We will be celebrating our 12th annual Nuclear Science Day for Scouts Event at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on Saturday, November 9, 2024. This in-person event is designed for Girl Scouts and Scouting America (BSA) youths, as well as those from other scouting movements, in 8th grade or higher. There is no cost to attend.
Participants will spend the day onsite at the DOE National Lab to learn about the ABC's of Nuclear Science and be involved in a number of exciting and educational activities, including:
A tour of the Advanced Light Source!
Investigation of radioactivity in our daily lives!
Build an atomic fission model and electroscope!
Meet scientists and engineers!
Liquid Nitrogen Snickers bar social!
Girl Scouts can earn the Get to Know Nuclear patch! BSA Scouts can earn the Nuclear Science merit badge!
The event will run from ~9:00 am to ~4:30 pm.
Download the event flyer here.
Registration:
Thank you for your interest in the event. Registration is now closed. We will notify the accepted troops by October 21, 2024.
Note:
Please read the introductory info carefully on the registration form. Please coordinate the submission from your troop. If there is more than one registration from a troop, all submissions from the troop may be disqualified.
Participants will tour the Advanced Light Source. The tour requires walking up and down a flight of stairs and being near a strong magnetic field exceeding 5 Gauss (not a problem for credit cards but can be one for someone with a pacemaker). If this is an issue, please let us know in advance in the "comments" section of the registration form.
We expect to notify troops for their acceptance status by October 21, 2024.
For those scouts that are accepted :
This year's information package on the logistics (driving directions, parking, check-in time...etc) will be available around the time of the acceptance notification.
Each vehicle entering the LBNL site should have a copy of the confirmation email that they receive, or there could be a delay for your troop to enter the Laboratory ground.
All participants (adult volunteers and youths) must wear long pants and closed-toe shoes. Participants will be barred from certain activities if the dress code is not followed. This is mandated by laboratory safety regulations.
Registration for those scouts that have been accepted begins at 9:00 am at Building 50 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
All participants should bring their own lunches and water bottles.
To complete the merit badge requirements, scouts need to fill out the online worksheet before the start of this event. More details will follow.