30 girls (feel free to combine troops!).  Additional travel fee may be required in some areas.  For more info, visit www.MadScience.org/SouthernMass, email Mad.Science@comcast.net or call 800 748 7144.

Mass Audubon Society
North River Wildlife Sanctuary
2000 Main St; Daniel Webster Sanctuary Marshfield; North Hill Marsh Sanctuary; Mayflower Street, Duxbury
Staff naturalists conduct hands- on activities at all Mass Audubon sanctuaries. Programs meet Try-It requirements. Plan a nature related project with the Education Coordinator and conduct the program on one of our sites. Award ceremonies can be held at our South Shore Regional Office.
For more info, contact Ellyn Einhorn, 781 837 9400 x7903, eeinhorn@massaudubon.org.

Mount Monadnock
Jaffrey, NH
This is the most frequently climbed mountain in the world and it’s right over the Massachusetts border! There are over a dozen trails for climbers of all abilities. It takes about 4 hours to reach the summit, where you can have a picnic and enjoy the view of all six New England states! Make it a day trip or spend the night at a park campsite. Fees, maps, reservations: 603 271 3628, www.nhstateparks.org. No pets.

New Bedford Whaling Museum Tours
Spend your troop meeting at the Whaling Museum! Learn about whales and whaling during a 1-hour, interactive tour.
Nov-Mar, Tue-Thu, 3:30-4:30. $6pg, 1 adult free per 10 girls, $7pa beyond that. Register at least 3 weeks in advance. Contact Christina Ely, 508 997 0046 x120, cely@whalingmuseum.org

Overlook Farm, Heifer International
Overlook is a 270-acre working farm that educates visitors about global solutions to poverty and hunger through community development and sustainable farming practices. Programs involve integrated land and livestock production systems, which enhance food production and soil conservation. Overlook Farm empowers people to be part of the solution to hunger and poverty.
$5-15pp for most programs. Call 508 886 2221 for info and to register.

PETCO: Fur, Feathers, Fins
This field trip to your local PETCO teaches girls about the characteristics and habitats of fish, reptiles, birds and small mammals. Math, science and geography come to life in this hands-on program, and girls will learn respect for animals and responsible pet ownership. Girls will learn about basic animal care, environmental issues and animal survival.
60-90 minutes, free. To schedule a trip, call 800 987 6409 or visit www.fieldtripfactory.com.

Red Dragon Martial Arts Academy Karate Patch Program
This is a 4-part Fitness and Safety program that teaches girls how to keep themselves safe by defending themselves. They learn while exercising and having fun. Each session increases fitness level, flexibility, self confidence, alertness and strength.  Skills are developed through basic training and Karate games, which provide a way to enjoy the benefits of this program.  All sessions include review of previous session, allowing girls who were unable to attend to jump right in. Each session is 1.5 hours long and includes a healthy snack, bottled water and a patch.
Norton, or your choice of location. $12-15pg, per session, includes patch. Sessions can be scheduled on Fri, Sat and Sun, sometimes at your location. For info or to register, call 508 285 9818 or email rdmaa@comcast.net.

Shaw's and Star: Healthy Eaters
This trip to your local Shaw’s or Star Market reinforces nutrition and healthy lifestyle messages taught in school and at home. It encourages girls to care about health and wellness, and about the dangers of obesity. Girls learn in a fun, real-life environment, through hands-on activities about nutrition, meal planning, economics and decision-making.  The girls will enjoy free samples of healthy foods and goodie-bags with souvenirs from the trip.
60-90 minutes, free. To schedule a trip, call 800 987 6409 or visit www.fieldtripfactory.com.

South Shore Natural Science Center
Jacobs Lane, Norwell, MA
Overnights and activities are available for all levels!
To register, call the Scout Coordinator at 781 659 2559 x212. For more info, visit www.ssnsc.org.

Trinity Rep
Providence
Experience an award-winning performance at southeastern New England’s premier professional theatre! Special GS days for Trinity 101 performances of selected productions include a 20-minute pre-show discussion with theatre artists and a take-home leader’s guide prepared by Trinity’s Education Department.  Group rates available for all performances.
Call Denise Giblin, 401 521 1100 x223; www.trinityrep.com.