Pick a Subject. Talk to your Scoutmaster about your
interests. Read the requirements of the merit badges you think
might interest you. Pick one to earn. Your Scoutmaster will give
you the name of a person from a list of counselors. These
counselors have special knowledge in their merit badge subjects
and are interested in helping you. On the following pages, in
alphabetical order, are the requirements for all of the current
merit badge subjects. You can learn about sports, crafts,
science, trades, business, and future careers as you earn these
merit badges. There are more than
100 merit badges. Any Boy Scout may earn any merit badge at any
time. You don't need to have had rank advancement to be
eligible.
Scout Buddy System. You must have another person with
you at each meeting with the merit badge counselor. This person
can be another Scout, your parents or guardian, a brother or
sister, a relative, or a friend.
Call the Counselor. Get a signed merit badge application
from your Scoutmaster. Get in touch with the merit badge
counselor and tell him or her that you want to earn the merit
badge. The counselor may ask to meet you to explain what is
expected of you and to start helping you meet the requirements.
When you know what is expected, start to learn and do the
things required. Ask your counselor to help you learn the things
you need to know or do. You should read the merit badge pamphlet
on the subject.
Show Your Stuff. When you are ready, call the
counselor again to make an appointment to meet the requirements.
When you go, take along the things you have made to meet the
requirements. If they are too big to move, take pictures or have
an adult tell in writing what you have done. The counselor will
ask you to do each requirement to make sure that you know your
stuff and have done or can do the things required.
Get the Badge. When the counselor is satisfied that
you have met each requirement, he or she will sign your
application. Give the signed application to your Scoutmaster so
that your merit badge emblem can be secured for you.
Requirements. You are expected to meet the
requirements as they are stated-no more and no less. You are
expected to do exactly what is stated in the requirements. If it
says "show or demonstrate," that is what you must do. Just
telling about it isn't enough. The same thing holds true for
such words as "make," "list," "in the field," and "collect,"
"identify," and "label."
The requirements on the Alphabetical list page might
not match those in the merit badge pamphlets because the
pamphlets may not have been recently revised. |
