What's That Merit Badge?
BSA History
Who does "___"
Past outings and campouts
Rank Requirements
100

this merit badge includes using the MyPlate guide

Cooking merit badge

100

this was the year the BSA was founded

1910

100

this leadership role involves helping leaders in another scouting organization with connections to the BSA.

Den Chief

100

this outing involved more than 4 capsizes while on the 11 point river

August 2024 outing

100

this is the only rank that doesn't require a Board of Review

Scout rank

200

This merit badge has the most requirements of any merit badge

Communication merit badge

200

What country did BSA founder, William Boyce, bring the scouting movement from after visiting the country.

Great Britain

200

this youth leadership role involves attending PLC's despite not being a Patrol leader

Scribe
200

this 2024 outing involved constructing survival shelters in the woods.

April 2024 outing

200

when a scout earns this rank, they should have a minimum of 11 merit badges, 3 of which need to be eagle-required.

Life rank

300

this eagle-required merit badge requires the swimming badge in order to earn it

Lifesaving merit badge

300

this event that the BSA supported lead the United States Congress to give the BSA a congressional charter as a thanks for the BSA's support.

World War 1

300

this adult leadership role involves managing the troop's finances

Treasurer

300

on the 2024 presidents day outing, we visited a this museum about professional sports

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
300

this rank has the most requirements of any rank

First Class rank

400

this merit badge has morse code and a cross on its patch

Emergency Preparedness merit badge

400

this U.S. president was instrumental in the first National Boy Scout Jamboree to be held in Washington D.C.

Franklin Delanor Roosevelt 

400

this leadership position involves playing brass instruments 

Bugler

400

this weeklong campout at S-F involved Troop 631 running from our campsite to the nearby beach area, while wearing clothes with pirate theming.

2022 Summer Camp

400

this rank is the first to include first aid skills as requirements.

Tenderfoot

500

this merit badge requires interviewing someone who is part of the government

Citizenship in the Community merit badge

500

this movie franchise focuses a character who is a life Scout, has a fear of snakes, and hunts artifacts.

Indiana Jones

500

this leadership role involves teaching basic subjects to younger scouts

Instructor

500

this outing involved visiting a cave in a Missouri state park that has one of the only two "Lilypad rooms" in the world

2023 April outing

500

this requirement involves using the EDGE method to teach younger scouts skills that fulfill one or more of their rank requirements

Life Rank, Requirement 6