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Play, learn, and earn badges with DuPage Children’s Museum!

 

Choose from Arts & STEM with DCM Badge Labs that will spark curiosity and promote critical thinking through hands-on discovery. Each 60-minute lab is facilitated on-site at DCM by an experienced educator. Labs available for Daisy, Brownie, Junior, Lion, Tiger, and Webelos. Time to explore the Museum and supplies are included with every program.

 

Scouts are empowered to be the primary drivers of their own learning – by building, making, engineering, and experimenting their way through engaging challenges.

 

Cost:
DCM Members: $20 per Scout | Non-members: $25 per Scout

Materials and time to play in the Museum are included!

 

Interested in customizing a Badge Lab? 

Email edbookings@dupagechildrensmuseum.org to discuss virtual or off-site facilitation and other customization options.

Let It Roll

Designing a car that really rolls is a wonderful engineering challenge. Let’s get our gears turning as we figure out how to design, create, and test our set of wheels!

  • Daisy – Model Car Design
  • Brownie – Race Car Design
  • Junior – Balloon Car Design

 

Friday, February 17 | 5:00 – 6:00pm | REGISTER NOW

Sunday, February 19 | 10:00 – 11:00am | REGISTER NOW

Saturday, March 11 | 11:30am – 12:30pm | REGISTER NOW

Saturday, April 22 | 10:00 – 11:00am | REGISTER NOW

 

Build A Bridge

Design, build, and test the strength of your own structure! This lab encourages young engineers to tackle practical problems with imaginative solutions, creating fantastically functional bridges. 

  • Brownie – Inventor
  • Lion – Build It Up, Knock It Down
  • Webelos – Engineer

 

Saturday, March 11 | 10:00 – 11:00am | REGISTER NOW

Friday, April 21 | 6:30 – 7:30pm | REGISTER NOW

Sunday, April 23 | 11:30am – 12:30pm | REGISTER NOW

 

Art Explosion

From self portraits to map making to the outer edges of the universe, art can take us anywhere. Work with our Arts and Maker specialist to earn your artistic badges, a wide variety of programs are available.

  • Daisy – Space Science Explorer
  • Brownie – Painting ⎸Space Science Explorer
  • Webelos – Art Explosion

 

Friday, February 17 | 6:30 – 7:30pm | REGISTER NOW

Friday, March 10 | 6:30 – 7:30pm | REGISTER NOW

Sunday, March 12 | 10:00 – 11:00am | REGISTER NOW

Sunday, April 23 | 10:00 – 11:00am | REGISTER NOW

 

Art of Shapes

Explore the fascinating and mathematical world of shapes by exploring an art gallery, completing various shape challenges, and creating your own shape artwork!

  • Daisy – Math in Nature 1: Shapes in Nature
  • Tiger – Stories in Shapes

 

Saturday, February 18 | 10:00 – 11:00am | REGISTER NOW

Friday, April 21 | 5:00 – 6:00pm | REGISTER NOW

 

Game Making

With the creation of your very own game comes lots of play-testing, creative problem solving and fun!

  • Daisy – Board Game Design Challenge
  • Brownie – Making Games
  • Webelos – Game Design

 

Saturday, February 18 | 11:30am – 12:30pm | REGISTER NOW

Sunday, February 19 | 11:30am – 12:30pm | REGISTER NOW

Friday, March 10 | 5:00 – 6:00pm | REGISTER NOW

Sunday, March 12 | 11:30am – 12:30pm | REGISTER NOW

Saturday, April 22 | 11:30am – 12:30pm | REGISTER NOW

Register For A Badge Lab Today!

Cost:

DCM Members: $20 per Scout
Non-Members: $25 per Scout

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

 

Includes Materials and Time to Explore the Museum.  

Questions? Interested in customizing a Badge Lab?

Contact our Education Booking Department
Edbookings@dupagechildrensmuseum.org