OK so this week’s Merit Badge isn’t available to be earned by scouts yet but the official requirements have been released by BSA. It’s the Geocaching Merit Badge. What is Geocaching you ask? Geocaching is an outdoor activity in which a GPS is used to locate caches which are hidden in areas near the coordinates given for the [...]
This week’s merit badge is one that fosters lifelong skills that scouts can use in their every day lives. While working on this merit badge scouts will get the chance to learn one of the most valuable skills they can, how to cook. The cooking merit badge is a great badge to do and it [...]
This week’s merit badge focuses on skills that are vital in being ready for emergency situations. The Emergency Preparedness merit badge or the lifesaving merit badge can be used for the eagle required merit badge but you must only earn one. The requirements for this badge are as follows:
Earn the First Aid Merit Badge.
Do [...]
The BSA recently released four historic merit badges that were around when scouting was founded for scouts to earn during 2010. These merit badges will allow scouts to learn things that some of the first scouts learned. The requirements will be the same as the originals except were safety or social standards dictate otherwise. [...]
This weeks merit badge is one of the most important subjects to have good knowledge about to succeed in the great outdoors. This is the Camping merit badge. This is an Eagle required badge. Here are the Requirements:
Show that you know first aid for and how to prevent injuries or illnesses that could occur while [...]