Following are Girl Scout and Boy Scout Badge programs offered at the Seno Center.
All programs are 2 hours in length, and cost $4.00 per scout. There is no charge for adult chaperones.
Contact Kendra Johncock at the Seno Center for additional information and to schedule programs.
Call 262-539-3222 or email senocenter@senocenter.org.
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Girl Scout Programs 
Daisy Programs
Make the World A Better Place -Spring only
On a hike through the Seno Center woods learn about garlic mustard and how it
is harmful to other plants. Look for other early spring plants and learn how they
were helpful to Native Americans. We will also play hide and seek in the remnants of the tall
prairie plants from last season.
Using Resources Wisely
Come to Seno Woodland Center and learn about trees, make recycled paper,
take a hike and play a game as you earn your Using Resources Wisely badge.
Brownie Try-It Programs
Earth and Sky
Examine the soil beneath our feet and the sky over head to find out how they affect our daily lives.
Learn to tell time with the sun and how scientists predict lunar and solar eclipses. What can you tell about
the weather by looking at the clouds? Should you wear red or yellow on a sunny day? See which color
absorbs or reflects the most sun.
Eco-Explorer
Explore the woods and find out who lives there and the type of habitat they need to survive.
Make a food chain and a food web to see how the animals and plants depend on each other.
Fun in the Forest - Fall Only - Wisconsin Blackhawk Council Patch
Learn what trees grow in the forest and the kinds of animals that depend on the forest for their home.
Find out what forest products you use everyday. Gather leaves and make a leaf print bandana.
Movers
Make a pinwheel and a paper copter and learn what makes them go. Experiment with other styles of paper
airplanes from a ring glider to the standard paper airplane. Fire off a balloon rocket and a bottle rocket
launcher and find out what they use for fuel and how to make them go way high.
Plants -Fall Only
Plant prairie seeds to take home and watch grow. Make a leaf print bandana to help remember leaf shapes.
Find out how different seeds are transported on the prairie.
Science Wonders
Make bubble mixture and experiment to see who can make the biggest bubble and the funniest shape.
Make your own recycled paper and magalope (envelope made from a magazine page). Experiment with
magnets and static electricity to see how many things you can make stick to the magnet
Space Explorers - Your Site Only
Requires 25 x 25 foot space with 11 ft ceiling. Go stargazing inside the portable planetarium
and find out which stars and planets are visible. Experiment with the different phases of the moon
and learn why the moon changes shape and position. Make your own sundial to track the motions of the
sun and a star chart to help find your favorite constellation. We will also make our own personal
constellations and give them a name.
Water Everywhere
Find out how much water is in a grape or a carrot. Learn ways to conserve water in your house or school.
Explore the underwater world of the pond to find out who lives there.
Watching Wildlife
On a walk through the woods learn where animals build their homes and what they use to build them.
Listen the nature's symphony and figure out which animals are making which noise. Observe bugs and
earths worms in their natural habitat and learn who eats them for lunch.
Junior Badge Programs
Aerospace
Make and test fly different styles of paper airplanes. Which one will fly the farthest?
Watch a space flight launch and find out how the astronauts survive in space. What things
will they need for an extended space trip to Mars?
Explore the Forest - Wisconsin Blackhawk Council Patch
Explore the forest, identify trees and learn their history. Discover what forest products
are produced in Wisconsin. Trace the making of maple syrup from the Native Americans to modern day.
Finding Your Way
Learn to use a map and compass with 3 different types of maps. Use the compass to navigate
a course and find the hidden treasure.
Making It Matter
Make your own polymer and change its look and shape by adding different ingredients.
Make your own electrical device and find out how ball bearings work in a machine. Work in
a group to build your own structure to hold a hanging cup. Learn about pH and why it is so
important to living things.
Earth Connections
We will explore the Seno Center and look for plants used by the Native Americans for food
and medicine. We will learn to use a tree identification key and identify the trees and learn
how to read tree rings to determine the age and history of a tree. We will also play games
like Oh Deer! and How Many Bears Can Live in the Woods? to learn how animals adapt to their
surroundings and how animals depend on each other.
Oil Up
How was oil created and where does it come from in the world? Learn how animals
are affected by oil spills and how we can help them. How do we clean up oil spills on the beach?
What products do you use every day that are made from petroleum? Find out the answers to these questions.
Rocks Rock
Lets be rock hounds and go on a rock hunt and learn about the different rock families and
how they were formed. Test the soil and look for geologic clues to the Earth's history. Make your
own fossil to take home. View the earth from space and see if you can locate Wisconsin.
Science Discovery
Make your own chemical reaction. Try amazing water tricks. Make a kaleidoscope and
unravel optical illusions. Become a scientist and find out what they do every day.
Sky Search - Your Site Only
Requires 25 x 25 foot space with 11 ft ceiling.
Go stargazing inside the portable planetarium and learn which constellations and
planets are visible. Make a star map to help you find the stars on your own. Find the
North Star and find out how sailors used it to navigate. Hear stories from the Native
American and African cultures about the Big Dipper and Orion.
Wildlife
Find out the state flower, bird and tree for Wisconsin. On a hike, pick out a plant to draw
that represents you. Learn what mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians have in common and
what makes them different. Match the shape of a bird's beak to what they eat. Find plants
that Native Americans used for medicine or food out on the prairie.
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Boy Scout Programs 
Weblos Badges
Forester
Learn to identify 6 trees and forest plants and find out how animals and humans use them.
Learn what the wood of different tree species looks like and what products are made from the wood.
Learn how fire is helpful to the forest ecosystem.
Geologist
Learn how to identify rocks from the igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary families as you
go rock hounding. Find out which of these rocks are used for building materials. Look for fossils
in the glacial till and how glaciers and volcanoes shaped the land.
Naturalist
Learn to identify birds by their coloration and call and which birds migrate south
during the winter using the flyways in the northern and southern hemisphere. Check out an
aquatic ecosystem and find out what lives there, and make a food web showing the relationship of
all the animals in the forest.
Scientist
Learn about Bernoulli's principal and how it related to air pressure. See how Newton's 1st
law of motion affects the launch of a rocket. Learn how optical illusions affect how you see things.
Earn the Cub Scout Academics belt loop for Science and Astronomy.
