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. |
