Merit Badge Basics
This program give scouts the opportunity to investigate different areas of knowledge and skills.
What is the merit badge program?
In this merit badge you learn how to take care of someone who is injured.
What is First Aid?
To complete this merit badge you need a pool or a lake.
What is swimming?
In this merit badge you have to prepare a meal.
What is cooking?
These contain the requirements, introductory information and supplemental reference text.
What is Merit Badge Pamphlets?
This is the time limit on completing a merit badge.
What is there is no time limit for starting and completing a merit badge (must be before the scout is 18)?
In this merit badge you will play songs like: “First Call,” “Reveille,” “Assembly,” “Mess,” “Drill,” “Fatigue,” “Officers,” “Recall,” “Church,” “Swimming,” “Fire,” “Retreat,” “To the Colors,” “Call to Quarters,” and “Taps.”
What is bugling?
In this merit badge, you use a GPS to find waypoints and at the end a cache of items.
What is geocaching?
This merit badge uses a primer and top coat (and sometimes a ladder).
What is painting?
These volunteers are knowledgeable in the topic and understand the goals of the Scouting merit badge.
What is Merit Badge Counselor?
There are this many merit badges. (Hint: it is more than 100 and less than 150).
What is 135 merit badges?
In this merit badge you can choose between skis, boards, or snow shoes.
What is Snow Sports?
In this merit badge, you use a torch to join two pieces of metal together.
What is Welding?
In this merit badge you write a news story for either the newspaper or televsion.
What is journalism?
This person gives approval to start a merit badge.
What is the Scoutmaster?
This is the changes that a merit badge counselor can make to the requirements.
What is you are expected to meet the requirements as they are stated—no more and no less.
This merit badge can be completed either on wheels or on ice.
What is skating?
In this merit badge you find out about your family lineage.
What is genealogy?
This merit badge is about a game with pawns, nooks, and kings.
What is chess?
These Scout ranks can earn merit badges.
What is ALL of them?
What is 1911?
In this merit badge you teach your pet to fetch, roll over, and learn about vet care.
What is Dog Care?
In this merit badge you have to wear a helmet and it can be done on the road or on a mountain.
What is cycling?
This merit badge is done on a course and includes irons, woods, swings, and tees.
What is golf?
What are the Scout ranks that require merit badges to advance?
What is advancement to Star, Life, and Eagle?