Scouts Coastal Georgia Badge Program Tybee Island Marine Science Center

Scout Programs

Learn about coastal ecology and earn badges with our two-hour program tailored for your troop!

We offer patch and badge programs for Girl Scouts of America and Scouting America. Each year, thousands of Girl Scouts from across the country come to the science center to earn their Coastal Georgia Badge. The program includes a Coastal Gallery tour, an ecology walk on the beach or marsh, your choice of a a sand sifting or seining activity. We also offer the Barrier Island patch for young Scouting America participants, and older scouts can earn the Oceanography Merit Badge. Contact us to plan a marine science program that your troop will remember forever!

Live Animals Exhibits

Guided Tour

The Coastal Gallery 30 minute tour features species native to the Georgia coast. Gallery exhibits include turtles, fish, baby 'gators, jellyfish, whale bones, and shark jaws. Scouts will interact with live animals at the Sea Table touch tank and meet our new baby sea turtle!

Choose Your

Program

1 hour

All Ages

Beach Ecology Walk

A guided beach walk to explore the dynamics of Georgia's barrier islands including tides, seashells, and sand dunes. Identify plants and marine animals that inhabit our beach and ocean, and collect unoccupied shells.

1 hour

All Ages

Marsh Ecology Walk

Hike into a tidal marsh to learn about the importance of this ecosystem. Explore botany, mud, periwinkle snails and more in the oceans' nursery. Catch scampering fiddler crabs. Prepare for wet muddy feet.

Choose Your

Activity

1/2 hour

All Ages

Sand Sifting

Discover marine life that live under the sandy surface using strainers in knee-deep water to sift wet sand. Identify animals and learn about the intertidal food web.

1/2 hour

For Ages 9+

Seining

Pull a 10-foot seine net in the surf to catch and observe the marine life in our waters. Classification and adaptations of species featured. Get wet to the waist.

Schedule Your next

Scout Trip

Bring your scouts to the Tybee Island Marine Science Center for a hands-on, unforgettable learning adventure. Reach out to our team today to start planning your trip. We’ll create an experience your scouts will remember for a lifetime!

Tybee Island Marine Science Center is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) commited to cultivating a responsible stewardship of coastal Georgia’s natural resources through education, conservation, and research.

Wed - Mon 9:30AM - 5PM
Closed Tuesdays

Last admission sold at 4:30PM

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