Kids@Heartland   

Explore the rewarding profession dedicated to helping people in need during times of crisis. Consider a career path as an emergency medical technician and learn about the education and certifications you need to become one. See how EMTs administer treatments to patients with various injuries. Gain experience through hands-on activities, including CPR training and an ambulance tour. Leave with insight into this unique job and learn how it can lead to others within the medical field.

Become a superhero sleuth for a day by using your curiosity and brain power! Take on the role of a detective while you examine, investigate, and put the clues together to save the day and help solve crimes. Learn about fingerprinting, crime scene documentation, evidence collection, and police reports.

Discover notable sculptors and artists, then try the artform yourself! Use their work as inspiration, or forge your own path. What will your imagination lead you to create? Look at different types of assemblage-sculpture-making, such as paper, wire, and mixed media structures. Transform one thing into something entirely new. Make one sculpture per session and leave with your work!

Get the training you need to launch your babysitting business! Learn life-saving skills like how to rescue someone who's choking and what to do during severe weather. Gain best safety practices and first-aid care. Better understand child behavior patterns according to their development stage. Leave with a CPR certification from the American Heart Association and a Safe Sitter completion card, along with methods to grow your babysitting business.

Make any thought, idea, or memory come to life with drawing! In this course, explore your creativity with a wide variety of materials like charcoal, colored pencils, graphite, and more. Learn and practice several different drawing techniques as you shade and sketch your way to creating figures, portraits, and cartoons. Experience the magic of art and leave ready to draw anything you can imagine! All supplies included.

Transform a wet lump of clay into a unique work of art! Practice slab and pinch methods to make 3 or more original pieces. Then, experiment with glazing to add color to your artwork. Pick up your collection a week after the class ends.

Come and observe what's beyond Earth! Build your own Galileo telescope and then use a real telescope to explore farther than you ever have before. Investigate how light pollution can change what you see in the night sky and work together with classmates to construct a pocket-sized model of the solar system. Learn about constellations and leave class ready to continue stargazing at home. A great adventure for Scouts looking to start on an Astronomy badge!