Your next move when a Scout can’t find a merit badge counselor
You’re bound to be approached by a Scout wanting to earn one for which you aren’t qualified to be a merit badge counselor. Your next move is important.
How you can be a Nova counselor
By becoming a Nova counselor, you’ll introduce Scouts to the basic principles of STEM and help them discover how fun and fascinating STEM can be.
About that letter Scouts must write for Citizenship in the Nation MB
Citizenship in the Nation merit badge requirement 8 includes asking Scouts to write a letter to his elected official and show any response received to his counselor.
Merit Badge team serves up some reminders about Cooking merit badge
Updated | Dec. 3, 2015 Avid readers of this blog have been hearing about changes to Cooking merit badge since October 2012.
Swimming merit badge revised in time for summer camp
Swimming merit badge, that Eagle-required summer camp staple, has been upgraded and revised just in time for the 2014 summer
How many Eagle Scouts earned Eagle palms in 2013?
For the first time ever, the BSA’s National Council knows exactly how many Eagle Scout palms were earned in 2013.
Gone but not forgotten: Beekeeping and 9 other discontinued merit badges
No, a swarm of killer bees isn’t to blame for the Beekeeping merit badge’s 1995 demise. The real culprit carries a
Digital Technology merit badge requirements released
The latest and greatest in tech isn’t a new smartphone, tablet or game console. It’s a new merit badge. Today the Boy
Ask the Expert: How to complete Scouting Heritage MB Requirement 4B
If you have a Scout working on Scouting Heritage merit badge Requirement 4, Joe Connole’s your guy.
Just for clicks: First look at the Digital Technology merit badge patch and cover
To borrow a phrase from a certain smartphone maker: The next big thing is almost here. Digital Technology merit badge,
Everything you need to know about merit badge sashes
But what restrictions are placed on the Boy Scout merit badge sash? In what order should they be sewn on? Those questions and more answered here.
Future Mining in Society MB counselors can get trained for free online
Mining in Society merit badge counselors, here’s your chance to sharpen your skills before teaching the BSA’s newest merit badge
Here are the most- and least-popular merit badges of 2013 and of all time
The reign of First Aid merit badge continues. More Boy Scouts earned this Eagle-required merit badge in 2013 than any
Mining in Society merit badge requirements released
Without mining, you wouldn’t be reading this blog post right now. That’s because the high-tech components found in smartphones, tablets
Here’s the Mining in Society MB patch, cover and first two requirements
Updated Feb. 21 to add image of cover. Mining in Society merit badge won’t officially launch until Feb. 24 at
Time running out to earn Computers merit badge
The BSA is replacing the outdated Computers merit badge with a newer model: Digital Technology merit badge, which debuted in April 2014.
Feast your eyes on the new requirements for Cooking merit badge
The sound of the kitchen timer can only mean one thing: The new Cooking merit badge requirements are done. For
More details on the Eagle-required Cooking merit badge
Updated 1:08 p.m. Oct. 24 | Added more info from Chris Hunt, BSA Advancement Team, to clarify that the merit
Cinematography merit badge becomes Moviemaking merit badge
Think of it as the long-awaited sequel. Cinematography merit badge is now Moviemaking merit badge, effective immediately. The design of
It’s just science: Merit badges educate boys in STEM
Proud to be an American? Absolutely, but this hurts a little: American fourth- and eighth-graders are far from No. 1
Lincoln Electric wins North Star Award for bringing welding to Scouts
You’d expect a bunch of welding experts to forge some strong bonds, but the folks at Lincoln Electric have gone
How to suggest a new merit badge
Want to suggest a new merit badge? Send those ideas for new merit badges to someone who can actually act on them. Here’s how.
Scouts get a first look at Mining in Society merit badge, coming 2014
If the packed tent is any early indication, Mining in Society merit badge will be a hit when it debuts
Mountain biking added as an option in Cycling merit badge
Cycling merit badge now includes a mountain biking option. Scouts can choose between road cycling or mountain biking for this Eagle-required badge.
Programming merit badge requirements released
Much of Baden-Powell’s vision for Scouting still holds true today. But put this one in the category of something B-P never
Sustainability merit badge requirements released
Updated, Aug. 22: Leaders, check out Scouting magazine’s latest Merit Badge Clinic focusing on the Sustainability merit badge. In this column,
Ask the Expert: Rapid-fire FAQs, round 3
The Ask the Expert floodgates are wide open. I’m now getting roughly 50 emails a week with Ask the Expert
Should Scouts earn merit badges at summer camp?
Scouts earn merit badges at council-run merit badge colleges or summer camps, or on their own with a registered counselor. But some troops restrict this practice.
Ask the Expert: Can merit badge progress begin before a Scout gets his blue card?
If a Scout camps several nights with his troop before getting a signed blue card from his Scoutmaster, do those
The most- and least-popular merit badges of 2012, and what that info tells us
Which merit badges had Scouts rushing to counselors and Moms and Dads rushing to the sewing machine last year? Here’s