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From Basketry to Robotics, merit badges are where Scouts meet the wider world. These posts share counselor tips, workbook debates, new badge announcements and the stories behind favorite badges.
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-1 Vote On Idea Being a service profession, pharmacy is a great match for Scouts. It involves helping people at all times and in recent years a number of national surveys have concluded that pharmacists are the most trusted professionals.
-3 Vote On Idea Loss, death and grief are a normal part of the circle of life. Boy Scouts offers a safe and comfortable environment where boys can begin to learn, talk and ask questions about the often confusing life journey.
0 Vote On Idea Bob Lucas 804-270-1026 is not a volunteer just a citizen, he was watching the news where Brian Williams was talking about the Hispanic youth joining. He thought of a way to try and reach out to them.
1 Vote On Idea Since so many boys are interested in video game design, I think we should offer a merit badge based on this career. This could include storyboarding, graphic design, animation, illustration, testing, and marketing. Many colleges offer this as a major, so finding merit badge counselors should not be a problem.
-6 Vote On Idea Instead of us all proposing individual new merit badges on the site, how about a total revamp of the system. I believe that Merit Badges should be categorized: Careers; Hobbies; Sports & Physical Fitness; Scoutcraft (or something like that).
1 Vote On Idea Most adult unit volunteers are also merit badge counselors. It would be helpfull if a check box on the adult registratioin form was available for Merit Badge Counserlors to check off. It would save time, even if additional paperwork was required. Comments (0) Category/Tags : Applications & Registration (32) Mark as duplicate
Have you heard about the Scouting Heritage Merit Badge yet? No? Well, that is probably because there is no such merit badge... yet. On the BSA Innovation Engine (found at http://ideas.scouting.org/ ) there are a lot of ideas thrown around for new merit badges.
1 Vote On Idea In order to keep a clean merit badge list, back ground check, and youth protection standard. We should charge a nominal fee for Merit badge counsselors. The national Scoutnet does not work in keeping this list current.
12 Vote On Idea Recently, the Innovation and Strategy Group received a request from the Action Sports Association, a non-profit organization focusing on increasing awareness, education, promoting activities and preserving awareness for the action sports industry especially, skateboarding, surfing, snowboarding, and bmx biking.
First I want to thank all the readers of the blog and listeners of the podcast for having the confidence in me or at valuing my opinion. The reason I write this is because over the last year or so emails flood my inbox asking questions, giving me feed back, and asking for my opinion.
0 Vote On Idea In recent years I have noticed a trend in our council away from qualified individuals in the community who serve as a merit badge counselor toward Scouts only earning them in group sessions at the troop level or at summer camp.
0 Vote On Idea Include Scouting Heritage as a Merit Badge. Many of our Scouts do not know about the movement of Scouting. Requirements could include some of the following. 1. Write an essay about one of the Founders of Scouting 3.
1 Vote On Idea Would it be possible to modify the adult application so we can note which merit badges people are counselors for? This way, when we go to Scoutnet, we could run a report on who the counselors are for and what subjects there are counselors for.
When thousands of composites manufacturers, suppliers and consultants converged on the Tampa Convention Center last week for COMPOSITES+ POLYCON 2009, 31 local Boy Scouts joined them. On Saturday, January 17, these young men attended the conference and trade show as part of "Think Composites," an outreach program for students developed by the American Composites Manufacturers…
Hat Tip: BoyandGirlScouts.com: Play the Merit Badge Game Sporcale has a Boy Scouts Merit Badge Quiz Game on its website. The goal of the game is to list all 121 Boy Scout Merit Badges in under 10 minutes. About Sporcle Originally begun as a sports pick'em site, Sporcle changed directions with the response to the…
I wanted to share something with you all. I don't think it will surprise any of you to know that we can look at the stats for this blog and see what posts are being looked at. Today, for the second time this month, one that I wrote just under a year ago got two…
Dr. Architecture contacted me a while ago with more resources for those pursuing the Architecture merit badge . Here are his recommended resources: Becoming an Architect: A Guide to Careers in Design --Amazon link Summer programs listed (Summer 2009 to be updated by the end of January 2009) National Architectural Accrediting Board ( NAAB ) provides a list…
[Scouters in Dallas-Ft. Worth TX area--please share in Comments if you have any more data!] OK, this requires some explaining. I saw a comment posted related to "Boy Scouts" and "Architecture". I've tried multiple times on separate occasions to get a link to work for the Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas TX.
Shortly after I began my tenure as a scoutmaster at the age of 21 in 1981 I was told during a training event that an adult could serve as a merit badge counselor for up to six merit badges, but a Boy Scout could only earn two merit badges with a counselor.
One of the strongest American passions is sports. Exercise, games, magazines, blogs, websites, television and more feed this driving need. And when that isn't enough, we invent sports like "professional" wrestling and roller-derby. We are also a nation growing a bit hefty about the middle.
Space, the final frontier. And we have a new Star Trek movie to remind us! We continue to learn new things all the time. Want to see a new planet in our solar system? Or one in another solar system ?
Art merit badge has the distinction of being the shortest named merit badge. Since I cannot draw a straight line, even with a ruler, let us say I never considered this one when I was a Scout. Many Scouts can tell you that there are 8 basic colors: red , orange , yellow , green , blue , purple , black…
-13 Vote On Idea In response to the numerous postings about adding various merit badges to the current program, how about creating one new badge known as "design your own'? A Scout could work with an adult leader or counselor to show proficiency in a field of interest that is outside of the merit badge…
Architecture brings to mind images of great churches, ancient buildings like the Acropolis, and the Taj Mahal. It should also bring to mind your post office, where you live and go to school. Architecture is about the structure and construction of buildings.
When visiting troops, Webelos parents come with a lot of questions; but they don't always know everything to ask. The old philosophy still applies. There are no stupid questions. Ask away!!! Over the years, there is a common set of questions that need to be answered whether they are asked or not.
Archery. Let's get to the point. I've just finished a very good series of novels that take place in the 14th century, following an English archer (not Robin Hood). Seems that English archers were widely feared due to their prowess with the longbow in the Hundred Years War .
By now those of you that follow Scouting on the Internet have read the story of one Coleman Carter. Coleman is an 18 year old Scout that has earned 121 merit badges. That is far and away more than the average of 30 that your typical Scout earns.
Archaeology. Visions range from digging in the endless heat and sand of the desert, to the swashbuckling adventures of Indiana Jones. Dinosaur bones, ancient sea beds, pottery shards near a riverside, Egypt, giant ants that carry you off into the ground...OK, that was the last Indiana Jones movie.
Animal Science" merit badge covers a subject near and dear to many a carnivore's heart: where our agricultural meat comes from. OK, maybe not the "Horse Option", but everything else looks like farm food that walks. A century ago, most Americans were tied to the land somehow, raising their food to either support themselves or…
American Labor" refers to the working people of our country. We often hear that America has the finest and most productive workforce in the world. They even have their own holiday: Labor Day. Our workforce is important enough to warrant a seat with the President of the United States.
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA), located in California, has developed a program for Boy and Girl Scouts interested in working on geology related merit badges.
American Heritage" should have been awarded a lot more than it has. 4,274 American Heritage merit badges were awarded in 2007, out of 1.89 million. ( BSA Fact Sheet ) When I was a kid, we were taught US History in the eighth and eleventh grades.
American Cultures" can be represented in many ways. Different parts of America over the past several centuries have seen the influx of peoples from around the world. Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, South and Central America, Australia and hundreds of islands spanning the globe have contributed to America.
American Business" is in the news a lot today. Good news, bad news. It constantly changes, and seems to have a life of its own. The American Business merit badge is designed to teach you about free enterprise; the relationship between money, business, government, banking and insurance; and labor relations.
Each year the Boy Scouts of America make changes to the advancement requirements. See which Merit Badges have requirement changes in 2009.
Resources for Merit Badges are available on the Merit Badge requirements page. You'll find lists of publications, organizations, websites, and more listed with requirements for each badge.
MERIT BADGES CAN LEAD TO BIGGER DREAMS Our second Eagle Scout, Max, took Computers Merit Badge at Camp Post in 1996. Computers weren’t as commonplace then as they are now, but the ranger there had it set up so every Scout could have hands-on experience.
