Space Jamboree

Schedule

All times listed below are in EASTERN
Badge / Instructor 10:00 am 11:00 am 12:00 pm 01:00 pm 02:00 pm 03:00 pm 04:00 pm 05:00 pm 06:00 pm 07:00 pm
Animation / GDEVELOP Game Engine
Glen Nemitz 10:00 am - 11:45 am 12:00 pm - 01:45 pm 03:00 pm - 04:45 pm 05:00 pm - 06:45 pm
Art
Kimberly McDaniel 05:00 pm - 06:45 pm
Aviation
Karen Meury 10:00 am - 12:45 pm 03:00 pm - 05:45 pm
Chemistry
Jamie Ostroha 10:00 am - 11:45 am
Citizenship in the Nation
Desiree Green 10:00 am - 11:45 am 12:00 pm - 01:45 pm
Citizenship in the World
Tina Lal 10:00 am - 11:45 am
Communication 10:00 am - 11:45 am 03:00 pm - 04:45 pm
Computer Aided Design Career Track
Noah Berryman 10:00 am - 06:45 pm
Digital Technology 05:00 pm - 06:45 pm
Electricity 10:00 am - 11:45 am 12:00 pm - 01:45 pm
Electronics
Tyson Kline 10:00 am - 12:45 pm
Electronics Career Track
Tyson Kline 10:00 am - 06:45 pm
Energy
Scott Ohlmiller 10:00 am - 11:45 am 12:00 pm - 01:45 pm 03:00 pm - 04:45 pm 05:00 pm - 06:45 pm
Engineering
Daniel Enos 03:00 pm - 04:45 pm
Environmental Science
Charles Daschbach 10:00 am - 12:45 pm 03:00 pm - 05:45 pm
Game Design 10:00 am - 11:45 am 12:00 pm - 01:45 pm
Genealogy
Melissa Moran 05:00 pm - 06:45 pm
Graphic Arts
Lori Lowery 03:00 pm - 04:45 pm
Health Care Professions
Rick Keyes 03:00 pm - 04:45 pm
Inventing
Lucas Toole 12:00 pm - 01:45 pm
Movie Making
Brinda Puri 10:00 am - 11:45 am 05:00 pm - 06:45 pm
Nuclear Science
Adam Rousseau 12:00 pm - 01:45 pm
Personal Management 11:00 am - 01:45 pm 03:00 pm - 05:45 pm
Plant Science
Joseph Schram 12:00 pm - 01:45 pm
Programming 10:00 am - 12:45 pm 04:00 pm - 06:45 pm
Public Health
Conrad Brewer 10:00 am - 11:45 am 12:00 pm - 01:45 pm
Python Programming Career Track 10:00 am - 06:45 pm
Radio
Josh Kittle 10:00 am - 12:45 pm
Robotics 10:00 am - 12:45 pm 03:00 pm - 05:45 pm
Sculpture / 3D Printing
Skyler Johnson 10:00 am - 11:45 am 12:00 pm - 01:45 pm 03:00 pm - 04:45 pm
Signs, Signals, and Codes
Jeremy Blevins 10:00 am - 11:45 am 12:00 pm - 01:45 pm
Space Exploration 10:00 am - 12:45 pm 03:00 pm - 05:45 pm
Sustainability 03:00 pm - 05:45 pm
Weather
Lucas Toole 05:00 pm - 06:45 pm

10:00 am

Animation / GDEVELOP Game Engine

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    Glen Nemitz

10:00 am to 11:45 am

11 / 15 seats taken

In Animation merit badge you’ll learn how to create animations, the ways in which animation is used and the fun and exciting career opportunities in animation.

10:00 am to 11:45 am

15 / 15 seats taken

Chemistry focuses on giving you better insights to what is happening when you Cook (The Maillard reaction, responsible for the delicious flavors and aromas), when you Camp (Water proofing experiments) and Staying Safe (Fire and Chemicals).  And more.  You will enjoy the hands-on experiments and applying your new knowledge in your Scouting Adventures.

Citizenship in the Nation

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10:00 am to 11:45 am

7 / 15 seats taken

As Scouts fulfill the requirements for this merit badge, they will learn how to become active citizens are aware of and grateful for their liberties and rights, to participate in their governments and protect their freedom, helping to defend their country and standing up for individual rights on behalf of all its citizens.

Citizenship in the World

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    Tina Lal

10:00 am to 11:45 am

15 / 15 seats taken

Scouts who earn the Citizenship in the World merit badge will discover that they are already a citizen of the world. How good a citizen each person is depends on his willingness to understand and appreciate the values, traditions, and concerns of people in other countries.

10:00 am to 11:45 am

10 / 15 seats taken

This clear and concise definition comes from the U.S. Department of Education: “Communication focuses on how people use messages to generate meanings within and across various contexts, cultures, channels, and media. The field of communication promotes the effective and ethical practice of human communication.”

10:00 am to 11:45 am

9 / 15 seats taken

Learn why electricity plays a significant role in the economy and how energy consumption impacts our daily lives with the Electricity Merit badge. Scouts will demonstrate how to respond to electrical emergencies, explain how a fuse blows or a circuit breaker trips, and complete an electrical home safety inspection. The Electricity Merit Badge is an excellent opportunity for Scouts to learn how to read an electric meter and determine their household’s energy cost from meter readings.

10:00 am to 11:45 am

6 / 15 seats taken

Saving, producing, and using energy wisely will be critical to America’s future. If we are to leave future generations with a world in which they can live as well or better than we have, Scouts and other potential leaders of tomorrow must begin the hard work of understanding energy and the vital role it will play in the future.

10:00 am to 11:45 am

13 / 15 seats taken

Games come in almost every shape, size, format, and flavor imaginable. Games can be fast-paced, slow, or anything in between. Some are competitive. Some are cooperative. They may be for individuals, small groups, or thousands of players at a time. They might take seconds to complete or last for years. However you slice it, everyone has played games, and games help make us who we are.

10:00 am to 11:45 am

10 / 15 seats taken

This is a 2-part class, you must sign up for both the morning and afternoon session!

Moviemaking is a way to tell stories visually through the art and science of motion picture photography.

10:00 am to 11:45 am

4 / 15 seats taken

The field of public health deals with maintaining and monitoring the health of communities, and with the detection, cure, and prevention of health risks and diseases. Although public health is generally seen as a community-oriented service, it actually starts with the individual. From a single individual to the family unit to the smallest isolated rural town to the worldwide global community, one person can influence the health of many.

Sculpture / 3D Printing

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10:00 am to 11:45 am

15 / 15 seats taken

This merit badge introduces Scouts to sculpture, an art form that allows an artist to express what he sees and feels by using these three dimensions by shaping materials such as clay, stone, metal, and wood.

Signs, Signals, and Codes

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10:00 am to 11:45 am

8 / 15 seats taken

The Signs, Signals and Codes merit badge covers a number of the nonverbal ways we communicate: emergency signaling, Morse code, American Sign Language, braille, trail signs, sports officiating hand signals, traffic signs, secret codes and more.

The latest merit badge pamphlet is available here:
https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/Merit_Badge_ReqandRes/Pamphlets/Signs%20Signals%20Codes_2025.pdf

10:00 am to 12:45 pm

4 / 15 seats taken

For most of history, people have dreamed of flying, imagining how it would feel to soar through the sky like an eagle or hover in midair like a hummingbird, to float on unseen currents, free of Earth’s constant tug, able to travel great distances and to rise above any obstacle. Today, through aviation, we can not only join the birds but also fly farther, faster, and higher than they ever could.

10:00 am to 12:45 pm

1 / 15 seats taken

The Electronics Merit Badge is a fun, STEM-based merit badge that will inspire Scouts to pursue a possible career in Electronics. Scouts will learn about capacitors, transistors, and resistors while grasping the basic principles of digital techniques and demonstrating how to build a control device circuit. Understand the behaviors of electrons and learn safety precautions when using, building, altering, or repairing electronic devices with the Electronics Merit Badge.

Environmental Science

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10:00 am to 12:45 pm

5 / 15 seats taken

While earning the Environmental Science merit badge, Scouts will get a taste of what it is like to be an environmental scientist, making observations in the Environment and learning how air, water, land, and living creatures interact in our environment. 

10:00 am to 12:45 pm

3 / 15 seats taken

Programming merit badge will take you “behind the screen” for a look at the complex codes that make digital devices useful and fun.

10:00 am to 12:45 pm

9 / 15 seats taken

Radio is a way to send information, or communications, from one place to another. Broadcasting includes both one-way radio (a person hears the information but can¹t reply) as well as two-way radio (where the same person can both receive and send messages).

10:00 am to 12:45 pm

2 / 15 seats taken

Build your own working robot with the Robotics Merit Badge. Learn about the robotics industry, discover the different fields of robotics, explore the available career options in robotics, and design, build, program and test your own robot.

Space Exploration

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10:00 am to 12:45 pm

6 / 15 seats taken

Space is mysterious. We explore space for many reasons, not least because we don’t know what is out there, it is vast, and humans are full of curiosity. Each time we send explorers into space, we learn something we didn’t know before. We discover a little more of what is there.

Computer Aided Design Career Track

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10:00 am to 06:45 pm

0 / 12 seats taken

Electronics Career Track

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    Tyson Kline

10:00 am to 06:45 pm

0 / 12 seats taken

Python Programming Career Track

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10:00 am to 06:45 pm

1 / 12 seats taken


11:00 am

Personal Management

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11:00 am to 01:45 pm

1 / 15 seats taken

Personal management is about mapping a plan for your life that will involve setting short-range and long-range goals and investigating different ways to reach those goals. Education, training, and experience all help make your goals become a reality. To achieve your goals, you will choose the best path and make a commitment to it, while remaining flexible enough to deal with changes and new opportunities.

12:00 pm

Animation / GDEVELOP Game Engine

View Details & Prerequisites
    Glen Nemitz

12:00 pm to 01:45 pm

10 / 15 seats taken

In Animation merit badge you’ll learn how to create animations, the ways in which animation is used and the fun and exciting career opportunities in animation.

Citizenship in the Nation

View Details & Prerequisites

12:00 pm to 01:45 pm

10 / 15 seats taken

As Scouts fulfill the requirements for this merit badge, they will learn how to become active citizens are aware of and grateful for their liberties and rights, to participate in their governments and protect their freedom, helping to defend their country and standing up for individual rights on behalf of all its citizens.

12:00 pm to 01:45 pm

14 / 15 seats taken

Learn why electricity plays a significant role in the economy and how energy consumption impacts our daily lives with the Electricity Merit badge. Scouts will demonstrate how to respond to electrical emergencies, explain how a fuse blows or a circuit breaker trips, and complete an electrical home safety inspection. The Electricity Merit Badge is an excellent opportunity for Scouts to learn how to read an electric meter and determine their household’s energy cost from meter readings.

12:00 pm to 01:45 pm

6 / 15 seats taken

Saving, producing, and using energy wisely will be critical to America’s future. If we are to leave future generations with a world in which they can live as well or better than we have, Scouts and other potential leaders of tomorrow must begin the hard work of understanding energy and the vital role it will play in the future.

12:00 pm to 01:45 pm

12 / 15 seats taken

Games come in almost every shape, size, format, and flavor imaginable. Games can be fast-paced, slow, or anything in between. Some are competitive. Some are cooperative. They may be for individuals, small groups, or thousands of players at a time. They might take seconds to complete or last for years. However you slice it, everyone has played games, and games help make us who we are.

12:00 pm to 01:45 pm

12 / 15 seats taken

Inventing involves finding technological solutions to real-world problems. Inventors understand the importance of inventing to society because they creatively think of ways to improve the lives of others. Explore the world of inventing through this new merit badge, and discover your inner inventiveness.

12:00 pm to 01:45 pm

15 / 15 seats taken

Nuclear science gives us a simple explanation of the natural world. The ultimate goal of nuclear science is to find out if there is one fundamental rule that explains how matter and forces interact. Earning the Nuclear Science merit badge is a chance for Scouts to learn about this exciting field at the cutting edge of science today.

12:00 pm to 01:45 pm

15 / 15 seats taken

Plant scientists use their curiosity and knowledge to develop questions about the world of plants. Then they try to answer those questions with further observations and experiments in the laboratory and in the field. To earn this merit badge, Scouts will explore three of the most important plant science specialties: agronomy, horticulture, and field botany.

12:00 pm to 01:45 pm

7 / 15 seats taken

The field of public health deals with maintaining and monitoring the health of communities, and with the detection, cure, and prevention of health risks and diseases. Although public health is generally seen as a community-oriented service, it actually starts with the individual. From a single individual to the family unit to the smallest isolated rural town to the worldwide global community, one person can influence the health of many.

Sculpture / 3D Printing

View Details & Prerequisites

12:00 pm to 01:45 pm

15 / 15 seats taken

This merit badge introduces Scouts to sculpture, an art form that allows an artist to express what he sees and feels by using these three dimensions by shaping materials such as clay, stone, metal, and wood.

Signs, Signals, and Codes

View Details & Prerequisites

12:00 pm to 01:45 pm

5 / 15 seats taken

The Signs, Signals and Codes merit badge covers a number of the nonverbal ways we communicate: emergency signaling, Morse code, American Sign Language, braille, trail signs, sports officiating hand signals, traffic signs, secret codes and more.

The latest merit badge pamphlet is available here:
https://filestore.scouting.org/filestore/Merit_Badge_ReqandRes/Pamphlets/Signs%20Signals%20Codes_2025.pdf

03:00 pm

Animation / GDEVELOP Game Engine

View Details & Prerequisites
    Glen Nemitz

03:00 pm to 04:45 pm

15 / 15 seats taken

In Animation merit badge you’ll learn how to create animations, the ways in which animation is used and the fun and exciting career opportunities in animation.

03:00 pm to 04:45 pm

5 / 15 seats taken

This clear and concise definition comes from the U.S. Department of Education: “Communication focuses on how people use messages to generate meanings within and across various contexts, cultures, channels, and media. The field of communication promotes the effective and ethical practice of human communication.”

03:00 pm to 04:45 pm

12 / 15 seats taken

Saving, producing, and using energy wisely will be critical to America’s future. If we are to leave future generations with a world in which they can live as well or better than we have, Scouts and other potential leaders of tomorrow must begin the hard work of understanding energy and the vital role it will play in the future.

03:00 pm to 04:45 pm

13 / 15 seats taken

Engineers use both science and technology to turn ideas into reality, devising all sorts of things, ranging from a tiny, low-cost battery for your cell phone to a gigantic dam across the mighty Yangtze River in China.

03:00 pm to 04:45 pm

15 / 15 seats taken

The field of graphic arts includes many kinds of work in the printing and publishing industries. Graphic arts professionals are involved in the creation of all kinds of printed communication, from business cards to books to billboards. The scope of printing communications is huge.

Health Care Professions

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    Rick Keyes

03:00 pm to 04:45 pm

15 / 15 seats taken

Explore the different types of the healthcare fields and professions with the Health Care Professions Merit Badge. Scouts will learn how professionals in different health care fields work together to keep people healthy. The Health Care Professions Merit Badge generates excitement for a possible career in the healthcare industry.

Sculpture / 3D Printing

View Details & Prerequisites

03:00 pm to 04:45 pm

15 / 15 seats taken

This merit badge introduces Scouts to sculpture, an art form that allows an artist to express what he sees and feels by using these three dimensions by shaping materials such as clay, stone, metal, and wood.

03:00 pm to 05:45 pm

7 / 15 seats taken

For most of history, people have dreamed of flying, imagining how it would feel to soar through the sky like an eagle or hover in midair like a hummingbird, to float on unseen currents, free of Earth’s constant tug, able to travel great distances and to rise above any obstacle. Today, through aviation, we can not only join the birds but also fly farther, faster, and higher than they ever could.

Environmental Science

View Details & Prerequisites

03:00 pm to 05:45 pm

4 / 15 seats taken

While earning the Environmental Science merit badge, Scouts will get a taste of what it is like to be an environmental scientist, making observations in the Environment and learning how air, water, land, and living creatures interact in our environment. 

Personal Management

View Details & Prerequisites

03:00 pm to 05:45 pm

8 / 15 seats taken

Personal management is about mapping a plan for your life that will involve setting short-range and long-range goals and investigating different ways to reach those goals. Education, training, and experience all help make your goals become a reality. To achieve your goals, you will choose the best path and make a commitment to it, while remaining flexible enough to deal with changes and new opportunities.

03:00 pm to 05:45 pm

15 / 15 seats taken

Build your own working robot with the Robotics Merit Badge. Learn about the robotics industry, discover the different fields of robotics, explore the available career options in robotics, and design, build, program and test your own robot.

Space Exploration

View Details & Prerequisites

03:00 pm to 05:45 pm

15 / 15 seats taken

Space is mysterious. We explore space for many reasons, not least because we don’t know what is out there, it is vast, and humans are full of curiosity. Each time we send explorers into space, we learn something we didn’t know before. We discover a little more of what is there.

03:00 pm to 05:45 pm

3 / 15 seats taken

Learn to reduce waste and teach sustainable practices to others so you can help conserve Earth’s resources with the Sustainability Merit Badge. Scouts will develop and implement a plan to reduce their water usage, household food waste, and learn about the sustainability of different energy sources, including fossil fuels, solar, wind, nuclear, hydropower, and geothermal.

04:00 pm

04:00 pm to 06:45 pm

6 / 15 seats taken

Programming merit badge will take you “behind the screen” for a look at the complex codes that make digital devices useful and fun.

05:00 pm

Animation / GDEVELOP Game Engine

View Details & Prerequisites
    Glen Nemitz

05:00 pm to 06:45 pm

10 / 15 seats taken

In Animation merit badge you’ll learn how to create animations, the ways in which animation is used and the fun and exciting career opportunities in animation.

05:00 pm to 06:45 pm

6 / 15 seats taken

This merit badge concentrates on two-dimensional art, specifically drawing and painting in various media, including an introduction to design applications in the fields of graphic arts and industrial design, history and design principles, and how these fields relate to fine art.

Digital Technology

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05:00 pm to 06:45 pm

15 / 15 seats taken

Comprehend how electronic devices work and how to use them effectively with the Digital Technology Merit Badge. Scouts will give a brief history of the changes in digital technology and discuss how technology today compares with the technology available to previous generations—all while imagining what kinds of devices might be available to them in the future.

05:00 pm to 06:45 pm

11 / 15 seats taken

Saving, producing, and using energy wisely will be critical to America’s future. If we are to leave future generations with a world in which they can live as well or better than we have, Scouts and other potential leaders of tomorrow must begin the hard work of understanding energy and the vital role it will play in the future.

05:00 pm to 06:45 pm

13 / 15 seats taken

Exploring your roots—where your family name came from, why your family lives where it does, what your parents and grandparents did for fun when they were your age—can be fascinating. Discovering your ancestors back through history is what genealogy is all about.

05:00 pm to 06:45 pm

14 / 15 seats taken

This is a 2-part class, you must sign up for both the morning and afternoon session!

Moviemaking is a way to tell stories visually through the art and science of motion picture photography.

05:00 pm to 06:45 pm

13 / 15 seats taken

Meteorology is the study of Earth’s atmosphere and its weather and the ways in which temperature, wind, and moisture act together in the environment. In addition to learning how everyday weather is predicted, Scouts can learn about extreme weather such as thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes, and how to stay safe.